8 years ago
As the first woman to be CEO and dean of Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus, Verna Fitzsimmons is receiving national recognition for her continued support and leadership of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education, has ...

8 years ago
Salina USD 305 teachers returned to the classroom Friday. While teachers new to the district began returning a couple of days ago, returning teachers joined them Friday. All of the teachers in the district gathered at Central High School to begin the new year. They were welcomed back by Superintendent Bill Hall. District students will all return ...

8 years ago
More than 20 percent of Kansas' school districts, including some of the larger districts will have new superintendents this fall. Dale Dennis, deputy education commissioner of Kansas, said 61 Kansas school districts, including Topeka, Olathe, Lawrence and Manhattan, have new leaders this year.  Some veteran superintendents in rural districts are also going elsewhere. The departures follow at ...

8 years ago
On August 4, 2016 at approximately 2:13AM, Saline County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 10500 block of S. Gypsum Valley Road in rural Saline County for a barn and hay bales on fire. A total of 729 alfalfa bales, a 2014 JCB bale loader and the hay shed were destroyed. The Saline County Sheriff’s Office and ...

8 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education has approved a total of $7.2 million in additional state aid to 31 public school districts. But it's not clear how much money the districts actually will receive after the board's action Thursday. Legislators financed the "extraordinary needs" aid with proceeds from selling off an economic development agency's assets. The sale ...

8 years ago
An Ellsworth man is cited for leaving the scene of the accident on I-135 early Wednesday morning. A semi truck driver contacted authorities after being struck from behind near mile post 78 around 6:05am Wednesday. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 28-year-old Corey D. Hill struck the truck from behind with his Chevy Suburban, then briefly ...

8 years ago
A county official says enough signatures were gathered to allow a grand jury to criminally investigate Secretary of State Kris Kobach's handling of Kansas' online voter registration system. But even Kobach's harshest critics say they've seen no evidence he committed a crime. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said Thursday that the petition has more than the required ...

8 years ago
Salina Police make two arrests after threats were made with a box cutter. Police arrested 20-year-old David Ojeda and 16-year-old Dalton Nelson, both of Salina after an incident at an apartment at 737 Fairdale. Police say a fight began when Ojeda and Nelson entered the home uninvited. They left, only to return a short time later wielding ...

8 years ago
Hutchinson fire officials say a woman was burned in an apparent explosion and fire at her home. Battalion Chief Jeremy Unruh says the firefighters found the house engulfed in flames when they arrived early Thursday. KAKE-TV reports witnesses told Unruh that someone ran into the home and helped the woman who lived there. She was taken to ...

8 years ago
Agribusiness giant Cargill has chosen an architect for a new Wichita facility to house its protein operations. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas City-based HOK has been selected. Wichita is home to the company's beef business and its turkey and cooked meat business, which includes deli meats. Its processed-protein services, such as its North American egg business ...

8 years ago
A Junction City man is in ICU after a semi truck hauling scrap metal and an SUV collided at Crawford and Burma Road just before 1pm on Wednesday afternoon. First responders were able to free 69-year-old Joe P. Grimes of Junction City from his truck in a matter of minutes and transport the unconscious man to ...