9 years ago
Authorities say a Wichita sheriff's investigator was briefly hospitalized after being overcome with an unknown substance in a department evidence room. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department says the detective was processing evidence as part of a drug investigation when he opened a plastic bag and was overcome by a strong smell. The investigator then experienced sweating, ...

9 years ago
Kansas’ primary elections will be held Tuesday, August 2.  In Saline County, several races will be decided in the primary, as some offices do not have candidates from both parties. To inform the voters of the Saline County area, the Salina League of Women Voters will hold a candidate forum Thursday night at 6:30 at Kansas Wesleyan’s ...

9 years ago
A federal appeals court has agreed to quickly hear an appeal that could affect the voting rights of thousands of voters in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set on Wednesday an expedited schedule in the case of a U.S. election official who without public notice required documentary ...

9 years ago
Topeka is setting spending limits targeted at keeping the city from raising property taxes next year. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/29CmAHP) reports that a city governing body that consists of the mayor and nine council members made the decision Tuesday night. The vote comes as cities begin preparing for a new state-imposed property tax lid to take ...

9 years ago
A southeast Kansas district is seeking to join a program that waives state laws and regulations for participating schools. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/29EMVs6) reports Fredonia district officials told the Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday why they want to join the Coalition of Innovative School Districts. The program is meant to remove school performance barriers, ...

9 years ago
A Kansas City-based real estate company says it will build a $40 million hospital in Derby. The CBC Real Estate says in a news release that the hospital, to be called Rock Regional Hospital, is expected to open in 2018. The company says the 65,000-square-foot hospital will include 12 inpatient beds, 12 surgical beds and six intensive ...

9 years ago
Flooding that began 65 years ago this week cost 40 Kansas residents their lives. The National Weather Service says the Kansas River reached its highest level on record in Topeka on July 13, 1951. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that high waters caused the river to break through a dike to flood the city's North Topeka business ...

9 years ago
A southeast Kansas district is seeking to join a program that waives state laws and regulations for participating schools. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Fredonia district officials told the Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday why they want to join the Coalition of Innovative School Districts. The program is meant to remove school performance barriers, but ...

9 years ago
A federal appeals court has agreed to quickly hear an appeal that could affect the voting rights of thousands of voters in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set on Wednesday an expedited schedule in the case of a U.S. election official who without public notice required documentary ...

9 years ago
As part of Lunch Across Kansas Week, which is this week, the Southwest Dairy Farmers Mobile Dairy Classroom will be at two of the Salina summer meal sites on Friday. It will first be at Oakdale Elementary, 811 E. Iron, 11:30 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot of the school, before summer lunch is served. ...

9 years ago
A red dirt country phenom is coming to Salina. Aaron Watson is coming to perform at the Stiefel Theatre. Watson has collaborated with special guests like Willie Nelson, Dale Watson, Jack Ingram, and Bill Joe Shaver. He has cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard 200, and sold hundreds of thousands of tickets. And he has ...