9 years ago
Authorities say a car with malfunctioning brakes has crashed into the front of a Manhattan elementary school after students left for the day. Front doors to Lee Elementary were damaged when the car collided with the school around 9 p.m. Monday. Principal Nancy Kole says she is "thankful" the crash happened at night and that no one ...

9 years ago
An area school district is planning to dismiss classes for the summer a little earlier than scheduled as a reward to faculty and staff. According to the Twin Valley District, like all public schools across the state of Kansas over the past several years, their district has had continual budgetary struggles that have not allowed them ...

9 years ago
A decision on whether to secure all entrances at the City-County Building or take down the signs that prevent the carrying of concealed weapons on the first and second floors was tabled for another month. City Commission Jon Blanchard said he wanted to get a consensus from his board and hold a public meeting.  He said ...

9 years ago
All five County Commissioners voted to approve spending $10,000 to fund to help fund a county, city, Saline County Economic Development Organization, K-State University Polytechnic and K-State Manhattan feasibility study to assess the potential for growth aspects. County Administrator Rita Deister confirmed that the Commission had met previously in executive session on this matter.  She declined ...

9 years ago
Lawmakers in Kansas are debating the fairness of proposed inspection protocols and fee increases for animal breeders and shelters. Some legislators want to pass a state law forbidding the Kansas Department of Agriculture, which inspects pet animal businesses, from giving breeders advance notice of inspections. They are also considering implementing a fee on facilities that skip ...

9 years ago
Authorities searching for a man who jumped off a Kansas River bridge while fleeing from law enforcement have found a body. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat said in a statement that that the body was found Monday about a mile from the bridge and near the bank. A man jumped from the bridge northeast of Paxico ...

9 years ago
Volunteer firefighters who make up 90 percent of Kansas' firefighters are in need of additional funding. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas spends about $300,000 at the state level on firefighting, less than almost any other state. This resulted in local firefighters having no extra help to fight the state's biggest wildfire in March, which burned ...

9 years ago
Rainfall in central and eastern Kansas is greening pastures and helping winter wheat, but is delaying corn planting. Most western counties remain dry. That is the latest assessment Monday from The National Agricultural Statistics Service of crop progress in Kansas. The agency rated the state's winter wheat crop as 6 percent excellent, 45 percent good and 33 ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a known suspect who fractured a man's facial bones in a fight. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers interviewed the 28-year-old victim at the hospital, who was suffering from 2 broken bones in his face. Police say an argument on Monday night around 10:30pm inside a home in the 600 block ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has appointed a legislator as the next state treasurer to replace Republican Ron Estes after Estes won a special congressional election. Brownback announced Tuesday that GOP state Sen. Jake LaTurner of Pittsburg will serve the rest of Estes' four-year term as treasurer. LaTurner said he will seek a full term in 2018. Twenty-nine-year-old ...

9 years ago
A homeless man is taken into custody after he allegedly broke into a Salina church and stole food. Police responded to an alarm Tuesday morning around 4:30am at the First Presbyterian Church located at 308 S. 8th. Police say 28-year-old Matthew Dumler was found inside the facility eating and caused $100 in damage to a door and ...