9 years ago
The floors vibrate under the hum of machinery – awakened again for visitors to peek into the past. Huge belts made of leather weave through flywheels on a journey to the top of the third floor and back to the basement as they help grind Kansas wheat into flour. “The Smoky Valley Roller Mills processed about 35-bushels ...

9 years ago
Charges have been filed against three people accused of stealing bronze urns from two cemeteries in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/1ZuczQW) operators of Maple Hill Cemetery said someone had taken several hundred of the urns from graves. Chapel Hill Cemetery also is listed in court documents as reporting stolen urns. The charges against ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court plans to hear arguments this week on whether legislators have satisfied a mandate to improve funding for poor schools. Legislators this year made technical changes in how state aid is distributed without affecting most districts' share or boosting overall state spending. Attorneys for four school districts contend the changes don't fix the problem ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The man who is creating a museum honoring daredevil Evel Knievel in Topeka says he expects it be a big draw. Mike Patterson owns a Topeka Harley-Davidson dealership, which is being expanded to include a 16,000-square-foot area to house the museum. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Patterson is projecting the museum will draw 100,000 ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Wichita, Kansas, business repeatedly targeted by a burglar it now calls "Sleepy Sasquatch" is asking for the public's help in identifying the intruder who frequently leaves empty-handed. The Wichita Eagle reports that Tradepost Entertainment has been burglarized four times since Feb. 12.Three of those times, the culprit left the music, movie ...

9 years ago
A bronze statue of a disabled veteran saluting the flag - took a Salina man back to Southeast Asia on Saturday. “It makes my heart really proud that someone remembers what the flag stands for,” said Bill Naecker as he paused to take in the details of the piece entitled, “Stand For The Flag.” The twenty-year U.S. ...

9 years ago
A Kansas zoo director says six elephants shipped in from southern Africa earlier this year are settling into their new home as the grand opening of their exhibit nears. The Sedgwick County Zoo's new elephant exhibit is named after director Mark Reed, who led a $10.6 million fundraising campaign to pay for the structure. The elephants ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor says he won't seek re-election this year because he believes in term limits and it's time for someone else to take on the job. The two-term Democrat spoke at a news conference Friday. He was first elected district attorney in 2008 and re-elected without opposition in ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Jurors have sided with a Kanas anti-abortion activist by ruling that she didn't intentionally seek to intimidate a doctor by sending a letter that suggested someone might place an explosive under the physician's car. The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sued Angel Dillard in 2011 for sending the letter to Dr. ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Christian group that promotes marriage at ages as young as 13 won't be able to use a Salvation Army camp in Wichita for a retreat for parents seeking marital partners for their children. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Let Them Marry ministry wanted to have the retreat at Camp Hiawatha ...

9 years ago
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri judge has ordered one of two teens accused of fatally stabbing a suburban Kansas City woman to stand trial as an adult. The Lee's Summit Journal reports 15-year-old Trevon Henry of Lee's Summit was certified Friday morning to be tried as an adult on a first-degree murder charge. He and another ...