10 years ago
State officials are investigating the death of a 4-month-old girl at a foster home in a Wichita suburb. Sedgwick County officials say the girl died last Thursday at the home in Bel Aire. Sheriff Jeff Easter says the girl's 18-year-old mother was sleeping with her on a couch and apparently rolled on top of the child. ...

10 years ago
A Kansas zoo will lose its accreditation to have elephants if its officials can't find a way to upgrade the animals' enclosure. The Sedgwick County Zoological Society on Tuesday asked county commissioners to pay $5.3 million of a proposed $10.5 million elephant barn. Zoo officials say the commissioners have three weeks to consider the funding before ...

10 years ago
During a special board meeting, the Salina Airport Authority Board of Directors approved a lease agreement with Bombardier Flight Test Center for a portion of Hangar 959, commonly known as "Big Bertha." Bombardier Flight Test Center has been leasing hangar space at the Salina Airport since 2009 for aircraft storage. The lease of H959 will ...

10 years ago
The Goodwill store in Salina is one of over a dozen in Kansas affected by a security breach. According to Goodwill Industries of Kansas, an investigation has confirmed that a third-party vendor’s systems had been attacked by malware, enabling criminals to access some payment card data of a number of the vendor's customers. The third-party vendor's ...

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A man who was shot and killed by officers in Barton County Saturday night allegedly initiated the gunfire by firing first. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Saturday August 30th at around 6:40 P.M. the Barton County Sheriff’s Office along with Kansas Highway Patrol responded to the 500 block of Northwest 190th Road in ...

10 years ago
A longtime Salina broadcaster will be honored, and become a member of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The KAB announced Tuesday that Jerry Hinrikus will receive the Distinguished Service Award, which automatically places him in the Hall of Fame. Hinrikus has been a broadcaster in the Midwest for 47 years beginning in Falls City, ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol credits a seat belt with saving a woman's life Tuesday morning. According to the agency, 26-year-old Misty Dawn Schartz of Ellis was driving her 2007 Dodge Nitro when a semi was accelerating on the shoulder and pulling out into the driving lane. Schartz struck the semi. According to KHP Trooper Tod Hileman, ...

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The University of Kansas says it received a record $253.2 million in donations in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The university said in a news release Tuesday that the donations compared with $174.2 million donated the previous fiscal year. The contributions to the university and the University of Kansas Hospital included $193.1 million ...

10 years ago
A survey of Kansas Highway Patrol employees found a high degree of loyalty to the organization but strong frustration with management. The $20,000 study was done by University of Kansas researches and was prompted by complaints of weak morale in the organization. About 83 percent of those surveyed said they cared about the fate ...

10 years ago
Kansas State University Salina is experiencing an influx in its international student population this year after 55 Brazilian students arrived on campus to study engineering technology. The students are participating in the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, which allows them to study for one year at a university in the United States. They continue with their ...

10 years ago
A new Kansas State University study finds gender affects the likelihood of young drivers being involved in different types of crashes. For the study, a civil engineering professor and doctoral student looked at five years of Kansas accidents involving 16- to 24-year-old drivers. Their findings include that young female drivers had more crashes at intersections and collisions ...