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The Kansas National Guard armory in Manhattan is gaining 15 full-time and 163 part-time jobs with the creation of a new brigade. An activation ceremony is scheduled Sunday at the city's Frank Anneberg Park for the new 130th Field Artillery Brigade. The 130th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters will provide command and control to subordinate field artillery units, ...

10 years ago
Wichita authorities have charged a man in the sexual assault and burglary of a 100-year-old woman during a home invasion. Thirty-five-year-old Kasey Nesbitt made his first court appearance on Wednesday and was charged with rape and aggravated burglary. The victim, who lives alone, told police that intruders forced open the door of her home on Sept. 29. ...

10 years ago
Two prominent Salina businessmen are the newest members of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. During an event Wednesday evening at the Salina Country Club, Charles Underwood and Charlie Stevens were inducted into the 2014 class of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. Charles Underwood is credited with being the founder of Salina’s milling industry. he was ...

10 years ago
A second lab has confirmed that a Kansas City, Kansas, man who came to University of Kansas Hospital this week with Ebola-like symptoms does not have the deadly disease. The hospital announced Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta had confirmed negative results from a Nebraska lab, and that the patient had been moved ...

10 years ago
A Wichita woman who worked as a civilian at McConnell Air Force Base has admitted embezzling more than $54,000 in public funds. The U.S. Attorney's office says 44-year-old Deidra Sanders pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of theft of government money. Sanders worked at the Wichita installation as a deputy dispersing officer for the Air Force. She ...

10 years ago
A woman and small boy were killed when the vehicle they were in rolled over on Interstate 35. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the accident happened Tuesday evening four miles north of Waverly in Coffey County. The patrol says a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Krystal Smith of New Strawn went onto a median in the interstate and ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation says more than $10 million in state funds will be spent on 77 rural bridges listed as deficient. The Wichita Eagle reports the bridges, rated deficient because they aren't able to handle legal load limits, are in 75 counties. State funds will be used to fix or replace the passages. According to ...

10 years ago
Thieves empty a trailer full of construction tools. Salina Police are investigating a burglary after someone stole numerous tools from a trailer owned by Wayne Holmes Basement Inc. while it was parked at a job site at 2580 S.9th Street sometime between October 5th and October 6th. Police report that a Stihl cutoff saw plus 2 blades, ...

10 years ago
Suspicious behavior leads to an arrest. Salina Police were called to a home in the 900 block of North 13th Street at about 10:45pm on Tuesday, after neighbors heard yelling from inside. Officers interviewed the owner and were leaving the residence when they saw a man walking in the area. Officers identified themselves as they illuminated the man ...

10 years ago
Conservationists are concerned that a Kansas commission's vote on the status of a snake species could be the first time in 40 years that a threatened species' future is determined by politics rather than science. The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission will decide Thursday whether the redbelly snake should continue to be listed as a ...

10 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education has added three school districts to a program that allows them to operate with less regulation in hopes of boosting student performance. The board approved innovative-district applications from the Hugoton, Blue Valley and Kansas City, Kansas, districts. The board previously approved applications from the McPherson and Concordia districts under a 2013 ...