11 years ago
Salina is set to host a first-of-its kind event in Kansas. According to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, the Salina Siren Roller Derby Team will be hosting the first ever roller derby tournament in Kansas. The War of the Wheels Roller Derby Invitational will be held at the Salina Bicentennial Center November 7th-9th. War of ...

11 years ago
When parents divorce and a family disconnects, communication between both sides can be difficult. But for Mindy Markham and Becky DeGreeff, two professors at Kansas State University Salina, determining the best methods for keeping contact alive and abundant is at the forefront of their current research. Markham, assistant professor of family studies and human services, ...

11 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University just got a big assist to help complete the fundraising campaign for its $7.5M Sports Complex. An anonymous donor has agreed to match any commitments made during the rest of September, up to $400,000. Every dollar raised for the next 13 days will be doubled. "We are truly within eyesight of the ...

11 years ago
Staff at five of six Kansas universities who voted to leave the civil service have received their first raises in several years. The classified staff chose to leave the civil service last year because of frustration with stagnant pay. The vote removed the staff from control of the Legislature and allows the universities to determine ...

11 years ago
Storms overnight dropped heavy rain and hail around the area, and more could be on the way for the weekend. According to the National Weather Service, shower and thunderstorm chances will increase this weekend across the region. Thursday and Friday will warm days with highs in the mid to upper 80s. An upper level system ...

11 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier has been sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for accepting disability payments he wasn't eligible to receive. A U.S. attorney's office says 38-year-old James Scott Nickerson was ordered to pay nearly $72,000 in restitution to the Social Security Administration during the Wednesday sentencing. He was also ...

11 years ago
The head of a school efficiency task force is recommending several changes, including incentives for Kansas school districts to consolidate and potential restrictions on teacher bargaining rights. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Wichita businessman Sam Williams mailed his recommendations to the members of the task force last week. The panel's vice chairman, Jim Hinson, superintendent of Shawnee Mission ...

11 years ago
Game wardens from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism are still looking for poachers who illegally killed a half-dozen deer this summer and are asking for the public's help. According to the agency, between July 1st and July 22nd, game wardens found six deer shot and left to waste near Cedar Bluff Reservoir. All ...

11 years ago
John Anderson Jr., who served as Kansas governor from 1961 to 1965, has died. His daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Anderson, says Anderson was 97 when he died Monday at an extended-care facility in Olathe. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Anderson practiced law in Olathe and served as Johnson County attorney before winning a seat in the Kansas State Senate ...

11 years ago
Three vehicles are damaged with fingernail polish. Salina Police report that 3 vehicles were vandalized in the 400 block of South Phillips Avenue on Tuesday afternoon between 2pm and 3pm. Police say a 2007 Kia Rio, a 999 GMC Sierra truck and a 2005 Dodge Dakota truck all had green, fingernail polish splattered across their exteriors. Total damage ...

11 years ago
A corrections officer at Hutchinson Correctional facility is hospitalized after being stabbed by an inmate at the prison. Prison spokesman Dirk Moss says the officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the stabbing Wednesday morning. Moss says the attack happened in the cell block of the main building but he could not provide any other details. Hutchpost.com reported that ...