11 years ago
The number of arrests in a central Kansas drug investigation is up to five in slightly more than a week. KWCH-TV reports sheriff's deputies arrested three people June 17 in Great Bend and rural Barton County. Authorities reported seizing motor vehicles, drug paraphernalia and 9 ounces of methamphetamine with a street value of more than $20,000. Several ...

11 years ago
A judge is allowing a celebrity hunter who unlawfully killed a deer in Kansas to travel abroad while on probation once his ban from hunting worldwide expires. Federal prosecutors argued Wednesday the career of William "Spook" Spann would not suffer from the travel ban. But U.S. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara disagreed and ruled that Spann ...

11 years ago
Earthquakes used to be almost unheard of on the vast stretches of prairie that unfold across Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. But in recent months, temblors have become commonplace in some areas, rattling nerves and raising suspicions that the shaking might be connected to the oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing. Although most ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University has received a $1 million donation from the William T. Kemper Foundation in Kansas City. The university says the gift will go toward renovating and expanding the Seaton Complex at the College of Architecture, Planning & Design. Kansas State said in a news release that the $75 million project will include consolidated ...

11 years ago
Police make an arrest in burglary case from last month. Officers were sent to an apartment in the 500 block of E. Crawford on May 3rd, after Paul Smith called for help. Smith said he answered a knock at his door and was hit on the side of his head, knocking his glasses off. A police investigation led ...

11 years ago
A woman is treated at the hospital after being beaten by an acquaintance. Police are looking for a known male suspect, after a woman called for help Tuesday night from a neighbors home in southwest Salina. Officers say the man, who is in his 40's allegedly hit the woman in the face multiple times and used his ...

11 years ago
The Smoky Valley Historical Association is launching a capital campaign in an effort to fund repairs at Coronado Heights. The SVHA solely owns and maintains Coronado Heights Park. Other than an occasional grant or donation for specific projects, the association receives no county, state, or government funding for the day-to-day expenses incurred in operation ...

11 years ago
Area youth from Salina, Abilene, Great Bend, and Inman are among volunteers being rewarded by Kohl's Department Stores. According to the company, the Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program will recognize more than 2,300 young volunteers nationwide who have made a positive impact in their communities through volunteerism. Twenty-five youth from Kansas will each receive a $50 gift ...

11 years ago
A widespread trend of sharing books through small homemade structures has been shut down in a Kansas City suburb. However, Leawood officials say they will reconsider the decision to tell a 9-year-old boy to remove his "Little Free Library" from his family's front yard. Spencer Collins and his family erected a little blue box ...

11 years ago
The Dodge City Community College Board of Trustees wants to be clear that it supports a proposed merger with Fort Hays State University. The trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution declaring its support for the plan. The trustees wanted to end any talk of the Dodge City school operating as a separate institution, with ...

11 years ago
A Hutchinson woman has died of injuries she suffered last week in a fire at a home. Via Christi Medical Center St. Francis says 65-year-old Judy King died Tuesday. Fire Chief Kim Forbes says King, who used a wheelchair, was injured after becoming trapped in the house during the June 18 blaze. Firefighters pulled her from the ...