11 years ago
A new study by the Girl Scout Research Institute shows that girls benefit immensely from time spent outdoors and correlates girls’ regular outdoor activity with other traits important to 21st-century leadership. The More Than S’mores report, released by the New York-based institute, shows that girls who regularly spend time outdoors eclipse their peers who spend less ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Sedgwick County Health Department have reported four additional cases of measles in Sedgwick County, Kan. One case was in an adult linked to a recent outbreak of measles in the Kansas City metropolitan area, and who is an employee at Sal’s Japanese Steakhouse, two other adults ...

11 years ago
Students at Salina Central and Salina South high schools will work on mobile devices to collaborate and create. After school begins in August, every student at the high schools will receive a Chromebook, a key step to further integrate technology into the learning process. The Chromebooks and web-based programs will be used at school every ...

11 years ago
After a hot start to the weekend, unseasonably cool weather is on the way. Unseasonably cool temperatures will arrive next week in the Midwest and as far south as Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is not, however, the second coming of a polar vortex, something the National Weather Service says it regrets tweeting earlier this week. Weather Underground meteorology ...

11 years ago
The Republican congressman from the sprawling 1st Congressional District of western and central Kansas has lost the support of the state's two major farm groups in the GOP primary. Kansas Farm Bureau and the Kansas Livestock Association refused Friday to endorse Tim Huelskamp for re-election. Both groups endorsed GOP incumbents in other U.S. House and Senate primaries. ...

11 years ago
A child has died after contacting a brain eating disease from a lake in Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a Johnson County resident has died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba found in freshwater. An investigation indicates there were several potential fresh water exposures in Kansas, so the actual source ...

11 years ago
Between 9:30 PM on June 16, 2014 and 7:30 AM on June 17, 2014 a vehicle burglary was committed at 2519 Blakemoore. Unknown person or person(s) entered two unsecured vehicles and removed a Dell laptop in a black case, 7” Samsung Tablet in a black case, Canon Rebel camera in a black case, Sony ...

11 years ago
Kansas farmers wrapping up this year's wheat harvest probably don't need another government report to tell them this isn't a good year. But the latest forecast released by the Agriculture Department shows the toll from a widespread drought. The National Agricultural Statistics Service on Friday reduced its estimate of the Kansas wheat crop to 235.2 million ...

11 years ago
A Kansas State Trooper is arrested for a second time. Darrin Hirsh was arrested Thursday for violating a protection from abuse order. The Barton County Sheriff says Hirsh will be held for 48 hours. Last month, Hirsh was arrested for alleged domestic violence. At that time he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal ...

11 years ago
A special event is planned to welcome a new grocery store to North Salina. Salina Downtown, Inc. and the North Salina Community Development Committee are hosting a "Welcome to the Neighborhood" party for the new Save A Lot grocery store to celebrate the beginning of the construction project. The “Welcome to the Neighborhood” party will be held ...

11 years ago
The full moon on Saturday will appear to be unusually big. In fact, it will be a "supermoon." That's the nickname for full moons that happen when our celestial neighbor is relatively close to Earth. That distance varies because the moon follows an elliptical orbit. When it's close and full, it appears bigger and brighter than ...