11 years ago
A Wichita plant that makes metal carts for audio-visual equipment plans to close this summer, meaning a loss of 54 jobs. The Wichita Eagle reports the Advance Products plant will close at the end June. The company's owner, Da-Lite, said the Wichita facility will remain open until then. Da-Lite spokeswoman Melissa Rone said the Wichita operation was ...

11 years ago
The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a plan for boosting aid to poor school districts after Gov. Sam Brownback urged fellow Republicans to support it. The House's 84-36 vote Friday advanced the measure to final action, which was expected later Friday. The vote came after Brownback praised the plan in a meeting with Republicans. Final ...

11 years ago
Kansas has asked a federal appeals court to award it the costs of its appeal against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. The state's Friday filing with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeks nearly $1,530 for expenses such as transcripts incurred in the appeal. The court ordered Planned Parenthood to respond by April 21. The filing ...

11 years ago
K-State Salina will build a prototype internal combustion engine According to the school, the Applied Aviation Research Center at Kansas State University Salina has signed a letter of intent with Nautilus Engineering, Park City, to build a prototype internal combustion engine designed by Nautilus Engineering for applications in the unmanned aerial systems market. The potential partnership will ...

11 years ago
A man on trial in connection with a Salina murder last Spring testifies in his own defense. A murder trial for Dane DeWeese, one of three people accused in the Spring 2013 disappearance and murder of 27-year-old Kristin Tyler, wrapped up its second full week Friday in Saline County District Court. Initially DeWeese's girlfriend Megan Wells was ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is checked by medics then arrested for theft after passing out at a grocery store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, officers responded to the Dillons Grocery Store at 2350 Planet Ave., on Thursday afternoon just before 1pm. Police allege that 20-year-old Wesley Robertson took a canister of Perfect Duster dust remover from the shelve ...

11 years ago
A traffic stop in New Mexico has resulted in the arrest of a Kansas fugitive. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department says deputies working on an interstate criminal enforcement team arrested 39-year-old Patrick Close on a Kansas warrant accusing him of a sex crime involving a child under age 14. According to the Sheriff's Department, Close was in ...

11 years ago
A trench in Antarctica has been named after a professor at the University of Kansas. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names recently named the "Gogineni Subglacial Trench" after Prasad Gogineni, who teaches electrical engineering and computer science. The trench is hidden under the Byrd Glacier in the Victoria Land region of Antarctica. Gogineni directs the university-based based Center ...

11 years ago
Authorities say an Arizona State University student who died after falling from the 10th floor of a Tempe apartment building had earlier attended an off-campus party sponsored by a banned fraternity. Tempe police still are investigating the death early Sunday of 18-year-old Naomi McClendon. Investigators believe the Kansas native was intoxicated when she was taken to the ...

11 years ago
A day designed for young professional in Salina Thursday featured among other things, a motivational presentation from an area native who is now an ESPN Sportscenter anchor. "The Coach", Jonathan Coachman, spoke during a luncheon at the Salina Bicentennial Center as a part of the 2014 Kansas YP Summit. Coachman is a McPherson native, graduating from McPherson ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a series of business burglaries. Police say that sometime between 7:30 Wednesday night and 7:30 this morning, burglars hit three businesses in the 300 Block of East Walnut. The businesses include Prairieland Market at 305 E. Walnut, Uptown Salon at 307 E. Walnut, and American Family Insurance at 309 E. Walnut. A door was ...