11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 years ago
Topeka police are searching for whoever stole a century-old bronze urn from an area cemetery. Police say the 3-foot tall and 3-foot wide urn was taken Sunday night or Monday morning. It was placed at the cemetery between 1912 and 1917 to mark the grave of Bell Hurley. The urn stood on top of a hill next ...

11 years ago
The Kansas State University Police Department is warning about a scam. According to the organization, a possible phone scam is aactive in the area. Callers claim to be police officers from the university. They tell the potential victim they are calling to collect for past fines, or owed money. The Kansas State University Police Department will never ...

11 years ago
A country music legend is coming to Salina. Wynonna Judd, and friends, are coming to the Stiefel Theatre. Wyonna wil perform at the Stiefel Theatre on Thursday, February 19th. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 24th. Everyone has a story to tell. And, for Wynonna Judd, those stories have been told through song with one of the most ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas Hospital officials say preliminary tests show a patient who arrived Monday with Ebola-like symptoms does not have the deadly disease. Chief medical officer Dr. Lee Norman said Tuesday the man is believed instead to have another tropical disease common in central and western Africa, although doctors haven't determined which one. Norman says the patient ...

11 years ago
A judge has ruled that a Hutchinson teenager will be tried as an adult in a fatal fire that killed his mother and sister. Reno County Judge Patti Macke-Dick made the ruling Tuesday in the case of 15-year-old Sam Vonachen, who was 14 when the fire occurred at the family home in September 2013. Prosecutors allege Vonachen ...

11 years ago
Federal records indicate U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas has attended barely one-third of his Senate Agricultural Committee meetings during the past 15 years. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the three-term Republican from Dodge City was present for 71 of the 201 agriculture committee sessions from 2000 to 2014. Roberts has emphasized endorsements from Kansas farm, crop and ...

11 years ago
The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard is urging Republicans to support the re-election of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Sen. Pat Roberts, saying now is not the time for a protest vote. Carly Fiorina spoke to about 450 people Tuesday in Wichita at an event hosted by Women for Brownback and the Republican House Campaign Committee. She ...

11 years ago
A pilot degree program offered through Kansas State University Salina will expand to the Kansas City area. The university announced Monday that the expanded program will start next year. Students will be able to take flight training from Air Associates in Olathe, general-education classes from Johnson County Community College, and other classes online from Kansas State Salina. ...