11 years ago
The State Board of Education will review a recent study of Kansas elementary and middle school students linking fitness to academic success. The results of the Kansas Fitness Information Tracking, or K-FIT, showed that students who were able to reach fitness goals in five areas scored significantly higher on math and reading tests than students who ...

11 years ago
A judge has agreed to limit what material the court can consider in a lawsuit filed by Kansas and Arizona seeking to force federal election officials to modify voter registration forms to require proof-of-citizenship from residents in those states. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Wednesday sided with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in limiting his ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says a fatal crash of two trucks on Interstate 135 in south-central Kansas appears to have been weather-related, making it the third fatality linked to a winter storm. The patrol reported that a northbound Chevy truck went out of control Tuesday morning on I-135 just north of Hesston and spun through ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says state government offices will resume normal operating hours Thursday after being closed for two days because of a winter storm. The governor had ordered state offices in the Topeka area shut down Tuesday, when the storm dumped more than a foot of snow on the state capital. He gave agencies ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen gun. Police say that a handgun was reported stolen from a home a 436 South 11th Street. The 9 mm Springfield was allegedly taken from a bedroom sometime between January 8th and February 4th. Total loss is estimated at $800.

11 years ago
The winter storm that dropped heavy snow on Tuesday kept law enforcement around the area, and around the state, busy. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, between 6:00 Tuesday morning and 6:00 Wednesday morning, troopers worked 129 property damage crashes, 12 injury crashes, 475 motorist assists, and 1 fatality crash. Locally, Salina Police worked 8 non injury ...

11 years ago
Your eyes were not deceiving you if you thought that you saw a triple sunrise in the sky Wednesday morning. An atmospheric phenomenon known as a sundog was visible. Sundogs, also known as mock suns or "parhelia", are a pair of brightly colored spots, one on either side of the sun. Sundogs are visible when the sun ...

11 years ago
A winter storm that moved across Kansas dropped up to a foot of snow in some areas. National Weather Service Snow Reports: INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME ------ ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered state offices in the Topeka area closed for a second consecutive day because of a winter storm. The Legislature also canceled all of its meetings for Wednesday. Schools throughout Kansas canceled classes and state government ground to a halt Tuesday as well. Residents dealt with a winter storm that brought heavy ...

11 years ago
A south-central Kansas county has been shaken by its second minor earthquake in two days. The U.S. Geological Survey says a quake with a magnitude of 3.3 rattled Sumner County just after 8 a.m. Tuesday. The tremor was centered about 11 miles northwest of Caldwell - a few miles from where a 3.9-magnitude earthquake was recorded ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has called out Kansas National Guard troops to help transport emergency and medical personnel and rescue stranded motorists. Brownback also announced Tuesday that he's issued a disaster declaration for the state. The declaration makes it easier for the state Division of Emergency Management to move personnel and equipment around the state. State Adjutant General ...