11 years ago
Heavy snow has made driving treacherous around Central Kansas. By early afternoon, nearly a foot of snow was on the ground. There was a report of 10.5 inches of snow in South Salina. About 10 inches was on the ground at the KSAL Studios in Downtown Salina. Assaria was reporting 9 inches. At around 1:30 in the ...

11 years ago
An autopsy indicates that a 23-year-old University of Kansas student died last December from a fall after he had been drinking. The autopsy released Tuesday said Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana suffered skull fractures, bruising on the brain and broken ribs that suggested he fell on a hard surface. Coroner Erik Mitchell says the death was an accident. ...

11 years ago
A Kansas business owner, his wife, daughter and granddaughter have been identified as the victims of plane crash in Tennessee. Lori Gibson, a spokeswoman for the family, identified the victims Tuesday as Glenn Mull; his wife, Elaine; their daughter, Amy Harter; and granddaughter Samantha Harter. Gibson says Mull owned Mull Farms and Feeding in Pawnee ...

11 years ago
A south central Kansas teacher has pleaded not guilty to having unlawful sexual relations with a student. Twenty-four-year-old Ashley Marie Eck, of Augusta, also waived her right to a preliminary hearing during a court appearance Monday in Cowley County. Eck was a teacher at Winfield High School. The Winfield Daily Courier reports a police investigation began shortly ...

11 years ago
A computer is stolen from a lab room at Kansas Wesleyan University. Salina Police say sometime between January 31 and February 3, someone entered a lab on campus in Peters Science Hall and removed a Dell Optiplex 7010 computer tower with power cord. The hardware is valued at $988. A similar model was stolen from a classroom at ...

11 years ago
Health experts at the University of Kansas Hospital are warning people to avoid overtaxing their hearts while shoveling snow. With a winter storm bearing down on the region, the hospital said in a statement Monday that people clearing snow should be alert to dizziness, extreme fatigue, faintness and chest pains. Cardiologists say that even people in ...

11 years ago
The National Agricultural Statistics Service says declining stock water supplies and extreme weather swings were the biggest concerns for Kansas livestock producers last month. In its monthly wintertime update, the agency reported Monday that cattle and calf losses were 13 percent below normal, 85 percent normal and 2 percent above normal in January. The report also said ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are considering anti-terrorism legislation inspired partly by an alleged suicide bomb plot at a Wichita airport foiled in December. A bill heard Monday by the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee would allow victims to sue convicted terrorists. The bill would let victims collect damages equal to three times their losses or $10,000, whichever ...

11 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has joined other states in appealing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulation of nutrients in runoff from farms and lawns. Schmidt says he filed a brief Monday in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia in a lawsuit by the American Farm Bureau over the EPA's regulation of nutrient runoff in ...

11 years ago
Republicans in Congress say a 40-year-old law meant to protect animals and plants from extinction has become bogged down by litigation and is in desperate need of an overhaul. A group of 13 GOP lawmakers plans to release a report Tuesday detailing their proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act, one of the nation's cornerstone environmental ...

11 years ago
Snow than began to fall overnight will continue throughout the day Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, snow will continue through the day and end tonight. The heaviest snowfall totals will be in the morning and early afternoon across the area. The highest snow totals will fall in an axis from Hutchinson to Topeka ...