11 years ago
One lane of westbound traffic on Interstate 70 in northeast Kansas has reopened after a semi-trailer fire closed that portion of the highway. The Topeka Capital-Journal report that the section of highway in Wabaunsee and Riley counties was reopened to traffic Saturday morning after the fire was put out. The fire was reported earlier Saturday at mile ...

11 years ago
A group charged with recommending changes to the Kansas Board of Regents' new social media policy will compose its own social media proposal. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kevin Johnson, general counsel at Emporia State University and co-chair of the social media working group, says the group should ignore the current policy and recommend one instead. The ...

11 years ago
Wichita State University is scheduled to host an upcoming conference on combatting human trafficking. The Wichita Eagle reports several of the state's leading authorities on human trafficking are expected to attend the event Monday. Karen Countryman-Roswurm, executive director of WSU's Center to Combat Human Trafficking, will moderate a discussion that will include Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt ...

11 years ago
Lawrence police are still seeking information about the recent death of a 52-year-old man and the apparent disappearance of a 19-year-old woman who had been living at the man's home. Harold Sasko was found dead in his Lawrence home Jan. 17. Police had gone to the house looking for Sarah Brooke Gonzales McLinn, who had been ...

11 years ago
Are Girl Scouts ready to hit the streets? It's almost cookie time. According to the Girl Scouts, your favorite cookie entrepreneurs will be out and about in uniform beginning Feb. 8th, selling your favorite cookies: Thin Mints; Caramel deLites; Peanut Butter Patties; Thanks-A-Lots; Peanut Butter Sandwiches; Lemonades; and Shortbreads, and new to the Cookie Sale, Cranberry ...

11 years ago
Registration is open for a unique outdoors event designed for women. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, the 2014 Spring Becoming An Outdooes Woman workshop will give women a chance to immerse themselves in everything outdoors. Women can learn things like what baits catch what fish, how to start a fire with ...

11 years ago
The New Madrid fault zone in the nation’s midsection is active and could spawn future large earthquakes, scientists reported this week. It’s “not dead yet,” said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough, who was part of the study published online by the journal Science. Researchers have long debated just how much of a hazard New Madrid poses. ...

11 years ago
A historic downtown Salina building will be demolished this weekend. According to Salina Downtown Inc.,the 1887 Wight Brothers’ building at 109-111 North Seventh will be torn down on Saturday. Back in November the building was designated an imminent threat to collapse. The demo will begin late in the morning and is expected to take most of ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback remains confident that the Kansas economy will continue to show strength and generate revenues to fund his budget proposals. Speaking to reporters Friday, the governor says his administration's experience in the past three years in setting priorities and building reserves support his optimism. Brownback wants to increase spending in three areas in ...

11 years ago
It started when a Kansas Highway Patrol officer pulled over two Kansas City, Mo., sisters for speeding near the Colorado border and found a small amount of marijuana. Three days later, one woman lay dying in a northwest Kansas jail cell as the other frantically tried to revive her. Now, Joy Biggs is ...

11 years ago
Tickets to see a multi-grammy award winning rocker went on sale Friday morning in Salina. Ticket sales to see Rob Thomas began at 9:00. By mid-morning, ticket sales were strong. Rob Thomas will perform at the the Stiefel Theatre in April as part of a month-long North American special headline run. According to Thomas's record company, these ...