11 years ago
A new study by researchers at the University of Kansas shows that air turbulence created by wind energy turbines could pose safety problems for small aircraft. Tom Mulinazzi, a KU engineering professor, says wind turbines can set up a circular vortex that can roll a small plane if it gets in there. He says the ...

11 years ago
Members of the Kansas congressional delegation have split their votes on a federal spending bill that includes $404 million for building the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. The $404 million was part of the $1.1 trillion appropriations bill to fund federal government operations through the federal fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. The ...

11 years ago
State officials are asking for public comment on a change in the permit for Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build a coal-burning electric plant in southwest Kansas. The permit changed after the Kansas Supreme Court in October told the Kansas Department of Health and Environment the permit had to comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations ...

11 years ago
Salina USD 305 School board members met with Salina area legislators Saturday morning to discuss education concerns as the new session in Topeka gets underway. Senator Tom Arpke and Representatives JR Claeys, Diana Dierks, and Steven Johnson were all at the event, as was Deena Horst from the Kansas State School Board. According to USD 305, ...

11 years ago
Visitors can extend football season into the winter and spring of 2014 by experiencing Football, a popular traveling exhibit. The exhibit opens this weekend at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan. Football is a 3,000 sq. ft. exhibition that introduces visitors to the science, mathematics and technology behind the game and how they relate to everyday ...

11 years ago
Kansas is no stranger to howling winds, but blowing soil has caused serious problems in northwest Kansas this winter, creating concern for the remainder of the winter and spring, said DeAnn Presley, K-State Research and Extension soil management specialist. The blowing soil problem this year stems largely from high winds coupled with a lack of ...

11 years ago
Former Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler has taken a seat on the state commission that regulates utilities. Emler was sworn in as a member of the Kansas Corporation Commission on Friday, one day after the Senate voted 38-0 to confirm his appointment by Gov. Sam Brownback. Emler abstained from that vote, and another senator ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a group of people who may have been rifling through vehicles in the 2000 block of Shalimar. Officers responded to the neighborhood around 4:30am Friday morning after a homeowner saw someone rummaging through his next door neighbor's car. He also saw three other people in the street that jumped into ...

11 years ago
Thieves hit a Salina business, damaging multiple vehicles and stealing another off the lot. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, burglars cut a chain link fence at Salina Power Sports, 632 S. Broadway, then proceeded to wreck the ignition switches on four ATV's, causing $1,000 in damages. Police say sometime between Wednesday at 7:30pm and 8:45am Thursday ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University has received a patent for a substance that helps convert straw and other grasses into a cleaner-burning fuel. The patent was issued to the university's research foundation, which helps faculty, staff and students commercialize and protect their discoveries. Kansas State says two former faculty members developed a substance that can be used in the ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas man died when he was hit by a tree at a logging job site. Riley County police say 47-year-old David Teske of Onaga died Thursday at the job site south of Manhattan. Police say Teske was dead at the scene after being hit by a falling tree. ___ Associated Press information from: KMAN ...