11 years ago
Authorities trying to establish a plan for dealing with dwindling water resources in Kansas say it's unclear how much the state wants to spend on solving the problem. Gov. Sam Brownback in October called for development of a 50-year plan for water in Kansas that would meet residents' needs and extend the life of the Ogallala ...

11 years ago
A new report shows federal prosecutors charged about 21 percent fewer defendants last year in Kansas than in 2012, led by steep declines in immigration and drug cases. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas says it, like other districts, has faced gaps in resources over the past two years due to a federal hiring freeze and ...

11 years ago
Two Pittsburg State University engineering students are building an easy-to-assemble shelter they hope will someday be used by refugees and disaster victims around the world. Austin Leake, of Independence, Kan., and Cody Frieden, of Lamar, Mo., will enter their design next month in a national contest in Arkansas. The World Vision/John Brown University Disaster Shelter Design Competition ...

11 years ago
A band named after a fire truck heated up the stage at the Salina Stiefel Theatre Friday. Rockers REO Speedwagon played before a full house. REO Speedwagon formed in 1967, developed a following in the 1970s, and had its biggest commercial success in the 1980s. REO Speedwagon has 13 top 40 hits and 19 top 100 ...

11 years ago
Two Fort Riley 1st Infantry Division veterans will receive the military's highest award for heroism, the Medal Of Honor. According to Fort Riley, Sgt. Alfred B. Nietzel and Sgt. Candelario Garcia, are among the 24 soldiers set to receive the Medal of Honor at a March 18 ceremony at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. The 24 ...

11 years ago
A former Topeka man will be tried for the 2011 killing of another man whose head was severed in what witnesses described as a voodoo ritual. 29-year-old James Paul Harris was bound over for trial following a hearing Friday in Osage County District Court. Harris is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old ...

11 years ago
One of three people accused in a Salina murder appeared in Saline County District Court Friday afternoon. Last spring 27-year-old Kristin Tyler of Salina went missing. The mother of four was missing two weeks before her body was found in a ravine off Interstate 135 in rural Saline County. 25-year-old Joel Heil, 33-year-old Dane DeWeese, and 21-year-old ...

11 years ago
The Salina YMCA has a new leader. According to the organization, Angie Lassley has been selected President and CEO. Lassley’s professional career spans 26 years at YMCA Associations in Salina, Wichita, Indianapolis, IN, and Lexington, KY. Lassley grew up in Salina, and began her YMCA professional career at the Salina Family YMCA. She held positions of increasing ...

11 years ago
State regulators have granted Westar Energy's request for a $43.6 million rate increase. The Kansas Corporation Commission on Thursday approved an increase that would raise residential and small-business bills $83.5 million. Rates paid by butter businesses and school district would have rates reduced by $50 million. The utility sought the rate hike to pay increasing ...

11 years ago
Authorities in Florida say they've arrested a man who escaped from the military prison at Fort Leavenworth in 1977. The U.S. Marshals Service says 59-year-old James Robert Jones was arrested Thursday in Deerfield Beach, Fla., where he was living. Jones was serving a 23-year sentence for premeditated murder and aggravated assault when he escaped from ...

11 years ago
NASA has selected a Lawrence business to develop a drone for high-altitude air sampling. NASA and KalScott Engineering Inc. are in the contract phase of the nearly $1 million unmanned air vehicle project. The drone is expected to provide data for earth science programs at NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Other possible uses could ...