11 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after a vehicle was damaged in the Central Mall parking lot. Officers were called after someone damaged an SUV. Police say sometime between 2-4 p.m. Friday someone vandalized a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer at 2259 S. 9th St. The vehicle was dented at the passenger rear near the wheel well. Total ...

11 years ago
Weather experts in Kansas say people should not trust in myths to keep them safe during severe weather. A legend called the Tonganoxie Split, for example, purports the hills divert severe weather away from the Kansas City metropolitan area, Lawrence and Tonganoxie. But in fact, a tornado hit Tonganoxie in 2000, causing $2.1 million in damage ...

11 years ago
The Salina Police Department is investigating after a car is broken into Saturday morning. Between the hours of 2-7 a.m. a 2002 Honda Accord was compromised in the 500 block of Camden Dr. Deputies say a backpack, eye glasses, billfold and three textbooks were taken from the vehicle. There was no sign of forced entry. Total loss is ...

11 years ago
A father is facing charges after taking his 7-year-old son with him on a burglary. Salina Police responded to a burglary in progress call on Friday at about 1:45pm in the 1600 block of E. Cloud. Police arrested 32-year-old Adam Branstetter of Salina after he emerged from the home with an electronic cable in his hand and ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are resuming discussions of education funding in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision that faulted the way certain funds are distributed to school districts. The court on Friday ruled the state's funding of schools unconstitutional, and pointed to two specific areas related to aid for poor districts as needing immediate attention. Legislators have ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas Student Senate will vote this week on whether to eliminate a fee students have paid to the athletics department for more than 30 years. Students pay $25 in the fall and spring and $10 in the summer, with the revenue going to women's and non-revenue sports. The fee raised $1.1 million for ...

11 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee plans to review a proposal this week to change the dates of local elections so they occur on the same schedule as legislative and statewide contests. The bill on the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee's agenda Wednesday is a modified version of a proposal from the Kansas Republican Party. The GOP argues ...

11 years ago
When Edward Hammond became Fort Hays State University President 27-years-ago one of his first orders of business was to institute the Student Recognition Program. Sunday night he attended what could be his final one, and it was in Salina. President Hammond is retiring effective June 30th, the end of the current fiscal year. According to the school, the Student Recognition ...

11 years ago
The Kansas chapter of the American Heart Association says state health officials aren't acting quickly enough to require a screening test that could save newborn babies' lives. The screening, called a pulse oximetry test, measures a baby's oxygen level and can help identify congenital heart defects. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment started an improvement project ...

11 years ago
Nearly 70 years after Nebraska-born soldier Donald Schwab knocked out a German machine gun position on a French battlefield, his descendants are heading to the White House this month to accept the Medal of Honor on his behalf. The delegation representing the late Army lieutenant will include his son Terry Schwab, a physician in Fort Scott, ...

11 years ago
The Eli Young Band gave a unique concert experience in Salina Saturday. Prior to their show with Darius Ruucker and David Nail, the country stars played an intimate, acoustic set for about 50 people. The event was put together by Salina Media Group radio station Y 93.7 as a fundraiser to help fight childhood cancer. Those who ...