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 ...

11 years ago
Kansas Democrats feel upbeat about their chances of unseating Republican Gov. Sam Brownback this year as Democratic challenger Paul Davis makes school funding a major issue. Several hundred Democratic officials and activists gathered Saturday for Washington Days, the party's biggest annual meeting. Caucus meetings and speeches Saturday came a day after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that ...

11 years ago
Lawrence police say they don't suspect foul play in the death of a 44-year-old Lawrence man whose body was found near the Kansas River. The Lawrence Journal-World reports emergency responders were dispatched at 8:48 a.m. Saturday after a member of a river cleanup group reported finding the body. Police spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley says a preliminary examination ...

11 years ago
Weather officials will be watching major thunderstorms this year for a clue that may help indicate the path of potential tornadoes. The research stems from tornadoes last year in Kansas and Oklahoma that baffled weather researcher Jon Davies. The two large tornadoes — one near Bennington in north-central Kansas on May 28, and another near El ...

11 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A marathon spelling bee finally has a conclusion — after nearly 100 rounds and two weeks of anticipation. A seventh-grader and fifth-grader exhausted the Jackson County spelling bee's initial word list Feb. 22, forcing another day of competition. On Saturday, the seventh-grader was declared the winner after his opponent stumbled on "stifling" ...

11 years ago
A sure sign that spring is on the horizon: It's time to set the clocks forward for daylight saving time. Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes later before heading to bed Saturday night, but daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. You lose an hour of sleep, but daylight saving time ...