11 years ago
Health officials say the flu season seems to be getting off to more normal start this year. Reports of the flu have been increasing, particularly in the South. But it's nothing like last year, when flu hit early and very hard in early December. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said last year's flu ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University is getting a $5 million donation from the estate of a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. The university says the gift from Manhattan resident Wayne McIntosh will go to construction of the university welcome center and multicultural initiatives. McIntosh attended K-State and also worked for the university. The university says he died in 2012. McIntosh ...

11 years ago
Purchases of two large parcels of land in northeast and southeast Kansas have been placed on hold over concerns about the timing of the sales and lack of legislative input. The state finance council delayed its decision Thursday after several legislators on the council said some of their colleagues questioned the purchases for the Kansas Department ...

11 years ago
Two scientists from China have been charged with trying to steal seed samples from a company's research facility in Kansas. The office of the U.S. Attorney for Kansas said Thursday that 47-year-old Weiqiang Zhang, of Manhattan, and 63-year-old Wengui Yan, of Stuttgart, Ark. are each charged with one count of conspiracy to steal trade secrets. ...

11 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education is drafting a plan that would require all teachers in the state to submit fingerprints and undergo extensive background checks, but some school districts are concerned about requiring more costs from their educators. Education Board attorney Scott Gordon says some districts already require fingerprint checks as a condition of ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating a theft from a vehicle parked outside a Salina truck stop. Police say that 41-year-old Robert Gaston from Eldorado reported a theft from his 1999 Ford Taurus. Gaston reports that he parked his car outside the Bosselman Travel Center at 1944 North 9th Street at 1:45 Wednesday afternoon while he went inside and dined ...

11 years ago
Gallery seating is now available to see Mike Huckabee speak in Salina. According to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, open gallery seating is being made available for their Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting, Thursday, February 6, 2014 featuring the former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee. Huckabee is national voice familiar to Newsradio 1150 KSAL listeners. He ...

11 years ago
A flamingo that escaped from the Sedgwick County Zoo in 2005 has been spotted again, this time in Texas. A Massachusetts birder says the flamingo, known as No. 492 because of the number on its leg band, was seen last week off the Texas Gulf Coast. The bird was with a companion, a Yucatan-born Caribbean ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas has censured a former senior scientist in the Kansas Geological Survey over plagiarism allegations. A university committee found that Marios Sophocleous, a hydrology scientist, engaged in plagiarism and self-plagiarism in seven journal articles dealing with hydrology and groundwater. Sophocleous denies the allegations. He says he never copied the work of others or his ...

11 years ago
Approximately two dozen soldiers of the National Guard's 35th Infantry Division will soon be heading to Kosovo to fill positions in an ongoing NATO peacekeeping mission. The first of the soldiers will be honored in a departure ceremony Saturday at Fort Leavenworth where the division is headquartered. A second departure ceremony for remaining soldiers is scheduled ...

11 years ago
Kansas environmental officials are seeking volunteers to help count birds at Cheyenne Bottoms near Great Bend from Saturday through the first week of January. The Christmas Bird Count is an annual tradition across the U.S. More than 40 such counts are held across Kansas. The Kansas Wetlands Education Center and the Nature Conservancy are asking for help ...