11 years ago
Kansas State Board of Education members will decide this week whether the state's new handwriting standards will encourage schools to make sure that fifth- and sixth-graders can write legibly in cursive. The handwriting standards are on the board's agenda for a Tuesday meeting. State law requires the board to regularly update academic standards. Multistate academic standards adopted by ...

11 years ago
Lawrence Police Officers are currently seeking information on the whereabouts of a University of Kansas student last seen early Saturday morning in central Lawrence. Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana was last seen walking from a home near 9th and Michigan Street, towards his destination near 11th and Mississippi Street. Villagomez, a 23 year old University of Kansas graduate student ...

11 years ago
The area surrounding a central Topeka home in which three people were found shot to death has seen four other homicides in a little over six years. But The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/19471Wm ) that some residents say the Central Park neighborhood is a good one that has improved in recent years. Topeka police still have not ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas town wants to use a movie theater that is believed to be among the nation's oldest to tell the history of early cinema. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that newly discovered photos and newspaper clippings show that films have been shown at what is now The Plaza Grill and Cinema in Ottawa since 1905. ...

11 years ago
A Wichita falconer has been reunited with his golden eagle. The Wichita Eagle  reports that Nate Mathews has been using birds of prey to hunt for the past decade. He took on the challenge of training a golden eagle named Isaiah in 2011. But a few days before the first hunt, the bird escaped. About 18 months ...

11 years ago
Slick roads cause numerous crashes Sunday, including one involving a Salina fire truck. A fresh round of snow and drizzle has slickened roads across parts of Kansas and Missouri. The wintry precipitation began falling Saturday and continued into Sunday. In Missouri, 1 inch fell at Kansas City International Airport and 3 to 4 inches in the northwest ...

11 years ago
Slick streets prompt Salina Police to activate the "Emergency Accident Reporting Plan". According to the department, the "Emergency Accident Reporting Plan” has been implemented due to severe weather and/or hazardous driving conditions as the number of motor vehicle accidents exceeds the Department’s ability to respond in a timely manner. Eligible accidents: Any non-hit and run, non-personal injury ...

11 years ago
A man involved in a disturbance at a state parole office in downtown Wichita is in custody after spending two hours perched outside a second-floor window. The Wichita Eagle  reports that a standoff with authorities ended Friday with the man falling to the sidewalk. Wichita police Lt. E.J. Bastian says a canopy broke the man's fall. ...

11 years ago
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake recoded in central Oklahoma by the U.S. Geological Survey has been followed by two smaller earthquakes. No injuries or damage are reported. The USGS says the magnitude-4.5 quake was recorded at 12:10 p.m. Saturday near Arcadia, about 14 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The agency reports that temblor was followed by a 2.8-magnitude earthquake ...

11 years ago
A Lawrence program that helps the homeless is training its volunteers to detect whether any of the people it's assisting endured trauma as a child. The Lawrence Journal-World reports  it's an initiative of Lawrence Family Promise, which uses churches and their volunteers to house homeless families. Nearly 1,000 volunteers took part recently in what is called trauma-informed ...

11 years ago
Great Bend is making plans to demolish one World War II-era hangar and to put another on the historic registry. The Hutchinson News  reports that the airfield in Great Bend was among 18 that were part of the war effort in Kansas. It was used to train flight personnel for B-29 bombers. The training mission required ...