11 years ago
Deadly severe weather rolled across the Midwest Sunday. Officials say that at least three people died when tornadoes hit central and southern Illinois. Melanie Arnold of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency says that a person was killed in Washington when a tornado struck that central Illinois community on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the county coroner in Washington ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is hurt in a crash involving a deer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27-year-old Christine Munoz of Salina was driving a car early Saturday morning, headed west on K4 Highway, when a deer ran in front of her. Munoz swerved to avoid the deer, veered to the left across the center line, went ...

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Fort Riley will honor international prisoners of war during a German and Italian Memorial Ceremony on Thursday at the post cemetery. During World War II, Fort Riley was designated as one of about 600 prisoner of war camps in the U.S. From 1943 to 1946, about 4,500 POWs were incarcerated at Fort Riley, where they performed ...

11 years ago
A Wichita school for children with autism is experimenting with robots to help students improve their human interaction, physical skills and emotional behavior. The Wichita Eagle reports the robots being used at Heartspring are programmed to dance, talk, recognize faces and speech and get up and calm themselves after falling and model appropriate greetings. Director of clinical ...

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The Kansas Highway Patrol says a school bus driver's medical condition directly impacted the cause of a crash that injured the driver and 22 middle school students. The Kansas City Star reports the Aug. 21 accident outside Bonner Springs injured the driver and 22 sixth-grade girls from the Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City. The injuries ...

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A Saline County judge has suspended a prison sentence for a 32-year-old Kansas City rap artist convicted of shooting a man in Salina. Reginald “Dalima” Easterwood’s used a small caliber handgun to shoot a Salina man after a disturbance at the Howard Johnson Inn on E. Diamond Drive back in June. Shane Salyards was wounded in ...

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Officials in the bistate Kansas City area are stepping up a campaign to host the 2016 Republican National Convention. Officials recently submitted a letter to the Republican National Committee formalizing their intent to bid on the convention. On Wednesday, a special bid task force was announced. Members include Kansas City Mayor Sly and Pinnacle Entertainment executive Troy ...

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A 38-year-old man convicted of molesting a Wichita girl for nearly a decade faces about 80 years in prison. The Wichita Eagle reports Michael Rae has to serve about 51 years of a life sentence before becoming eligible for parole for raping a girl under 14. If he's ever paroled on that charge, Rae has to ...

11 years ago
The Central Mustangs ended the 2013 season with a disappointing 44 – 42 loss Friday night at Salina Stadium in the quarterfinal round of the state playoffs. After taking an early lead over the Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel Crusaders, the Mustangs fell 44 – 42. Central scored first, on a Malik Veal touchdown run with 8:14 ...

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The Salina South Cougars avenged two consecutive playoff losses to Bishop Carroll Friday night, and in the process snapped the Wichita school's 23 game winning streak. The Cougars finally defeated the Golden Eagles, after disappointing playoff losses to them the last two years. After a scoreless 1st quarter, Bishop Carroll took a 7 - 0 lead ...

11 years ago
A former employee of a northeast Kansas county has pleaded no contest to stealing $16,000 in public money. KNZA-FM reports 40-year-old Janette Lyn Fund, of Delia, appeared Friday in Jackson County District Court. She pleaded no contest to 20 felony counts of making false information and 20 misdemeanor counts of theft. Prosecutor Shawna Miller says 140 additional ...