11 years ago
The U.S. Air Force is holding a hearing in Wichita to gauge public support for McConnell Air Force Base as it considers sites for a new fleet of refueling tankers. The Wichita Eagle reports  the Air Force in May named McConnell as the preferred site for 36 KC-46A tankers to be sited beginning in 2016. McConnell ...

11 years ago
Hunters were mostly disappointed with opening day of the season for upland game birds in central Kansas. The Salina Journal reports farmers, landowners and experts with the state Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism were all predicting a bleak opener Saturday largely because of drought. Greg Salisbury, a game warden from Bennington, also says what few ...

11 years ago
A movie playing at Union Station in Kansas City for the next three weeks is part of an effort to reverse a decline in basic civics knowledge in the U.S. The 40-minute, giant-screen historical drama called "We the People" premiered Thursday. Filmmakers Aimee Larrabee and John Altman say they want the movie to launch classroom discussions ...

11 years ago
The leader of the Oklahoma-based Delaware Tribe says the tribe could pursue a casino in Kansas, but the tribe also has a broader vision of providing services to Native Americans. In an "open letter to the people of Kansas," Chief Paula Pechonick said Saturday she wanted to address speculation about the tribe's plans since it bought ...

11 years ago
Several events are planned in Salina Monday to honor veterans on Veterans Day. Lt. Col. Richard Fisher, executive officer of the Great Plains Joint Training Center and garrison commander of the Kansas Army National Guard Training Center, will be the guest speaker at a Veterans Day Ceremony at the Saline County War Memorial in Sunset Park. ...

11 years ago
Fort Riley is ready for Operation Santa Claus. According to the Army, the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley are once again beginning their annual Operation Santa fundraising event with a ceremony at 10 a.m. this Wednesday at Operation Santa headquarters, located at 261 Stuart Ave. on Fort Riley's Main Post. Operation Santa is an annual program. ...

11 years ago
A Sedgwick County judge has granted probation for a 31-year-old Wichita woman whose 6-year-old son died in crash while she was driving drunk. Crystal Ross pleaded guilty in September to involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence, which usually carries a sentence of about three years in prison. The Kansas Highway Patrol says Ross lost control of ...

11 years ago
A 44-year-old Kansas man convicted for the second time of sexual offenses involving children has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. The Hutchinson News reports Douglas D. Peterman was sentenced Thursday in Hodgeman County court to the mandatory sentence. Peterman was found guilty in October of three counts ...

11 years ago
Nine chiefs with the Topeka Fire Department no longer get overtime and call back pay. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the change took effect Saturday and is an attempt to correct the longtime practice of giving battalion chiefs and shift commanders overtime and callback benefits. Federal labor standards exempt them from the extra pay. Last year, the 11 ...

11 years ago
No injuries were reported after a single-engine plane crash landed shortly after takeoff in northern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the aircraft had just taken off from Blosser Municipal Airport in Concordia on Saturday morning when it stalled and crashed while making an emergency landing. The plan missed the runway by less than a mile. The ...

11 years ago
Funeral services are Thursday for a 35-year-old Kansas soldier killed in Afghanistan. Army Sgt. 1st Class Forrest Warren Robertson, of Westmoreland, died  Sunday while deployed in the Logar province of Afghanistan. The Defense Department says Robertson died of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, ...