12 years ago
Severe thunderstorms that rumbled across the area produced damaging wind and heavy rain late Wednesday into early Thursday. Rush County authorities say wind that blew through LaCrosse was strong enough to knock over train cars sitting at a lumberyard. The sheriff's department says the strong wind Wednesday night pushed over six empty train cars near Main Street ...

12 years ago
A Salina teen is headed to compete in a national scholarship competition. Rhianna Jordan of Salina will travel to Mobile, Alabama, on Sunday to participate in the 57th Distinguished Young Women National Finals. The event itself will be held June 26th, 27th and 28th at the Mobile Civic Center Theater. Jordan is one of 50 state ...

12 years ago
Kansas wildlife officials are hoping a day spent shocking carp and removing them from a south-central Kansas lake will ease conditions for other fish to thrive. Four boats staffed by members of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism set out Tuesday to remove 1,000 pounds of carp from East Lake in Harvey County. ...

12 years ago
Salina's Oakdale Park is undergoing a transformation in preparation of the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival. The official opening event of the 38th annual party in the park is Thursday night's Festival Jam. Entertainment this year includes several traditional favorite acts, along with some new ones. Following Thursday night's jam session, the Friday headliner on ...

12 years ago
The latest government snapshot shows the Agriculture Department has revised downward its forecast for the nation's drought-stricken winter wheat crop. The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated on Wednesday that farmers will bring in 2.38 billion bushels of winter wheat. Their forecast is down 2 percent from a month ago and 10 percent from last year. An even ...

12 years ago
Billy Taylor loves a good mystery, but is still a bit mystified by the media attention his family has received this week after finding the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion. "They told me after we won some of the media might contact me and I thought who's going to call me - but this has ...

12 years ago
A woman from Beloit reports that her phone was stolen at a Salina store. Police are investigating after Donna Ruckert left her phone in the ladies restroom at the Wal-Mart located at 2900 S. Broadway on Tuesday evening around 6pm. She told officers when she returned about 30-minutes later, the Samsung Galaxy 3 Note phone was gone. The ...

12 years ago
Salina residents are accustomed to the sight and sounds of Canadian F-18 Hornets training in the area, but this June they may notice a more familiar flag as the U.S. military takes advantage of Salina's location to train members of our own armed forces. The deployment will include close air support training, live fire events, ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's office is planning to crack down on drunk drivers this weekend. According to the agency, as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Impaired Driving Deterrence Program, deputies will be conducting a checkpoint. This checkpoint is designed to identify intoxicated drivers. Those motorists suspected of intoxication will be given on-site field sobriety tests. Efforts ...

12 years ago
A panel of three state-court judges is reviewing a new Kansas education funding law to determine if it meets a state Supreme Court mandate to boost aid to poor school districts. The hearing Tuesday afternoon in Shawnee County District Court comes in a lawsuit filed in 2010 by parents and school districts. The Supreme Court ruled in ...

12 years ago
A new government report shows Kansas leads the nation in the production of wheat and sorghum grain. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Tuesday that 15 percent of last year's total U.S. wheat crop was grown in Kansas. About 42 percent of the U.S. sorghum grown for grain also came out of Kansas. The agency's rankings show ...