11 years ago
The penguins at Salina's Rolling Hills Zoo are staying a little longer. Four African penguins that arrived back in April were scheduled to leave at the end of September. Instead, Penguin Landing will stay open three extra weeks, through October 20th. The traveling exhibit, which has been very popular at the zoo, creates a unique opportunity for ...

11 years ago
The Salina-based Land Institute has been awarded two federal grants totaling more than $650,000 that will help fund the institute's development of perennial milo. The U.S. Agency for International Development will provide $500,000 over five years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also will give about $160,000 to the Land Institute over the next two years ...

11 years ago
A 63-year-old Salina man is charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor in the death of a bicycle rider in May. Saline County prosecutors announced Wednesday they had charged Lewis Grider with reckless involuntary manslaughter, leaving the scene of an injury or fatality accident, and failing to report an accident. His first court appearance is ...

11 years ago
Descendants of the man who penned "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" are headed to northeast Kansas this week to take part in a celebration of the enduring novel. Roger and Robert Baum, great-grandsons of L. Frank Baum, will be in Wamego on Saturday and Sunday for the city's ninth annual OZtoberFest event. Robert Baum and his wife, ...

11 years ago
Kansas regulators are reviewing a proposal to let the state's largest electric company raise rates for residential customers by an average of $3 a month. The Kansas Corporation Commission's hearing Thursday focuses on a settlement involving Westar Energy and representatives of its customers. The deal would let Westar boost overall rates by about $31 million annually, ...

11 years ago
Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer says a report shows that a new online health insurance marketplace set up for Kansas by the federal government isn't competitive enough. Colyer said Wednesday that data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services raises questions about whether many Kansans will pay high premiums for coverage through the online marketplace ...

11 years ago
Vast, vital and vulnerable is the Ogallala Aquifer. Lying beneath eight U.S. states and encompassing more than 170,000 acres, the Ogallala is a sizeable and important water resource that has brought life to Kansans in both rural and urban areas. Not only is the aquifer used for production agriculture, but it also provides water for ...

11 years ago
The corporate offices of Waters True Value are moving to the Salina Airport Industrial Center. The Salina Airport Authority's board of directors approved a lease agreement with Waters, Inc. for Building 122, located at 3212 Arnold Avenues, Wednesday afternoon. The Waters, Inc. corporate offices are currently located at 330 Otto Ave., the relocation to the 6,034-square-foot building ...

11 years ago
A full agenda of activities are planned in Salina this weekend as part of Salina AutumnFest. The Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair joins several other events to create Salina AutumnFest. It is billed as a unique collection of fun-filled area events designed to entertain, educate and enlighten the entire family. Salina AutumnFest 2013 events include: The Salina ...

11 years ago
Former Republican state senator Jean Schodorf says she will run for Kansas Secretary of State next year as a Democrat. Schodorf, from Wichita, confirmed her intention to run Tuesday during a meeting of the Saline County Democratic Party. Schodorf will challenge incumbent Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach. After serving 12 years in the state Senate as ...

11 years ago
Officials hearing arguments from people who don't want a proposed power line to go through their backyards are seeking to bring order to legal proceedings. The Grain Belt Express line would span part of Kansas and send 600,000 volts of electricity from wind farms to Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.  The Kansas Corporation Commission already has found ...