11 years ago
State officials have prohibited skiing, swimming and wading in three lakes because of concerns about high levels of toxic blue-green algae. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued the warning Thursday for: LOGAN CITY LAKE, Phillips County MARION RESERVOIR, Marion County MEMORIAL PARK LAKE (Veteran's Lake), Barton County When a Warning is issued, KDHE recommends the following precautions be ...

11 years ago
A pair of firefighters are doubling as brewers for Salina’s first microbrewery. Josh Foley and John Goertzen work together at Fire Station No. 1 and are also responsible for creating the craft beers at Blue Skye Brewery, which is set to open in downtown Salina this fall. Foley’s grandparents lived in Salina and he’s been in the ...

11 years ago
Four people are hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 135 south of Salina Thursday morning. According to th Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Danielle Roth of Salina was driving a car north on the interstate, travelling at 75-miles-per-hour.  She rear-ended a car that was traveling at 60-miles-per-hour. Roth was hurt, as were three people in the car ...

11 years ago
A man suspected of passing counterfeit $100 bills in Salina is caught on video. Police say that a white male described as short, with medium brown hair and tattoos on his forearms purchased a $25 gift certificate from The Strand Beauty Salon, 214 W. Walnut, with a counterfeit $100 bill - and walked out with $75 ...

11 years ago
Wichita police believe the shooter who fired on a home and struck a sleeping 4-year-old boy targeted the wrong address. The shooting happened around 3 a.m. Thursday. Police say the boy and his mother were asleep in a bedroom of a duplex at the time. The 4-year-old was taken to St. Francis Hospital with a gunshot wound ...

11 years ago
Nemaha County Authorities have released the name of the 14-year-old boy killed Monday evening in a tubing accident at the Centralia City Lake. KNZA Radio reports Nemaha County Sheriff Rich Vernon identifies the victim as Nicholas Frazer of Centralia. He died after he was thrown from the tube, being pulled by a boat, around 6:00 Monday evening. Transported ...

11 years ago
A commission that evaluates medical transport services has placed the accreditation of a Wichita, Kansas-based company on hold following the third crash of one of its medical helicopters in Oklahoma since 2010. Eileen Frazer, executive director of the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems, said Wednesday her agency will be looking for trends as it ...

11 years ago
An educational think tank says Kansas is replacing some of the nation's strongest science standards for public schools with weaker, multistate guidelines. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute's report on the new standards was released Thursday, two days after their adoption by the Kansas State Board of Education. The new standards were drafted by 26 states and the ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to sign legislation making additional cuts to Kansas income taxes over the next five years. The Republican governor scheduled a signing ceremony Thursday in Overland Park, with another ceremony later in the day in Wichita. The changes in income tax rates include an adjustment in the standard deduction for personal income taxes. The ...

11 years ago
A new government forecast for the size of the 2013 Kansas winter wheat crop reflects improvements amid the state's wet spring weather. The National Agricultural Statistics Service on Wednesday revised its Kansas production estimate to 307.8 million bushels. That's up 3 percent from last month's forecast but would still be down 21 percent from last year's ...

11 years ago
Record-breaking heat is settling in over parts of western Kansas, and there's concern that gusting winds could create a fire hazard. The Garden City Telegram reports high temperatures in that city broke long-standing records Monday and Tuesday. The mercury hit 108 both days, and Wednesday's high was expected to reach 101. The heat is being joined by ...