11 years ago
It’s been a record year for Darius Rucker. Arguably one of the most applauded singles of the year, “Wagon Wheel” has helped the platinum-selling entertainer earn multiple nominations from the CMA and ACA Awards. Fans of his third chart-topping country album, True Believers, can catch Rucker at the Salina Bicentennial Center on Saturday, March 8 ...

11 years ago
An ancient insect-eating mammal has been named after a University of Kansas professor. The university says in a news release that researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Denver Museum of Nature & Science recently have published a description of a fossilized 50-million-year-old creature. They named the shrew-sized mammal after Leonard Krishtalka, director of the Biodiversity ...

11 years ago
The iconic St. Fidelis Catholic Church in Victoria - better known as the Cathedral of the Plains - is working to protect its 48 historic stained-glass windows. The church has started a $155,000 project to refurbish the windows, which are valued at more than $1 million. The 140-foot twin towers of the Cathedral on the ...

11 years ago
A Kansas National Guard helicopter unit is deploying to Afghanistan to participate in a medical mission. About 45 soldiers of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment are heading first to Fort Hood, Texas, for more training before deploying to Afghanistan. The soldiers will provide evacuation support by flying wounded soldiers from the battlefield and moving patients ...

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A Wichita State University professor has donated $2.2 million to the university's chemistry department where he spent more than 40 years. The WSU Foundation says Erach R. Talaty left the money to the chemistry program to help create endowed scholarships and fellowships for students and to establish a teaching and research position for the department. The Wichita ...

11 years ago
Kansans turned in nearly five tons of unused medicine as part of an effort to curb prescription drug abuse. The Kansas Attorney General's office says residents turned in 9,777 pounds of drugs at locations around the state on Oct. 26 for National Drug Take-Back Day. The office says in a release it's the largest amount the ...

11 years ago
Wyandotte County officials say a 13-year-old girl is accused of bringing an unloaded handgun to her middle school. Prosecutors say the girl was charged with a misdemeanor count of criminal use of a weapon. Kansas law prohibits anyone younger than 18 from possessing a firearm. Officials say the gun was not loaded, and the girl did ...

11 years ago
A townhall meeting on the topic of fluoride and Salina water will be held Monday evening. The City of Salina will hold an open public forum to discuss water fluoridation. Pro-fluoridation and anti-fluoridation panels will have 30 minutes each for presentations. They will then take questions and comments from the public. Members of ...

11 years ago
Strong wind around the area Sunday caused minor damage. According to the National Weather Service, strong south wind of 30 to 40 mph with gusts over 50 mph were felt across Central Kansas on Sunday afternoon. These strong winds knocked down some tree limbs and blew over some road signs. The stong wind is a prelude to ...

11 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Experts say Kansans don't need to be worried about the healthy population of tarantulas found in the state. The large, hairy spiders are often depicted as dangerous. But Jim Mason, of the Great Plains Nature Center, says the spiders are generally docile. He says tarantulas rear up on their back legs when ...

11 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Jackson County judge has approved a $1.35 million settlement in a civil lawsuit involving a Kansas City priest who's serving 50 years in prison for producing child pornography. A Jackson County judge approved the settlement in the lawsuit filed in 2011 by a girl and her parents against the Kansas ...