11 years ago
A Topeka group is teaming up to help young people affected by the tornadoes that hit the Oklahoma City area. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Topeka Youth Project's Youth Council is coordinating with local youth groups and collecting items for teens and day care-aged children in Moore and El Reno, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas ...

11 years ago
Last week a bicyclist was struck and killed while riding in the 3800 block of west Crawford Street in Saline County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, along with this tragedy, come the discussions, often heated and full of inaccurate information, about bicycles, vehicles, and their usage of the roadway. This, combined with the addition of ...

11 years ago
A mild, windy day gave way to rain at the Smoky Hill River Festival on Saturday. A thunderstorm early in the evening prompted organizers to cancel stage performances that were scheduled at 6:00 and 7:00. The 8:30 Mingo Fishtrap concert was ultimately washed out as well. The group is currently negotiating to come back in the ...

11 years ago
A former chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents says $2 million earmarked for a stem cell center at KU Medical Center could have been used to offset some of the Legislature's $66 million in cuts to higher education. Regent Ed McKetchnie of Arcadia says stem cell research is good, but maybe now isn't the time ...

11 years ago
Just a few weeks shy of the 1st birthday of their first set of twins, Lilly and Eddy are once again proud parents of two cotton-top tamarins. The two healthy babies were born Sunday, June 2nd. The sexes of the twin new world monkeys have not yet been determined. They are the 3rd and 4th ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback says his office is reviewing budget legislation sent to him by Kansas legislators to determine if he can veto cuts in higher education spending. Brownback told reporters Friday he's not sure he can use the governor's power to veto individual line-items to eliminate the cuts approved by lawmakers. The Legislature cut funding for state ...

11 years ago
Wichita police say an 18-month-old boy tripped before he was run over by a family friend's truck. The victim was identified Friday as Abraham Rostro. Police say he died Thursday evening after he was dropped off with his father and three other children by a family friend. Police say as the children crossed the street, Abraham apparently ...

11 years ago
There is an "unspoken rule" that is understood about art according to artist, Juniper Tangpuz from Kansas City and that is that it is not to be touched. Tangpuz's sculpture's for this year's River Festival, however, were built to defy that rule. "I try to imagine myself as a kid," Tangpuz said. "I used to imagine ...

11 years ago
Artists Fred and Taya Conlon met in college - but followed their hearts after graduation to an Army Navy Surplus Store, "The first time we saw a mass pile of helmets, the gears started really moving in our heads," Taya said. Now they use those gears and a welder to make metal come to life. "The alligator ...

11 years ago
Salina Police stayed busy following the Smoky Hill River Festival Jam Thursday night looking for drunk drivers. Officers worked a DUI check lane in the area of Front and Crawford Streets, and one in the area of Broadway and Dover. Officers made one DUI arrest, along with issuing severe other citations. Thursday night DUI check lane statistics: 1 DUI ...

11 years ago
A GPS locator on a cellular telephone leads Salina police to a suspected thief. Police say that during the noon hour on Thursday an Apple iPhone and a charger were stolen from a car parked behind the Stiefel Theatre in a public parking lot in Downtown Salina. Police used a GPS application on the phone to locate ...