11 years ago
A new government report shows Kansas is among the largest and fastest growing wind energy markets in the country. The Energy Department reported Tuesday that Kansas ranks third among all U.S. states in the percentage of in-state electricity generation from wind power. The state installed 1,441 megawatts of new wind power capacity in 2012, bringing its ...

11 years ago
A family pet has disappeared from outside a home in northeast Kansas, but chances are it didn't get very far unless someone gave it a lift. WIBW-TV reports (http://bit.ly/157gtRE ) the animal is a 50-pound tortoise that Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf describes as about the size of a truck tire. Wolf's office received a call Monday ...

11 years ago
Parents and children gathered on the street to watch the floats, firetrucks, dancers and horses go by. Yellow caution tape marked off Santa Fe in downtown Salina for the Tri-Rivers Fair parade Tuesday night. "We come out every year to the parade," Jessica Urbanek said, surrounded by her children. "The kids love the horses and the candy." The ...

11 years ago
More wet weather is on the way for drenched Kansas counties where swollen rivers are raising new flooding fears. Heavy rains that began last week have already caused flash flooding over roads and swamped some homes in central Kansas. But emergency managers are now more concerned about the storms expected to begin Wednesday and stretch into ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a proclamation calling the Kansas Legislature into special session Sept. 3. Legislators will rewrite a state law allowing judges to sentence convicted murderers to serve at least 50 years in prison. Brownback had a Tuesday afternoon signing ceremony in the Statehouse rotunda. He had already announced the special session, but a ...

11 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says he's working with local prosecutors to draft a consensus proposal for repairing a state law that allows convicted murderers to be sentenced to at least 50 years in prison. Schmidt watched Tuesday as Gov. Sam Brownback signed a proclamation calling the Legislature into special session Sept. 3 to rewrite the ...

11 years ago
It was an unexpected discovery at the Atchison County Lake Saturday for a group of fisherman. Instead of making the big catch, they spotted what they believed to be an alligator. Reporting the sighting to the caretaker, he arrived and confirmed their suspicions, notifying the Atchison County Sheriff’s Department of the odd discovery. Sheriff Jack Laurie says ...

11 years ago
Saline County Commissioners reaffirmed late Tuesday afternoon that they do not want to enter into a new interlocal agreement with the City of Salina in regard to the operation of the Salina-Saline County Health Department. While discussing a proposal from the city Tuesday afternoon, county commissioner John Price made a motion to have the city draft ...

11 years ago
A sinkhole estimated to be about 90 feet deep is drawing so many curiosity seekers to western Kansas that the landowner is pleading for people to stay away. Wallace County officials say the sinkhole, which is 200 to 300 feet wide, was discovered July 31 in a pasture several miles north of Sharon Springs. Rex Buchanan, interim ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing video, after thieves remove four custom wheels from a Cadillac. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, two suspects in a dark blue pickup, pulled up to a 1998 Cadillac DeVille around 5am on Friday, and stole 4 tires with 20-inch custom chrome rims. Police say the suspects broke a rear, wing window on the ...

11 years ago
Saline County Commissioners are considering the City of Salina's latest offer in regard to the Salina-Saline County Health Department. After hearing an update Tuesday morning from County Human Relations Director Marilyn Leamer and County Administrator Rita Deister, commissioners met in executive session with County Counselor Mike Montoya. Deister told commissioners that a tax increase of ...