12 years ago
Officials Monday morning celebrated a local company's contribution to improving Salina streets. Bergkamp Industries manufactured the first ever continuous micro surfacing paver, and still manufactures it. Company Operating Officer Bill Cooper tells KSAL News that the technology makes it possible to maintain roads with a minimum investment. The process allows a protective coat to be overlayed on ...

12 years ago
Still not found is the second perpetrator to an $8,000 radiator robbery. On June 22, the Roudy Busch salvage yard loacted on 1849 W North was broken into and robbed for six truck radiators. Detained by police is Steven Smith; 45, one of the men connected to the robbery whom after acquiring the radiators sold them ...

12 years ago
Tenured University of Kansas professors soon will begin facing periodic reviews. The Lawrence Journal World reports that the goal of the reviews is to make sure tenured professors are still on track. But some faculty are worried that research will suffer because professors will be spending so much time being reviewed or reviewing others. The time-suck fears ...

12 years ago
Washington County authorities say a Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant has drowned in Lake Wedington while training for a triathlon. Authorities told reporters that 43-year-old David Finley was swimming in the lake Saturday when witnesses saw him struggle and disappear under water. His body was found Saturday night in about 20 feet of water. Finley was training ...

12 years ago
A federal judge is scheduled to get an update on the prosecution of a Kansas doctor charged with illegally dispensing prescription drugs. Fifty-three-year-old Michael Schuster was indicted May 1 on multiple counts alleging he operated a so-called "pill mill" at his Manhattan pain clinic. Schuster remains held without bond. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson scheduled a status ...

12 years ago
Eight minimum-security inmates have walked away from the state's prison in Lansing in the past three years. But officials there are confident in their security systems. All eight were eventually recaptured, including the latest to escape. Paul Cohagen was found Thursday. He was a plumber at the prison, a job that gave him the freedom of ...

12 years ago
Salina's first ever gay pride event is scheduled for this week. The "Gay Pride Salina" event will be a full day of activities. The event features music, concessions, and community information booths during the day. In the evening there will be a banquet, entertainment, and awards. Organizers invite the community to come and support "dignity, equal rights, social visibility ...

12 years ago
Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for its Twinkies snack cakes when they return to store shelves next month. The company that went bankrupt after an acrimonious fight with its unionized workers last year is back up and running under new owners and a leaner structure. It says it plans to have Twinkies and other ...

12 years ago
Republican strategies to win presidential elections are deeply unsettled because GOP lawmakers are rejecting what many see as obvious lessons from Mitt Romney's loss last year. House Republicans are rebelling against the key recommendation of a party-sanctioned post-mortem. It told Republicans to embrace a comprehensive immigration overhaul or suffer crippling losses among Hispanic voters in 2016 ...

12 years ago
Two people from Mississippi are hurt in a single vehicle crash along Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County Saturday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 42-year-old Louise Baker was driving a car headed west. The rear passenger tire blew and she lost control. The car rolled one time and came to rest in the median, on its ...

12 years ago
A top political supporter confirms that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will seek a second term next year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the first-term Republican governor recently sent a message to supporters seeking to raise funds for the 2014 campaign. David Kensinger, who heads Brownback's political action committee, said Friday that the governor "is actively raising funds and ...