12 years ago
After most of the world’s population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine. That’s the vision of a California man who is ...

12 years ago
Salina will celebrate Juneteenth this Saturday. A daylong celebration is planned at the Carver Center at 315 North 2nd Street. Multiple events are planned. Activities include: * A free pancake feed sponsored by the NAACP beginning at 8:00 in the morning * A North Salina walking tour leaves at 10:30 in the morning * Food Vendors will be set ...

12 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo has lost a beloved snow leopard. According to the zoo, on Sunday Sari had to be euthanized as a result of kidney disease that was causing her body’s systems to fail. Sari was the 4th oldest snow leopard in North America. She had just turned 21 years of age at the end of ...

12 years ago
Topeka Police are searching for three missing children after they walked away from their home late Wednesday night. According to police, around 11:00pm last night, officers were called to the 1100 block of Southwest Orleans to meet with the parents of three missing children, who were last seen at home at approximately 9:00pm. They were discovered ...

12 years ago
Patients undergoing positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans were introduced to new technology this week with the implementation of the Siemens Biograph mCT at Salina Regional Health Center’s Outpatient Imaging Center. The technology replaces a service that had been provided by a mobile unit and only available two days a week. The Biograph mCT offers some ...

12 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Community leaders are celebrating the opening of the first public natural gas fueling station for vehicles in Wichita. A ceremony marking the grand opening will be held Thursday at the facility at 2950 Ohio Street, just off Interstate 135 in north central Wichita. The event is being hosted by CNG Services, the company ...

12 years ago
With Kansas higher education officials reeling over cuts in state funding approved by legislators, the Board of Regents could press lawmakers to undo most of them next year. The regents plan to discuss budget issues Thursday. Their agenda included proposals for restoring most of the funding lawmakers cut for each of the next two fiscal years, ...

12 years ago
The Eisenhower Memorial Commission has unanimously approved architect Frank Gehry's design for a monument honoring the 34th president near the National Mall in Washington. The commission's vote Wednesday allows the $142 million project to move forward after a year of objections to the design. Designers must next seek approvals from two panels that oversee public art ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents has approved tuition increases at public universities that will have some students paying nearly 9 percent more this fall. The increases approved Wednesday by the board are expected to raise an additional $34 million during the fiscal year beginning in July. The universities want to boost faculty salaries and pursue other initiatives, ...

12 years ago
The winter wheat harvest is spreading across parts of south-central Kansas. The industry trade group Kansas Wheat said Wednesday in its first harvest report of the season that test cutting is now underway as far north as McPherson County and as far west as Clark County. The OK Co-op elevator in Kiowa has taken in about 350,000 ...

12 years ago
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Kansas Corporation Commission and its commissioners individually for allegedly violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA). Taylor says, “The action seeks injunctive relief concerning the rate increase for (customers of) Howison Heights, Inc. (water district), previously approved by the commission,”. With the injunction, Taylor ...