12 years ago
A new report says the Kansas unemployment rate dipped to 5.5 percent last month while the number of people filing initial claims for jobless benefits also fell. But Friday's full report from the Department of Labor also says April's job growth was less robust than expected. The report says the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged lower from ...

12 years ago
Negotiations on the Kansas budget for the next two fiscal years have come to an abrupt halt after senators demanded a final offer from the House that could lead to ending the 2013 session. The talks were scheduled to begin Friday morning, following three rounds of negotiations Thursday which saw legislators make steady progress. Senate Ways and ...

12 years ago
Forecasters are preparing for likely severe weather this weekend. According to the National Weather Service in Wichita, there is a severe weather threat on both Saturday and Sunday. Exceptionally powerful thunderstorms are likely from late Saturday afternoon thru Monday night. The greatest area of concern on Saturday is West Central Kansas into Southwest Nebraska, where severe thunderstorms ...

12 years ago
Fort Riley is moving forward with plans to implement furloughs. According to the Army Post, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced May 14 his decision to proceed with federal furloughs to manage the budgetary shortfalls facing the military and the nation. Fort Riley officials will move forward with plans to implement the secretary's mandate. Furloughs will affect ...

12 years ago
Video games and devices are taken from a Salina apartment. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, a resident of an apartment in the 700 block of Fairdale contacted police after someone burglarized her home. Police say someone entered the apartment between Thursday night at 11:40pm and early Friday morning at 3:30am. Once inside burglars stole a small TV, a ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating after a vehicle is stolen. Police say someone removed a car that was parked in the 400 block of Baker, sometime between May 11 and May 14th. The red, 1991 Mazda 323, was parked on the north side of the residence on the street. The car is valued at $1,200.

12 years ago
A soldier from Kansas is killed in Afghanistan this week in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. According to the Department of Defense 33-year-oldSgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea of Oakley died on Wednesday in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He drowned while attempting to cross a body of water during combat operations. Rhea was assigned to the 603rd Military Police ...

12 years ago
Everybody’s talking about it – the staggering $550 million Powerball jackpot and what they would do with it. It’s the second-highest Powerball jackpot in history and the third highest lottery jackpot ever. The chance to win hundreds of millions of dollars led Megan Cheek of Prairie Village to purchase her very first Powerball ticket at Kelly’s ...

12 years ago
A Kansas agriculture manufacturing company celebrates a milestone. Hesston Corporation this week rolled out its 25,000th large square baler. According to the company, in 1978, Hesston Corporation introduced the Model 4800, the industry’s first large square baler. The machine revolutionized hay production and feeding practices at a time when labor availability and fuel prices were driving ...

12 years ago
Fort Riley is in the process of accounting for all gravesites at the Kansas Army Post. Graves at the Fort Riley Cemetery date back to the late 1800s. According to Fort Riley efforts began this week to capture headstone images and review interment records as part of an Army-wide gravesite accountability initiative to ensure all decedents interred ...

12 years ago
A Hutchinson bail bondsman will stand trial on charges that he sought sex from women in exchange for bonding them out of jail. A Reno County judge ruled Thursday that 66-year-old Dwight Jurgens of Hutchinson will stand trial on eight charges including rape and aggravated human trafficking. Jurgens, who was released on $100,000 bond, will be arraigned ...