8 years ago
Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer increased his victory over Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in Saline County by 9 votes Monday morning. Saline County Commissioners convened to canvass provisional votes Monday morning. 96 total ballots were approved to be counted, 37 ballots were not allowed. Following the count, Colyer ended up increasing his lead over Kobach in ...

8 years ago
Provisional ballot counting will likely determine the winner of the Republican primary for Kansas governor. Secretary of State Kris Kobach led incumbent Governor Jeff Colyer by 110 votes as of late last week, but nearly nine-thousand provisional ballots could swing the final result to either candidate. More than 40 percent of the provisional ballots were cast ...

8 years ago
With the new school year beginning this week in most central Kansas communities, AAA has released some safety tips for drivers of all ages to reestablish awareness. Every fall, more than 55 million children across the United States head back to school. With 13 percent of those children typically walking or biking to their classes, AAA ...

8 years ago
Riley County Police have made an arrest in connection with a murder that that happened last fall. According to the Riley County Police Department, investigators arrested 32-year-old Steven Meredith Saturday evening. Meredith was arrested in connection with the October 2017 death of a 48-year-old Carrie Jones of Junction City. Meredith is being held in the Riley County jail ...

8 years ago
Kansas kids can win great prizes and learn about traffic safety by participating in poster and video contests as part of the annual Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day safety campaign. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, kids can win great prizes and learn about traffic safety by participating in poster and video contests as ...

8 years ago
A large crowd of over 1,600 people gathered Saturday for the final big swim of the summer at Salina's Kenwood Cove water park. Families were able to  enjoy a final big day together in the Summer sun, many of them getting into the pool for free, before kids head back to school beginning this week. Rocking M ...

8 years ago
A 93-year-old man was injured when he fell asleep at the wheel while driving on a Kansas highway and rolled an SUV several times. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 93-year-old Edward Rolfs from Junction City was driving a 2010 Ford Explorer headed east on K-18 Highway when he fell asleep and veered off the road. The ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University campus is coming back to life this weekend. Saturday morning was the annual start of school move-in day with student-athletes arriving on campus. There were plenty of smiles mixed with a few hugs and tears as students arrived on campus. Family, friends, and KWU staff members pitched in to help with the ...

8 years ago
To meet Nebraska’s legal obligation to increase the flow of the Republican River into Kansas, the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District has proposed creating a connection in Nebraska between the Platte River Basin and the Republican River Basin. After entering north central Kansas, the Republican River feeds into Lovewell Reservoir and Milford Reservoir ...

8 years ago
A historic flight will takeoff from near Salina next week. The Kansas Department of Transportation is kicking off the state's first Unmanned Aircraft Systems flight in Kansas to go beyond the visual line of sight flight at a news event on Tuesday. This is Kansas' inaugural operation as part of the UAS Integration Pilot Program that will ...

8 years ago
With outside construction still ongoing, and the construction still happening in the area of the main entrance, traffic pattern at Salina South High School will be altered to begin the school year. According to USD 305, students and patrons should note that there are two entrance points in the morning: the main entrance by the auditorium ...