9 years ago
A former president's library will host a party to watch the new president's inauguration. An inauguration watch party event begins Friday morning at 10 a.m. in the Eisenhower Library Auditorium in Abilene. It is free and open to the public. The program will begin with a Presidential inaugurations presentation by Jerry Wallace. During his 30-year tenure ...

9 years ago
A third wave of sleet and drizzle could hit parts of the central U.S. on the eve of the holiday, and temperatures threaten to stay near or below freezing and add to the treacherous mix. Ice buildups of one-quarter to slightly less than a half inch were expected late Saturday and Sunday morning from southeastern Kansas ...

9 years ago
A settlement reached with the family of a 10-year-old Kansas boy killed last year on a water slide will provide lifetime payments to the boy's three brothers. The family of Caleb Schwab reached a settlement Wednesday with the owners of Schlitterbahn Waterparks, and Zebec, the manufacturer of the raft the boy was on when he died ...

9 years ago
A former Internal Revenue Service employee is accused in a 15-count federal indictment of filing false tax returns. Grand jurors in Kansas City, Missouri, indicted 48-year-old Carla Lachelle Mitchell of Kansas City, Kansas, on Friday on 10 counts of filing false tax returns and five counts of aggravated identity theft. The indictment alleges Mitchell was working as ...

9 years ago
Missouri authorities say one of 13 occupants of a van was killed when the vehicle crashed north of Kansas City. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Maung Hnin of Kansas City, Kansas, was ejected from the van during the crash early Saturday on Interstate 29 in Platte County and was hit by another vehicle. He ...

9 years ago
Kansas is working on new guidelines for how to handle situations where a wild animal is being kept as a pet after game wardens were criticized for shooting a family's pet deer. It is illegal in Kansas to keep a wild animal as a pet. Wildlife officials said they shot the Mark and Kim Mcgaughey family's ...

9 years ago
Kansas election officials threw out thousands of ballots cast in November, mostly because the state had no record those residents were registered voters. Some local officials are now voicing concerns about numerous documented instances of lost voter registrations from people who had filled out applications on the state's online site and at motor vehicle offices.  Those ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a man accidentally was shot while trying to help kill a buffalo at a south-central Kansas meat-processing business. The Reno County Sheriff's Department says Duane Helms of Moundridge was wounded in the leg shortly before 12:30 p.m. Friday at Yoder Meats in Yoder. Authorities say Helms was assisting a Yoder Meats employee in trying to ...

9 years ago
The Salina Symphony is planning a special fund-raising event.  Celebrate the night in “Black & White” at the 9th annual Salina Symphony Gala, to be held Sat., Feb. 25, at the Salina Country Club. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for cocktail hour and silent auction bidding. Dinner will follow at 7:00 p.m., followed by a ...

9 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation has extended the grant deadline for the YW Legacy Fund until January 23, 2107. The YW Legacy Fund makes grants to support initiatives that align with the former YWCA’s mission and has approximately $19,600 is available to fund requests that meet the following criteria: Encourage women’s growth, leadership and power in ...

9 years ago
            The Abilene High School basketball teams traveled to Clay Center Friday night for Abilene’s final games before playing in the Salina Invitational Tournament next week.              Game one featured a battle of state ranked teams as the undefeated, defending state champions, Lady Tigers entered the game ranked 2nd in 4A ...