9 years ago
A Kansas City-based real estate company says it will build a $40 million hospital in Derby. The CBC Real Estate says in a news release that the hospital, to be called Rock Regional Hospital, is expected to open in 2018. The company says the 65,000-square-foot hospital will include 12 inpatient beds, 12 surgical beds and six intensive ...

9 years ago
Flooding that began 65 years ago this week cost 40 Kansas residents their lives. The National Weather Service says the Kansas River reached its highest level on record in Topeka on July 13, 1951. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that high waters caused the river to break through a dike to flood the city's North Topeka business ...

9 years ago
A southeast Kansas district is seeking to join a program that waives state laws and regulations for participating schools. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Fredonia district officials told the Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday why they want to join the Coalition of Innovative School Districts. The program is meant to remove school performance barriers, but ...

9 years ago
A federal appeals court has agreed to quickly hear an appeal that could affect the voting rights of thousands of voters in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set on Wednesday an expedited schedule in the case of a U.S. election official who without public notice required documentary ...

9 years ago
As part of Lunch Across Kansas Week, which is this week, the Southwest Dairy Farmers Mobile Dairy Classroom will be at two of the Salina summer meal sites on Friday. It will first be at Oakdale Elementary, 811 E. Iron, 11:30 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot of the school, before summer lunch is served. ...

9 years ago
A red dirt country phenom is coming to Salina. Aaron Watson is coming to perform at the Stiefel Theatre. Watson has collaborated with special guests like Willie Nelson, Dale Watson, Jack Ingram, and Bill Joe Shaver. He has cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard 200, and sold hundreds of thousands of tickets. And he has ...

9 years ago
An identity theft case and a stolen gun highlight Wednesday's Salina Police log. Police say that 33-year-old Gary Ingram Jr. was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly using his father's credit to make make $408 in purchases from the Sears store in the Salina Central Mall. Ingram was in the process of filling out a MasterCard application ...

9 years ago
For the second consecutive day damaging severe weather rolled through Central Kansas. Storms that developed west of Hays quickly intensified. The heaviest storms rolled through portions of Ellis, Russell and Lincoln counties. The storms dropped heavy rain, and produced strong wind. Wind up to 80 miles-per-hour posed the biggest threat. The wind caused widespread damage in the communities ...

9 years ago
Two members of the Arkansas City Police Department are being credited with saving the life of a dog outside of a business. Sergeant Jason Legleiter and Officer Wade Hammond were at the Walmart on North Summit for a shoplifting case on Friday when a store employee saw a dog hanging by his leash outside of a ...

9 years ago
Hundreds of people gathered in Wichita for a peaceful protest against recent fatal police shootings. A group of about 400 people demonstrated Tuesday evening. The group started their protest at McAdams Park before marching along 13th Street where they blocked traffic. Th crowd walked toward Interstate 135, where state troopers prevented them from accessing the highway. Law ...

9 years ago
Results from over half of the people recently tested for lead in Saline County are coming back, and there have been very few positive results.  Jason Tiller, Health Department Director, discussed that, and other issues with county commissioners on Tuesday. The loss of the Health Department’s Home Health Coordinator has prompted the Saline County Commission to ...