11 years ago
Lower energy prices benefiting consumers at gasoline pumps have hit oil- and natural gas-producing counties in western Kansas hard. It's forcing counties to cut spending or increase property tax levies just as the state is ending an aid program meant to insulate them. The state ...

11 years ago
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 30th for Aaron Lewis, coming to the Stiefel Theatre in early 2016. Executive Director Jane Gates says, if you want to get to know Aaron Lewis, just listen to The Road. On his first full-length album, the Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and guitarist tells one story after another. Echoing traditional ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Kansas are planning a silent protest at the Capitol next month. A group called Bleeding Kansas is planning the "Day of the Kansas Dead" rally in Topeka on November 7th. Organizers say the protest will memorialize those who have died ...

11 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a man was discovered with a critical head injury on a field near Newman University. The Wichita Eagle reports that campus security called police Friday evening to check on a man lying in a field near the school. According ...

11 years ago
CLAY CENTER, Kan. (AP) - The Clay Center Zoo is trying to raise $500,000 in order to keep the zoo open. Bill Callaway, director of Clay Center Public Utilities Commission, told The Salina Journal that as of Friday afternoon, the zoo was $320,000 ...

11 years ago
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon have made a friendly wager over the 2015 World Series matchup between the Mets and the Kansas City Royals. If the Mets win, Gov. Jay Nixon will wear a Mets jersey to work for a full day. If the Royals win, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will do ...

11 years ago
A pilot of a small experimental aircraft was killed Sunday evening when he crashed in a field north of Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 62-year-old Delwyn Schmidt took off from his small private grass runway at his house in rural Ottawa County. As he was on his ascent he tried to make a turn ...

11 years ago
Over 800 people laced up their shoes and ran, or walked, the length of Santa Fe Avenue in Salina Saturday morning. It was the "Fe for a Cure" event to help locally in the fight against cancer. Fe for A Cure was a 5K point to point race/walk through the heart of Salina, down Santa Fe ...

11 years ago
Sedgwick County authorities say a man suspected of an armed robbery fatally shot himself after trying to elude officers. Sedgwick County Sheriff's Sgt. Lanon Thompson says the man held up a poker room early Saturday. A witness followed him until officers arrived. A short chase ended when the man's vehicle crashed. Thompson says the suspect was found dead ...

11 years ago
An organization that is dedicated to helping the animals at the Salina Animal Shelter has received a boost to help in its efforts. The Friends of the Salina Animal Shelter has received a $5,000 donation from a Salina business.  Auto dealer Long McArthur presented a check to the organization on Friday. Kevin Sander from Long McArthur ...

11 years ago
The Kansas State Fire Marshal is investigating after firefighters found a woman's body during a fire at her southeast Kansas home. Crawford County Sheriff Dan Peak says the body of 59-year-old Susan E. Montanye was found Friday in Mulberry. Peak said Saturday the cause of death has not been determined. He says he doesn't expect the results ...