11 years ago
A Kansas courthouse is open again after being evacuated when an employee found a couple of liquid-filled bottles taped together near a handicapped entrance. Douglas County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Steve Lewis says investigators decided not to take any chances after the suspicious bottles were found around 8:30 a.m. Friday at the old courthouse in Lawrence. Lewis says ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is chased into a bathroom by a man with a baseball bat. Police arrested 25-year-old Timothy Sellers on Thursday after officers were called to a home in central Salina just after 7pm. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, Sellers kicked in the front door on a residence of a 24-year-old female acquaintance - sending her ...

11 years ago
Sometime between Sunday, September 7th and Wednesday, September 10th, unknown person(s) entered property belonging to Salina Speedway, 2841 S. Burma Road, rural Saline County, and took the following items: a red Polaris ATV with red and blue lights on the front and back, a white EZ golf cart with a tan roof, a black 5’x8’ ...

11 years ago
Fort Hays State University's reputation as a national leader in the quality of its Virtual College programs was bolstered again this week when it was ranked the best college in Kansas for online education. TheBestSchools.org ranked FHSU No. 1 in an article, "The Best Online College in Each of America’s Fifty States." "We believe that ...

11 years ago
When the Swedish retail giant IKEA wanted to add Swedish flavor to the opening ceremony of its newest store in Kansas, it just made sense that it would reach out to Lindsborg and Bethany College. The Bethany Chamber Choir performed the Swedish national anthem, "Du Gamla, Du Fria," during the flag raising ceremony to open the ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas will create a task force and require training in response to criticism of its handling of sexual assault complaints. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced Thursday that the task force will review the university's current policies and practices and recommend improvements. In a message on her website, Gray-Little said she wants to ensure that students, ...

11 years ago
A Saline County Sheriff's Deputy is injured after a Salina Firefighter's truck is stolen and wrecked in a fiery crash. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, a 1999 Dodge 1500 pickup was stolen sometime between 4pm Thursday and 3am Friday morning from a parking lot at Salina Fire Station 1, 222 W. Elm. Ottawa County authorities tell ...

11 years ago
Ideas for sustaining the Ogallala Aquifer will be discussed this weekend at the Kansas State Fair. A Kansas State University group called the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy is organizing round-table discussions Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds. The Ogallala is an underground source of water locked inside gravel and sand hundreds of feet below the surface. ...

11 years ago
Newton police warn that a rise in the amount of city graffiti could lead to gang fights over turf. Sgt. Bryan Hall said on Thursday that there have been 57 cases of new graffiti found in the past six months. He says gangs often use the tags to mark their territory. Hall says the increase has caused ...

11 years ago
Wichita police say they plan to arrest some of the people who beat up a coach at a junior football league practice. Lt. James Espinoza said on Thursday that charges are pending and arrests will be made "in the near future." He says several people involved in the Monday fight have been banned from the league. Police ...

11 years ago
Unseasonably cold air that has brought early snow to some parts of the country has settled into Kansas. The cold air mass contributed to record breaking temperatures in some parts of the state on Thursday, with more possible Friday and Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, record cool high temperatures were set Thursday in Salina, Russell, ...