11 years ago
A passionate advocate for the arts in Salina has passed away. Family and friends are mourning the passing of Sharon Benson. Benson passed away Tuesday morning, following a long battle with cancer. Benson was the Art Education Coordinator with Salina Arts and Humanities for the past 20 years. She had worked on 19 Smoky River Festivals. Funeral arrangements ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Commission at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday voted to eliminate four upper management positions. In a 2-1 vote, the Commission did away with the positions of County Administrator, Road and Bridge Director, Planning and Zoning Director and Health Department Director. Outgoing Commissioner Randy Duncan and Commissioner John Price voted in favor of ...

11 years ago
Defensive coaches and players from both Kansas State University and UCLA met with the media Tuesday afternoon as part of activities leading up to the Valero Alamo Bowl. UCLA talked about being focused on stopping Tyler Lockett, while K-State must try to stop one of the most potent offenses in the country. K-State coaches and players were ...

11 years ago
A state district court panel has ruled that Kansas isn't spending enough money on its public schools to provide a suitable education for every child. The three judges on Tuesday did not set a specific figure but said evidence indicates the state needs to spend at least $548 million more a year. An attempt by Republican Gov. ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a vehicle is reported stolen. The owner told officers she left the keys on the floorboard of her 1998 Ford Escort while it was parked in the lot of the Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center, 1007 Johnstown on Monday night. Police say sometime between 6pm and midnight, someone drove the car away which ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas education officials say the number of homeless students in the state's schools continues to increase. The Kansas State Department of Education reports nearly 10,400 homeless children attended public schools last year, a thousand more than a year earlier. Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas, public schools reported increases of 45 percent and 20 ...

11 years ago
Frigid arctic weather has arrived, bringing with it dangerously cold wind chills, and in some areas light snow. According to the National Weather Service, dangerous wind chills will encompass all of central Kansas Tuesday and Tuesday night. Light snow will impact locations generally along and west of I-135 Tuesday and will taper off as the evening hours ...

11 years ago
The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting during an attempted break-in at a home near Wichita. Capt. Greg Pollock says officers found a man dead Monday afternoon in front of a home near Haysville while responding to a call about an attempted break-in. The name of the man victim was not released. Investigators are searching ...

11 years ago
Researchers are planning to measure ground water in western Kansas to check for dropping water levels. The Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of Kansas will work with the Department of Agriculture in early January to track a drop in aquifer levels over the past 60 years. A statement from the university says annual data has ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's chief of staff is stepping down next week to take a job with an auto industry group in Washington. Brownback's office announced Landon Fulmer's departure Monday. Fulmer has been the Republican governor's chief of staff since April 2012. Fulmer will become vice president of state affairs with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. It ...

11 years ago
A small Catholic parish in eastern Kansas is suffering a blow to its Christmas spirit. The pastor of the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Bucyrus, Kansas, told his congregation Sunday that someone had cleaned out the church's safe sometime after Christmas. KSHB-TV reports the Rev. Larry Albertson told his congregation to cancel any checks ...