11 years ago
With the ethnicity of the Kansas population constantly changing — it's estimated that 1 in 8 Kansans are Latino or Asian — questions are arising about how diversity will affect the state's future. Kansas State University Salina's first Civic Luncheon Lecture of the fall semester will focus on the topic of immigration with an educational ...

11 years ago
A southwest Kansas county attorney says high school students who texted nude photographs of an underage girl will not be heading to court. Finney County Attorney Susan Richmeier says that she will recommend the students enter a deferral program instead of charging the teenagers. She says about 40 students were involved and that they didn't realize ...

11 years ago
After another hot and breezy day on Tuesday, expect big changes for the rest of the week. According to the National Weather Swrvice, A strong cold front will usher in Canadian air driving temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal through the rest of the work-week. The cold front will also bring with it the ...

11 years ago
Kansas higher education officials have sought an annual assessment of student learning, but a first attempt by schools produced a wide-variety of assessment systems. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas universities used six different assessment systems, while community and technical colleges used eight. State higher education officials want the assessment to determine how much students are learning at ...

11 years ago
Emergency management officials in south-central Kansas say there are no reports of damage from a series of small earthquakes that shook Sumner County. The U.S. Geological Survey says two quakes in the magnitude 3 range were centered southeast of Conway Springs. One earthquake struck just before 8 a.m. Monday, followed by another at 10:23 a.m. KWCH-TV reports ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman who pleaded no contest to first degree murder charges in connection with the death of her 3-month-old son is sentenced to life in prison. Judge Patrick Thompson on Monday sentenced 21-year-old Desirah N. Overturf to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. The case stems from the death of ...

11 years ago
Police arrest a Salina woman accused of pointing a knife at an acquaintance. Officers were called to a central Salina home early Sunday morning around 12:15am after a 46-year-old man was threatened with a knife. Police arrested 37-year-old Leslie Keeler after an argument escalated in the home. Police say she tore a shirt that belonged to the man ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating a vehicle burglary in the 1800 block of Quincy. Police say on Saturday someone broke the window on a 2001 Mitsubishi Montero that was parked in the driveway and removed the radio after damaging the dash. They also stole $100 in currency. Total loss is listed at $550. An excavation truck is stolen. ...

11 years ago
State wildlife officials are deciding what type of charges to file against four men who they say shot 209 doves in one day in Kansas. The daily limit during hunting season in Kansas is 15 doves per hunter. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism officials say the men were stopped in rural Ellis County ...

11 years ago
A police investigation leads to the arrest of a Salina man after he allegedly slashed a victim with a box cutter outside a Salina bar. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, interviews with eye witnesses helped identify 26-year-old Kashif Wilson as the suspect who attacked a 24-year-old male outside the Inferno at 112 N. Santa Fe on ...

11 years ago
After a warm start to the week, unseasonably cool tmperatures will follow. Acording to the National Weather Service, temperatures will rise into the upper 80s and low 90s through Tuesday. Then a cold front arrives Tuesday night into Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms will become more widespread along the cold front with unseasonably cool air arriving for ...