12 years ago
The University of Kansas is considering construction of $51 million residence hall to house an expected increase in international students. The university says the 500-bed residence hall would be built next to Oliver Hall. It would include a new dining center for the existing and new residence halls. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the school currently has ...

12 years ago
After three years of mostly fundraising and labor, the cabin in northern Kansas where the lyrics for "Home on the Range" were written will be officially rededicated this weekend. The cabin in Smith County was the home of Brewster Higley in the 1870s. While living there, he wrote a poem called "My Western Home," which ...

12 years ago
Botanica in Wichita has raised more than $1.5 million to install a Chinese garden, which is now under construction. Director Marty Miller says the garden, which was scheduled to open this fall, will be delayed until next spring. Botanica officials say the next project will be aimed at raising about $500,000 to refurbish a merry-go-round from the ...

12 years ago
The owner of a no-kill rescue organization has been found guilty of violating Topeka's dangerous dogs ordinance after a German shepherd fatally mauled a teacup poodle at this year's St. Patrick's Day parade. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/YIZREa ) reports Jan Price, leader of Saving Death Row Dogs, was fined $250 and ordered to pay $500 in ...

12 years ago
Two groups are offering up to $5,000 for information leading to a conviction in the shooting of seven American white pelicans in Kansas earlier this month. The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust announced the reward Monday. The federally protected birds were shot in September at the ...

12 years ago
A Dickinson County man admits to embezzling railroad union funds. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, a former secretary-treasurer of a railroad union pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling union funds. 62-year-old Dale T. Hull of Herington, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling union funds. In his plea, Hull admitted the crime occurred while he ...

12 years ago
A Topeka man who police say was naked and bloody before his arrest is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in this girlfriend's death. Shawnee County District Court records show Trevor William Adkins was also charged Friday with misdemeanor counts of endangering a child and battery. He remains jailed Monday on $1 million bond in the death ...

12 years ago
Newton police say they are evacuating several downtown buildings after a suspicious device was found near a community corrections office. KAKE-TV reports police received a bomb threat to the corrections office early Monday and responding officers found a suspicious device in a planter outside the building. Evacuations have been ordered in a one block radius around the ...

12 years ago
Salina Police report a vehicle was damaged in the 500 block of Montrose between midnight and 7am on Sunday. Police report someone tried to steal a truck by smashing the driver side window on a 2002 Ford F-250 and then damaged the ignition by attempting to start the pickup. Total damage is listed at $500. A ...

12 years ago
Canoes and a set of oars are taken from a Salina yard. Police are looking for someone who cut the padlocks and cable on two green, plastic Old Town Canoes that were stored at a home in the 200 block of River Run between Wednesday and Thursday morning. Police say the 14-foot canoe and a 16-foot canoe, ...

12 years ago
A judge has ruled that the suspect in the death of a man near Great Bend will go to trial in February. District Judge Ron Svaty ruled Friday that Jeffrey Wade Chapman is competent to stand trial in the death of 25-year-old Damon Galyardt, whose body was found near Great Bend in November ...