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Five of six soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan earlier this week were from Fort Riley. On Monday, a U.S. Army Black Hawk UH-60 helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan. The crash left six American service members dead. Another person on board was injured, but survived. In Washington, an official initially said the helicopter had experienced ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Geological Survey is investigating whether a recent earthquake in southern Kansas might have been caused by oil production in the area. But KGS interim director Rex Buchanan says it might be hard to ever determine if the 3.8 earthquake Monday near Caldwell was man-made or caused by natural forces. Buchanan says there is no evidence ...

12 years ago
A new Kansas Board of Regents policy gives university leaders more authority to remove staff and faculty over comments made on social media. The regents approved the policies Wednesday, the first of their kind by the organization that governs Kansas' system of universities, community colleges and technical schools. The policy was in response to a ...

12 years ago
A traffic stop for a broken tail light leads to 3 arrests. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a deputy on patrol observed a broken tail light on a vehicle traveling on Broadway Blvd. around 4:30pm on Wednesday. The deputy also communicated with dispatch about identifying a passenger in the car he believed was wanted on a warrant. ...

12 years ago
About 50 people, including National Guard soldiers, employees, and volunteers gathered at the Salina Walmart store Thursday morning to stuff holiday gift bags. The holiday gift bags will go to National Guard families across the state. The Kansas National Guard nominated 400 of its families to receive hand packaged gift bags from Walmart to thank them ...

12 years ago
Thieves take a pistol and cash from a Salina home. Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary in the 400 block of Rahm on Wednesday , after the owner came home to discover several items missing. Police say there was no sign of forced entry. Burglars removed a pair of diamond studded earrings, a .380 caliber pistol with ...

12 years ago
Room and board at the state's universities will increase next year. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday improved increases ranging from 3.9 percent at Kansas State to 2.1 percent at Fort Hays State. Regents staff says the increases are necessary to cover anticipated inflation, as well as facility maintenance and improvements. Rates will increase ...

12 years ago
Target says about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach. The chain said Thursday that the accounts may have been impacted between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. The Minneapolis company said it immediately told authorities and financial institutions once it became aware of the breach and that it is ...

12 years ago
A festive holiday train that has chugged through Kansas and other states has ended its journey at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Southern Holiday Express Train began its journey late last month in Texas. It's made stops along the way in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Organizers say that that the Holiday ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislative leaders have taken steps to keep retiring or defeated lawmakers from going to conferences and taking trips at the state's expense. Top leaders of the House and Senate agreed unanimously Wednesday to revise the Legislature's travel reimbursement policies. The suggested change came from House Minority Leader and Lawrence Democrat Paul Davis. The new policy says ...

12 years ago
A hard-right conservative group led by former Kansas Congressman Jim Ryun is endorsing a Republican who is trying to oust three-term GOP Sen. Pat Roberts. The Madison Project says it's backing Dr. Milton Wolf over Roberts. The blunt-spoken conservative was elected to the Senate in 1996 after eight terms in the House and has never gotten ...