12 years ago
Influenza activity is high in Kansas, and health officials here are encouraging everyone six months of age and older to get vaccinated, if they have not already done so this season. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, based on data from the Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet), influenza activity is high ...

12 years ago
A million-dollar Powerball prize on a ticket sold in southwest Kansas remains unclaimed after nearly a year. The Kansas Lottery said Tuesday the ticket matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing of Jan. 26, 2013. Those numbers were 3-22-26-41-49, Powerball 18. Holders of winning tickets have 365 days to come ...

12 years ago
Wichita police say a 70-year-old man shot himself to death at a home where a 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot during a game with a gun. Lt. Doug Nolte says the man was found dead in the backyard of the house in southeast Wichita on Monday night. He is the same age as a man ...

12 years ago
Kansas House Republicans are forming a committee to study Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to increase funding for all-day kindergarten. House Speaker Ray Merrick announced Tuesday that he had asked a group of legislators to review the plan before the chamber acts on it. Brownback announced in December that he wanted to increase funding for all-day kindergarten over ...

12 years ago
A burglar enters a Salina home while a family sleeps. According to Lt. Sean Morton, someone opened an unlocked sliding glass door and walked into a house in the 300 block of Tulane during the overnight hours of Sunday into Monday. Police say sometime between 10:30pm and 4:30am, the burglar removed a purse, pair of jeans with ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Commission reorganized for 2014 Tuesday, and it will look exactly the same as 2013. Randy Duncan will remain chairman for a second consecutive year. Jim Gile will remain vice-chair, while John Price will remain secretary. Commissioners were also assigned boards and committees to serve on in 2014. The county also is discussing moving the ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing store video of a 'quick change artist.' According to Lt. Sean Morton, a suspect described as a black male, turned a $3.95 purchase at Wal-Mart into a $170 loss for the store. The man began his transaction at the checkout lane with a $50 bill - and after a series of requests walked ...

12 years ago
A Salina business is broken into. Police are investigating a burglary at Safelite Auto Glass, 304 S. Santa Fe, that occurred on Monday sometime between 5am and 5:30pm. Police say an exterior window on a door was damaged as well as glass inside the business was broken, as thieves took an undisclosed amount of money from a ...

12 years ago
Congress is considering a $1.1 trillion appropriations bill that contains funding for projects in Kansas with implications for the next several decades. The bill, which has been agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators, contains $404 million for the next round of construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility near Kansas State University in ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle. According to Lt. Sean Morton, police were contacted by Joni Alberts-Plumer of Brookville, on Monday after realizing her truck was missing. Police say sometime between Friday evening at 5pm and Monday morning around 8am, someone stole her 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup that was parked on the street in ...

12 years ago
An embattled Salina military boarding school will have to go to trial over a lawsuit filed by 11 ex-cadets alleging a culture of abuse. U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum ruled Monday that former students at St. John's Military School in Salina cited enough evidence that a reasonable jury would find the school's conduct "exceeded ...