12 years ago
An intense fire destroys a large amount of hay early Wednesday morning. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, deputies and rural firefighters were sent to the 1800 Block of West Coronado Heights Road at about 1:30 Wednesday morning. The hay was fully engulfed when they arrived. The fire destroyed nearly 170 bales of hay. Total loss ...

12 years ago
A two-day animal disease emergency preparedness exercise is going on at K-State. The Kansas Department of Agriculture is leading the event Wednesday and Thursday this week in Manhattan to practice the state’s response plan to a foreign animal disease. According to the department, the two-day functional exercise is based out of the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) on ...

12 years ago
Interim Chief of Police Carson Mansfield held a media conference Wednesday morning to break down a YouTube video that captured an arrest made outside a Salina bar last week. The video clip, which has been viewed over 21,000 times, shows an arrest in progress, and then a second officer forcing another individual to the ground. Chief Mansfield ...

12 years ago
A Lawrence resident who's been a fossil hunter for nearly three decades wants the state of Kansas to recognize a state fossil. Alan Detrich has been trying for 12 years to get the state to authorize a state fossil. And now he's dedicating one last year to the cause before giving up. Kansas is one ...

12 years ago
A dozen new West Nile virus cases are reported in Kansas along with two deaths. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, twelve additional cases of West Nile virus were reported in the past week, bringing the total number of 2013 cases to 32. Of the 32 total cases reported in Kansas, two patients ...

12 years ago
A Lyons couple are killed when their car makes a u-turn in front of a semi. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 80-year-old Gordon L. Zahradnik was merging onto K156 Highway eastbound from K4 Highway. He was attempting to make a u-turn in the path of a semi when the two vehicles collided. The car was ...

12 years ago
A preliminary hearing in a second-degree murder case involving the son of a Kansas sheriff has been postponed. The hearing for Scott Weigel was scheduled Tuesday in Lincoln County District but it was rescheduled to Nov. 25. The 33-year-old Weigel is charged in the Sept. 9 shooting death of 21-year-old Keith Ancell of Lincoln. Lincoln County Attorney ...

12 years ago
A candlelight tour at the Fort Larned National Historic Site has been canceled because of the government shutdown. The tour had been scheduled for Oct. 12. But site officials said in a news release that the event requires a large number of volunteers and that it isn't possible to reschedule it later this year. The park site ...

12 years ago
Wichita State University is scheduled to host a conference aimed at encouraging middle-school girls to consider careers in science disciplines. The Expanding Your Horizons conference is set for Nov. 2 at WSU. The university says in a release the conference is part of a national program that gives girls a chance to meet role models in ...

12 years ago
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts has drawn an opponent for the Republican primary in Kansas next year. Dr. Milton Wolf of Leawood announced Tuesday that he intends to challenge Roberts. Wolf is a 42-year-old radiologist who's never sought political office, but he's gained attention in conservative and tea party circles for his vocal criticism of the federal ...

12 years ago
A Kansas Supreme Court justice is asking whether legal battles over school funding will ever end if the high court sides with school districts that have sued the state to force higher spending. Justice Eric Rosen said during a hearing Tuesday that he worries about what he called "constant litigation." The court heard arguments on the state's ...