12 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier is killed in a motorcycle crash Thursday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patol, 29-year-old Jose Laureano-Mercado was riding a Yamaha motorcycle north on McDowell Creek Road south of Manhattan. He failed to negotiate a curve and drove onto the gravel shoulder. The motorcycle struck a delineator post and Laureano-Mercado was ejected.  Troopers say that Laureano-Mercado was wearing ...

12 years ago
The NBC workplace comedy "The Office" is being used as a teaching tool. Kansas State University director of economic undergraduate studies Dan Kuester says fictional manager Michael Scott and employees of Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. provide numerous examples of economics principles. Kuester worked with two other people to create a website called "The Economics of The ...

12 years ago
The Eisenhower VA Medical Center in northeastern Kansas is expanding to meet new needs and standards. The Leavenworth Times reports construction is underway on a $2.75 million women's health clinic. Meanwhile, bidding on a construction contract for a stand-alone, 27,000-square-foot nursing home closed Thursday. Jim Gleisberg, a spokesman for the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, says ...

12 years ago
A southeast Kansas sheriff is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man sought in the wounding of a deputy. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet posted the reward Thursday while the search continued for 41-year-old Jan Tracy Kilbourne. Investigators have been looking for Kilbourne since the deputy was ...

12 years ago
A massive wind turbine base remained in the median of a northeast Kansas highway overnight after a semitrailer hauling it broke an axle and rolled. The semi crashed just after 10 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. 36 in Washington County. Sheriff Justin Cordry says the truck and trailers were totaled, and the turbine base was badly damaged. ...

12 years ago
Drought conditions have worsened in a portion of the Midwest including Iowa, the nation's leading corn producer, as the region experienced its hottest week of the year. The extreme heat and near record low August rainfall combined to expand drought conditions from the eastern Dakotas southeastward into western Illinois. Iowa saw its warmest week ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a Wednesday evening theft from a Salina restaurant. Police say that a large amount of cash was stolen from the Hong Kong Buffet at 2515 Market Place. At about 5:30 in the evening a group of four women and one man came into the restaurant and inquired about accomodations for a large group. ...

12 years ago
The Salina Central VETS squad is planning a special event for kids. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to participate in a Mini VETS Clinic from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 7th at the Salina Central High School gymnasium. Cost is $20 each, plus $6 for an adult game ticket if needed. Students will ...

12 years ago
An expansion of Fort Hays State University to accommodate its continuing growth in enrollment would include new space for faculty offices and student housing while retaining the distinct appearance of the campus. According to the school, Dr. Edward H. Hammond, FHSU president, unveiled a comprehensive update to the university master plan for faculty and staff ...

12 years ago
the Kansas public pension system says it had robust investment gains last year but still saw its long-term funding gap grow to $10.2 billion. The gap widened because the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System was still booking deferred losses from the 2008 collapse of financial markets. A Kansas House committee reviewed the figures Wednesday. The gap represents the ...

12 years ago
It was an important landmark for western pioneers traveling on the Santa Fe Trail, the Point of Rocks at the Dodge City limits which now holds the city’s welcome sign. It indicated to wagon trains that they were headed in the right direction, but a plan to widen Highway 50 between Dodge and Cimarron could mean ...