12 years ago
A Kansas high school coach who pleaded guilty to patronizing a prostitute wants to teach again. Todd Puetz pleaded guilty in June to a misdemeanor count of patronizing a prostitute and was given a 30-day suspended sentence. His lawyer, Lee Kinch, told The Wichita Eagle that Puetz, a tenured physical education teacher and coach in the Renwick ...

12 years ago
Police in a southeast Kansas community are asking the public to be alert for an escaped python. The Parsons Police Department says officers responded late Thursday to a report of a large snake outside a home. Officers tracked down the python's owner in the same neighborhood. The owner said the snake, reported to be ...

12 years ago
A new executive director is taking over Salina Downtown Inc. According to the organization, Melissa Rose Hodges has been hired as the new Executive Director. According to Russel Prophet, SDI President, “We are excited that Melissa has accepted the position and we are looking forward to working with her beginning in September.” Rose Hodges is a lifelong ...

12 years ago
Four members of the Fort Hays State University marching band were taken to a hospital because of the heat. Lane Weaver, director of marching bands at FHSU, says four of his students were taken to the hospital with symptoms of heat-related illness Thursday during a march from campus to downtown Hays in 100-degree weather. Weaver ...

12 years ago
Companies from Missouri and California have been ordered to pay about $1 million in combined penalties for violating do-not-call laws in Kansas. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office said Friday that Buzz Marketing and Communications of Springfield, Mo., and WordSmart Corporation of San Diego have been cited for breaking "The Kansas No-Call Act." Buzz Marketing ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after slashing two people with a box cutter knife. Police arrested 52-year-old James Fetrow after he allegedly shoved his way into a home in the 400 block of South 12th, and cut a man and woman with a blade. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, Fetrow knocked on the door of a female ...

12 years ago
Kansas is promoting a new license plate aimed at raising money for arts programs in the state. The Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission says in a release that the goal of the "Driving the Arts" license plate program is to raise at least $100,000 a year for arts programs. The arts commission is a division ...

12 years ago
An 82-year-old man suffered minor injuries when his experimental aircraft crashed near Emporia. The Kansas Highway Patrol says James Zerkel, who lives near Joplin, Mo., was flying a Challenger Experimental Light Sport aircraft from Herington to Joplin when the plane went down Wednesday afternoon in a creek. Trooper Chris Markham says the accident is being investigated but ...

12 years ago
Kansas state parks are ready for the unofficial last weekend of summer. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism it's been a great summer, and Kansans have perhaps appreciated it more after the last two summers we’ve endured. Despite the recent stretch of hot weather, for most of the summer there have been ...

12 years ago
Kansas State is offering a virtual open house to connect with distance education students who aren't able to travel to campus. The school says in a news release that the virtual open house features videos of online instructors and advisers, a campus photo tour and online program information. Lynda Spire, assisting continuing education dean, says the online ...

12 years ago
A Des Moines, Iowa, couple have donated $1 million to Kansas State University to help pay for a new building for the College of Business Administration. The school says its proposed building plan has 140,000 square feet of space, with tiered classrooms, a large showcase lecture hall, labs and an executive conference room. Stephen Lacy graduated from ...