12 years ago
Researchers at the University of Kansas are experimenting with using a blue light to help law enforcement officers nab red-light runners. Here's how the system works: Blue lights come on when traffic signals turns red, providing a visual clue to officers. The university says the blue light is visible from 360 degrees. That way even if ...

12 years ago
A riding mower is stolen from a garage. Salina Police are looking for someone who removed a Huskee riding mower from a garage in the 600 block of Duvall, sometime between July 3rd and July 7th. Police say a padlock was pried open to gain access inside. Three pallets of shingles were also taken from the building. Total loss ...

12 years ago
A Salina man's car is damaged by vandals. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, on Friday, 52-year-old James Muck returned to his home in the 300 block of W. Claflin, and found his 1990 Chevy Cavalier badly damaged and his car battery stolen. Police say sometime between July 2nd and July 5th, someone smashed the windshield on the ...

12 years ago
Heavy work equipment is stolen from a driveway. Salina Police are looking for someone who removed an attachment for a forklift boom known as a granite clamp. The Abco brand clamp is yellow in color and was stolen from a driveway area at 207 N. Cherry, sometime between midnight and 11:43am on Friday. Owners at Top Shop Counter ...

12 years ago
Another public hearing is planned on a Westar Energy plan to boost rates for residential customers while decreasing rates for major commercial customers. The hearing will be held Thursday night at the Kansas Corporation Commission office in Topeka. Two-way teleconferencing will be available for customers to testify from satellite locations in Hutchinson, Salina and Pittsburg. About 120 ...

12 years ago
A national program that aims to help first-generation college students stay in school is coming to Kansas State University. First Scholars is a national program. The university says the Suder Foundation in Plano, Texas, awarded the university $850,000 to pay for student scholarships and start-up costs for the program. The Suder Foundation created the First Scholars program ...

12 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library is continuing its Kansas Town Hall series with an upcoming discussion of climate change. A panel discussion will follow. Participants will include a Kansas legislator, an agricultural expert, a University of Kansas geography professor and an agronomist from Kansas State University. Admission is free. The program takes place Saturday from 2 to 4 ...

12 years ago
The body of a Hoisington man is recovered from Wilson Lake. According to the Russell County Sheriff's Office, on Saturday night at 8:43 they received a call of a missing man in the Rock Town area of Lake Wilson. The Sheriffs Office along with officers from Wild Life and Parks, Corp of Engineers, Russell City Fire ...

12 years ago
Divers have found a woman’s body inside a car that apparently drove off a southern Johnson County bridge. The discovery was made Sunday. The car was upside down in the water. The woman’s name wasn’t immediately released. Authorities are investigating the accident. --- Associated Press information from: The Kansas City Star

12 years ago
When the bulls and horses, cowboys, livestock exhibitors, and fans converge on Abilene for the annual fair and rodeo, so do the bucks. And it’s not the bulls that provide the “bucks.” It’s the “presidential flashcards” that the attendees spend in town. The Central Kansas Free Fair and Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo generate about $1.8 million ...

12 years ago
Two Los Angeles-based filmmakers are preparing to shoot a movie about a family of southeast Kansas innkeepers who killed about a dozen travelers in the 1870s. The film will be called "The Bender Claim." Director John Alexander called it a "Hitchcock-like psychological thriller." He and producer JC Guest will shoot the movie from July 10 through ...