13 years ago
Salina Police are investigating 2 business burglaries. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, someone broke the glass on a door to gain entry into a auto repair garage at 1021 W. Elm, sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning. Once inside burglars removed 2 Subaru radiators, 2 Subaru keyless remotes, plus four automotive batteries. Total loss and damage is ...

13 years ago
The free summer lunch program in Salina begins this week. The free lunches are for all children ages one through eighteen. Adults are welcome to eat for $3.50. Breakfast price for adults is $1.75. There is no fee or registration required to receive meals. This program is an equal opportunity provider. This year's program runs now through ...

13 years ago
Some states are pushing back against uniform benchmarks for reading, writing and math that have been fully adopted in most states and are being widely put in place this school year. The new Common Core standards replace a hodgepodge of educational goals that had varied from state to state. The federal government was not involved in ...

13 years ago
A 14-year-old boy from the Haysville area is believed to have drowned in Wellington Lake. A search for the boy is scheduled to resume Tuesday morning. Wellington Police Chief Tracy Heath says the teen was with friends at the lake Monday afternoon when he went under the water and did not come back up. Winds that were gusting ...

13 years ago
Cowley College in Winfield will continue banning concealed weapons inside its buildings and residence halls as officials study how to implement a new Kansas law. The law taking effect July 1 prohibits most public entities from banning concealed firearms in their buildings unless the buildings have adequate security. But it also lets public universities and junior ...

13 years ago
An active week of severe weather in Kansas is expected this week. To start the week, tornadoes touched down in parts of the state on Monday. Late in the afternoon a large wedge tornado touched down over open country near Smith Center. Late in the evening a tornado touched down in the Marysville area, damaging a couple of ...

13 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - After several years of political and fiscal wrangling, Kansas officials are preparing to formally break ground on a new federal biodefense lab in Manhattan. Officials including Governor Sam Brownback and leaders of Kansas State University will hold a ceremony Tuesday as ground is broken for the lab's utility plant. It marks the start ...

13 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas legislators are going back to work on tax cuts and the budget, still uncertain when they'll wrap up their annual session. House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a plan to cut personal income taxes to follow up on massive reductions approved last year. The proposal sets the sales tax at ...

13 years ago
Officials of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce have presented the first installment of a special fund to their counterparts in the tornado-stricken town of Moore, Okla. The Joplin Globe reports the $20,000 in donations delivered Saturday are intended to help the Moore Chamber of Commerce start its own business recovery fund. A similar initiative was launched ...

13 years ago
A windy, overcast day greeted a large group of Salinans Monday for Memorial Day ceremonies. A brief service was held at the VFW Cemetery at Gypsum Hill, followed by a similar service at the American Legion Cemetery at Roselawn. Activities culminated with a gathering at the Saline County War Memorial in Sunset Park. Army Lt. Colonel Richard ...

13 years ago
A small school district in southeast Kansas is shelving traditional textbooks and paper tests as it goes all-digital beginning this fall. The Iola Register reports the USD 258 district in Humboldt will issue laptop computers, available for after-school take-home, to students in grades four through 12. In kindergarten through third-grade classrooms, pupils will be given iPads ...