5 years ago
State health officials say more than one thousand university students and staff at the two largest schools on Kansas have tested positive for COVID-19 so far this summer. A campus spokesman in Manhattan says that Kansas State has reported 479 cases of the virus so far this semester after testing more than 3,300. In Lawrence, officials said ...

5 years ago
The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance to identify potential victims of Kansas high school basketball coach Jeffrey Pierce. According to the agency, the high school basketball coach at Seaman High School in Topeka has been charged with sexually exploiting minors. Using social networking platforms, Pierce would contact his victims while pretending to be a female ...

5 years ago
The preliminary findings by Kansas State University during a necropsy on Luka, one of three cubs born at Rolling Hills Zoo, found that Luka suffered from subaortic stenosis, a serious condition that obstructed the flow of blood from his heart’s left ventricle. According to the zoo, this serious condition was likely congenital and may have been ...

5 years ago
If you will be spending time over the weekend at a Kansas lake, officials caution to be aware of the one warning and thirteen  watches due to toxic blue-green algae. The following health advisories have been issued: Warning Camp Hawk Lake, Harvey County Watch Brown State Fishing Lake, Brown County Ford State Fishing Lake, Ford County Gathering ...

5 years ago
KANcycle, the regional bike sharing program that serves north central Kansas, is going to relaunch.  KANcycle has been closed since the end of March because of COVID.  The relaunch is planned for September 11th. KANcycle, a program of OCCK Transportation, was started in June of 2019 with 80 bikes spread across 16 stations in eight counties ...

5 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly today toured COMCARE of Sedgwick County Children’s Services to discuss how the pandemic has impacted COMCARE and other Community Mental Health Centers, and how her administration can help local partners increase access to mental health services for Kansans. “The challenges brought on by the COVID-19 virus have led to an increased number ...

5 years ago
State health officials will begin to release the names and locations of active COVID-19 outbreaks in Kansas. Last week, Kansas saw the highest increase in outbreaks to date, with an increase of 26 from Wednesday to Friday, and ended the week with 170 active outbreaks. Active locations will be released when there are five or more confirmed ...

5 years ago
The application process has started for two categories of the Horizons Grants Program through the Salina Arts & Humanities Foundation. According to the organization, Organizational Project Grants, along with the Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grants, are now open for application. Deadline to apply is November 2nd. These grants support artistic growth through Saline County’s cultural and nonprofit ...

5 years ago
A Topeka area high school basketball coach is facing child pornography charges. Forty-year-old Jeffrey Pierce is charged with two counts of producing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. Federal prosecutors say the production crimes allegedly took place in March and the child pornography possession crime allegedly happened yesterday. If convicted, the Seaman High School ...

5 years ago
With COVID-19 surging in the Salina area, local education leaders sent out out a message to the community Wednesday evening. The statement from the superintendents of all three Saline County  public school districts and Salina Catholic schools, along with the presidents of Kansas Wesleyan University, Kansas State University Polytechnic, and Salina Area Technical College reads: Alone ...

5 years ago
There are 27 new COVID-19 cases in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department there have now been 503 total cases, with 105 currently active. There are 389 people who have recovered, and a total of 9 deaths. Salina Regional Health Center reports that they have 5 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. According to the Kansas Department of ...