9 years ago
EaglePicher says it plans to bring 15 to 20 new jobs to its Pittsburg plant, continuing an expansion that began since the plant opened in 2007. The automated thermal battery production plant is owned by the city of Pittsburg and the company recently released its lease for another five years. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that since ...

9 years ago
Thieves grab four tires and leave a car up on blocks at a Salina auto lot. Police are investigating after someone stole a set of 16-inch chrome wheels and four Firestone tires off a 1999 Buick Regal on the lot at Hi-Co Motor Company located at 645 N. Santa Fe. Police say the theft occurred sometime between ...

9 years ago
A rollover crash sends a woman to the hospital early Sunday morning. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that 22-year-old Aaron Pohl of Wells, KS was driving a 2005 Subaru Impreza northbound on Old 81 Highway. Deputies say around 3:20am the car crossed over the center line, left the road and rolled. Pohl, who was buckled up was ...

9 years ago
The second in a series of Legislative Issue Meetings with the Saline County Legislative Delegation will be held this Saturday. The event is 8:30-10am, at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Visit Salina Annex, 120 W. Ash.  The meetings are designed to keep citizens informed on state legislative activity. Senator Randall Hardy, and Representatives Steven Johnson, ...

9 years ago
Salina is preparing for another "Match Madness" event. From 7a.m. to 7p.m. on Tuesday the Greater Salina Community Foundation will host nonprofit representatives and donors at Blue Skye Brewery and Eats in downtown Salina. You can make a gift to one or more participating charities with endowment funds at GSCF, which will then be matched proportionally ...

9 years ago
Kansas recorded a 22 percent increase in traffic fatalities in 2016 compared with the previous year, and one state trooper says distracted driving is the main reason. The Kansas Department of Transportation says 432 people died in traffic accidents in 2016. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/2ngA2ZT) that the National Safety Council says traffic fatalities increased 6 percent ...

9 years ago
Wichita State University has agreed to pay a $98,578 fine for mishandling hazardous wastes. The university said Friday in a news release that its agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stems from violations found during an inspection in 2014. The problems were corrected that same year. Those violations included failure to conduct a hazardous waste determination, ...

9 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a measure that would let doctors and physicians prescribe and dole out what's described as "non-intoxicating" medicine derived from a marijuana chemical compound. The Wichita Eagle reports  that senators initially were supposed to vote on a measure that would legalize the use of cannabis for certain medical conditions. But an amendment ...

9 years ago
The estate of a longtime University of Kansas art history professor has donated another $1.1 million to the university. The gift announced Thursday brings the total donations from Marilyn Stokstad's estate to the university to more than $2.3 million. Stokstad was a professor of art history, author and former museum director. She died in March 2016 at ...

9 years ago
A Kansas appellate court says a man convicted of assault and weapons charges deserves a new trial because his trial judge fell asleep during testimony. The Kansas City Star  reports the Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday threw out Daquantrius Johnson's 2014 convictions. According to the ruling, a juror noticed that Sedgwick County District Judge Ben Burgess ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two men who were charged with aggravated battery but said they were acting in self-defense in stabbing or shooting others. The high court's ruling Friday rejected a tougher rule for determining when someone can avoid prosecution under the state's 2006 "Stand Your Ground" law. The Kansas Court of ...