9 years ago
A Kansas couple alleges in a lawsuit that a neighboring dairy has contaminated their water supply.  The Hutchinson News reports that Beryl and Becky Grow of rural Reno County are seeking more than $75,000 in damages from Perry and Sharon Beachy. The suit alleges "permanent and irreparable" property damage. The Beachys haven't yet filed a formal response, ...

9 years ago
Agribusiness giant Cargill has unveiled plans for its new $60 million complex for its protein operations that it plans to build at the site where the Wichita Eagle is now located. The company said released more details Thursday about its project, along with an artist's rendering. The four-story, 188,000-square-foot building accommodates about 800 employees. The proposal ...

9 years ago
Kansas hit its new, more pessimistic revenue projections for November, with tax collections exceeding estimates by $1.4 million. But the report Thursday from the state Department of Revenue did not significantly alter the state's gloomy budget picture. It still faces a projected shortfall of more than $345 million for the current fiscal year that began July ...

9 years ago
The former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman hired as Kansas State University's president will receive a $500,000 annual salary. The  Kansas Board of Regents released the letter of appointment Thursday for Gen. Richard Myers. He was promoted last month from interim president, a job he's held since April. The Kansas State University Foundation will finance $156,250 of ...

9 years ago
Between 5:00 PM on November 25, 2016 and 8:00 AM on November 26, 2016, force was used to commit a burglary at Salina Municipal Golf Course, 2500 E. Crawford. Approximately ten hats, ten pairs of Titleist socks, $80, and two boxes of candy bars were taken. Loss and damage are estimated at $2,470. If you have any ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating the theft of two cellular telephones from the Salina Walmart Store. Between 12:09 and 12:15 on Wednesday two iPhones were taken. The suspects is described as  a white male with short brown hair, standing 5'11" and weighing about 180 pounds. He was wearing a gray jacket and cowboy boots. He fled with ...

9 years ago
"It's a great day to be a Swede," said Bethany President Will Jones Thursday morning on the campus at Bethany College in Lindsborg. Soon, many more area high school graduates could be donning the blue and yellow of the Swedes and calling Bethany home. Bethany College is offering tuition-free scholarships to all students graduating from a McPherson ...

9 years ago
The public on Thursday can begin buying tickets to see former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, best-selling author, and challenger for the 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination Carly Fiorina speak in Salina. Fiorina will be the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting, Wednesday, February 8, 2017. The banquet will be ...

9 years ago
The University of Missouri is urging student groups to halt some social events as the number of mumps cases continues to rise. The Student Health Center said Wednesday that there are 128 confirmed and probable cases. The outbreak began in early November with four confirmed cases. Most of them are linked to students in fraternities and sororities. ...

9 years ago
An Associated Press statistical analysis shows a dramatic drop in Oklahoma earthquakes since late May, when the state limited wastewater injections into energy wells. And a new study says the state is on its way back to calmer times that prevailed before a huge jump in man-made earthquakes. In parts of Oklahoma, the state ordered a 40 ...

9 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is supporting President-elect Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that he would have won the popular vote if "millions" of people hadn't voted illegally. Kobach offered no evidence Wednesday of specific cases of election fraud this year. Instead, he cited a large-scale study of the 2008 election to suggest several million non-citizens living ...