9 years ago
Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus in Salina and Kansas-based power company Westar Energy are propelling the electric utility industry forward by innovating inspection and maintenance methodologies with drone technology. With a focus on increasing reliability for customers, improving employee safety and reducing costs, Kansas State Polytechnic's unmanned aircraft systems program and Westar Energy have been collaborating ...

9 years ago
Salina's "Georgetown Santas" are getting ready. The group of five neighbors have become a popular mainstay in Salina in the days leading up to Christmas each year. Each year the Santa suit up on Georgetown Road in East Salina, handing out candy and popcorn and spreading Christmas cheer. The tradition began back in 1998, when Jack Schmiedeler ...

9 years ago
Temperatures fell well below zero around Kansas, including in Wichita, which hit a record low for the date. The temperature in Wichita on Sunday dipped to minus 10, a record for Dec. 18. The National Weather Service said the temperature later inched up to minus 5. Weather service meteorologist Andy Kleinsasser told The Wichita Eagle (http://j.mp/2hfNpGi) the ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was killed in an accident on Interstate 70 Saturday night while he was on foot outside of his disabled SUV. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  a 1993 Jeep SUV was unoccupied and disabled in the right lane. The owner of the Jeep, identified as 61-year-old Kelly J. Turner of Salina, was outside ...

9 years ago
Students at the University of Kansas will face at least a 3 percent increase to live on campus next year. University of Kansas students next year will pay $5,910 to live on campus, which is $172, or 3 percent, more than this year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/2gJjzZN) that adding in about $4,150 for meals means a ...

9 years ago
A judge has scheduled a February preliminary hearing for two men charged with kidnapping and raping a Johnson County deputy. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/2h9Msj1) that 24-year-old William Luth of Blue Springs, and 21-year-old Brady Newman-Caddell, of Independence, are charged in Johnson County District Court with abducting the woman in October from outside a county ...

9 years ago
Attorneys for a former Missouri city official sentenced to death in Kansas for killing his estranged wife, their two daughters and his wife's grandmother have asked Kansas' highest court to throw out his conviction. As a Kansas public defender specializing in death-penalty cases, Meryl Carver-Allmond told the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday there's no dispute that ...

9 years ago
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper has been treated for injuries after his vehicle was involved in an accident on Interstate 70. The accident happened Saturday afternoon near Topeka as a wintry mix was making roads slick, but it wasn't immediately clear if the accident was weather-related. Few details have been released but emergency responders say the trooper's ...

9 years ago
The six Republican members of the Electoral College in Kansas feel obligated to follow their state's popular vote for Donald Trump in the presidential race. They also defend the college as a much-needed institution for ensuring that most of the U.S. isn't ignored. All of them reported receiving thousands of emails urging them not to vote for ...

9 years ago
A woman from Oak Hill braved the cold and ice Saturday to make a trip to Salina. She returned home with "Santa's Sta$h", totaling over $2,900. Rose Scott was among 18 finalists who gathered at the Salina Central Mall Saturday for the grand finale of Alpha Media Salina's "Santa's Sta$h" event. "Santa's Sta$h" was a locked box ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tuttle Creek Lake will sponsor a free Eagle Day program on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The day will begin at the Manhattan Fire station at Kimball and Denison avenues. The event showcases bald eagles, their remarkable recovery and what makes them special to ...