9 years ago
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is putting together plans for work and repair at Tuttle Creek, including the area damaged by the formation of a sinkhole in 2015. According to the corps, The project is in the final design stage but is not yet scheduled or funded. Once construction is scheduled, those dates will be ...

9 years ago
Federal authorities say a 36-year-old man who was a fugitive for six years has been sentenced to 27 years in prison and has to forfeit $13 million from drug trafficking in Kansas. The office of the U.S. attorney for Kansas says Yehia Hassen was sentenced Friday. He pleaded guilty earlier to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and ...

9 years ago
Hundreds of motorcycles roared across Salina Sunday afternoon. For the 30th  year in a row area bikers collected and delivered toys for Salina children. Overs the years riders have had to endure some wild weather at the event. Everything from rain, to snow and bitter cold. The last couple of years haven't been bad, though. Much ...

9 years ago
A University of Kansas student has been named a Rhodes Scholar to study refugees and forced migration. The Rhodes Trust announced 32 U.S. recipients of the 2017 awards Sunday. The Trust said in a release that Shegufta A. Huma, from Bel Aire, is a senior majoring in political science. The Trust says Huma came to the U.S. ...

9 years ago
A Kansas City, Kansas, teenager faces nearly two years in prison for a July shooting that a police captain was investigating when he was fatally shot. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/2g5FMmv) that 18-year-old Daqon Sipple was sentenced Friday to one year and nine months in prison for the July drive-by shooting, to which he pleaded ...

9 years ago
Some Kansas towns are grappling with how to save the dwindling number of historic railroad depots. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2fl8RJa) reports that in the state that had nearly 2,000 depots less than a century ago, the Kansas Historical Society estimates that fewer than 180 old depots remain. Thirty-two are listed on the state or national historic ...

9 years ago
The Salina Symphony is planning an extravagant holiday concert. Experience a musical celebration of Christmas with the Salina Symphony Dec. 17 at 7:00 p.m. and Dec. 18 at 4:00 p.m. at the Stiefel Theatre.  Celebrate the season with song and dance from the Salina Symphony, Iron Street Dance Company, Tamara Howe School of Dance, Salina Chorale, ...

9 years ago
A Kansas agency is seeking proposals from private contractors to run a troubled state mental hospital that lost its federal certification a year ago over safety issues. The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services issued a request for proposals on Monday to run Osawatomie State Hospital, one of the state's two mental hospitals. The Osawatomie facility, ...

9 years ago
Police say two people who were in custody in Dallas after authorities found a missing baby knew the mother who was shot to death at her Kansas home. The Wichita Eagle reports that Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says two people were taken into custody before dawn Saturday after authorities found baby Sophia at a Dallas home. He ...

9 years ago
The spirit of Christmas, and the holiday season, was in the air in Salina on Saturday. Multiple events throughout town ushered the holiday season to town. The fun began early at the Central Mall with “Breakfast with Santa”. The event featured prizes to go along with breakfast. Of course, the highlight was the arrival of Santa. Downtown ...

9 years ago
A 21-year-old man has pleaded no contest to a murder charge in the 2014 death of a Pittsburg State student. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports (http://j.mp/2g8ZcH3) that Bryan Bridges pleaded no contest Friday in Crawford County court to first-degree felony murder in the October 2014 death of Pittsburg State University student Taylor Thomas. The plea agreement dismisses ...