10 years ago
A 10-year-old boy who died Sunday afternoon at a water park in Kansas City, Kansas was the son of a Kansas legislator. Caleb Schwab, son of State Rep. Scott Schwab, of Olathe, was killed on a water slide at Schlitterbahn. Scott Schwab released the following statement through Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick: "Michele and I want to thank ...

10 years ago
Walmart is planning a new 3,000-square foot training center in Topeka. Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg says the new Topeka facility is part of a nationwide plan that includes 200 centers located in stores across the country. Lundberg says the centers are dedicated facilities for some supervisors to get hands-on training. In paperwork filed in June with the ...

10 years ago
It will be a silver anniversary season this year for the K-State football team. The 2016 season will mark Bill Snyder's 25th year as head coach. K-State had one of the worst college football programs in the country when coach Snyder took over in 1989. The now 76-year-old coach turned the program into what it is ...

10 years ago
The Sedgwick County Commission's conservative majority may not hold together after an incumbent commissioner lost during the primary election. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2aLOWD5) reports Karl Peterjohn fell Tuesday to David Dennis in the Republican primary. Peterjohn often voted with Republican commissioners Richard Ranzau and Jim Howell, a former state representative, in more contentious votes. The three drove the ...

10 years ago
An Evel Knievel type daredevil on a motorcycle jumped 15 police vehicles in an event in downtown Topeka Saturday night. According to the Topeka Police Department, daredevil Doug Danger successfully completed the jump. Topeka television station WIBW reports that the jump was a distance of about 120 feet, along 9th street, near the Kansas State Capitol The ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was hurt in a motorcycle crash near Bennington on Saturday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 39-year-old Steven Light was riding a 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle, headed west on K-18 Highway. He  lost control and crossed left of center into the eastbound lanes of K-18. The motorcycle overturned onto its side, entered the ...

10 years ago
A $500,000 grant from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan, KS, to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Foundation will contribute to the Legacy of Leadership campaign. The Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Legacy of Leadership capital campaign will fund the renovation of 25,000 square feet of exhibit space – more than 78 percent of the total space in ...

10 years ago
A new poll shows most young adults across racial and ethnic groups support tighter gun polices including background checks, stricter penalties for gun law violations, and banning semi-automatic weapons. In the new GenForward poll, about 9 in 10 young adults say they support criminal background checks for all gun sales, a level of support that remains ...

10 years ago
Delta Dental of Kansas has announced a grant of $8,700 to the Dental Assistant program at Salina Area Technical College. Brooke Horner, Administrator of the Dental Assistant program, said the grant funds will be used to buy: Phosphor plates, used for taking dental x-rays Three large light boxes, for viewing x-rays A Prophy Jet, which cleans ...

10 years ago
Archer Daniels Midland Company recently donated $3,400 to Rolling Hills Zoo.  The donation helps support the Zoo’s the summer camp program where 150 students enjoyed hands on activities and close encounters with educational animals while developing a passion for wildlife and wildlife conservation. “Rolling Hills Zoo’s Education Department is dedicated to providing fun and interactive educational ...

10 years ago
A bag carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and used for the first sample of lunar material is at the center of a legal fight after the government mistakenly sold it during the criminal case against the former director of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. The bag was flown on Apollo 11 ...