10 years ago
Well-heeled patrons can sign up for a luxury, weekend-long encampment when the Kansas City Symphony makes its annual journey to the Flint Hills to perform. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/21G6O4J) reports that the "Out of Africa" experience will run $5,000 per couple. Up to 20 15-foot, air-conditioned Belgian tents will be erected in a remote prairie ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Legislature is considering a bill that would require cities and counties to obtain a warrant to inspect rental properties. The House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee conducted a hearing on the bill Wednesday. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1SpvgVE) reports that the bill would prohibit cities and counties from adopting local laws that allow periodic inspection ...

10 years ago
Five Salina area teams are preparing to play in the Kansas State High School Athletic Association Basketball Tournament. Both the Salina Central boys and girls teams will play in class 5A tournament Topeka. The Southeast of Saline boys and girls teams will both play in class 3A tournament in Hutchinson. The Sacred Heart boys team will ...

10 years ago
A "Storm Fury On The Plains" started rolling across Kansas in February. National Weather Service meteorologists are spreading out across the state and presenting their annual spring severe weather safety and spotter classes. The annual "Storm Fury on The Plains" presentations from the Wichita office are underway. The session in Salina is Monday at Salina South ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Scientists say the discovery of two young black carp in a ditch connected to the Mississippi River is a troubling sign for native species in the river. Adult black carp have been caught in the Mississippi River before. But the Missouri Department of Conservation says the discovery near Cape Girardeau in November ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City man whose forced removal from a hospital in the 1980s led to a sheriff's downfall is back in jail. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a trooper arrested 49-year-old Damone Cribbs this week after stopping him for speeding. Federal court documents say suspected marijuana and a gun were ...

10 years ago
The Salina Liberty got off to the best start possible in the franchise's first ever regular season game Saturday night at the Bicentennial Center. Liberty returner Jarrel Kelley took the opening kickoff from his own endzone and zig zagged his way down the field to ring the bell for the franchise's first ever touchdown. The Liberty ...

10 years ago
The two front runners from each respective party, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, each both lost big in Saline County in Saturday's Kansas Presidential Caucuses. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz both cruised to big wins. Republicans gathered at Salina Central High School to caucus, while democrats gathered at Salina South. Large, raucous crowds gathered ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will not take over the investigation of an alleged assault on a bus transporting the Great Bend boys swim team. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir had asked the KBI to lead the investigation because of jurisdictional questions. The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/1VYGQ9g) the KBI on Friday declined, citing an excessive caseload caused ...

10 years ago
Data from the Kansas Department of Education indicates reverting to an old public education funding system that would be acceptable to the Kansas Supreme Court would hurt schools in suburban Kansas City. The Kansas Supreme Court told lawmakers in February that restoring the state's old funding formula would address the inequities between school districts. But the ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a 2011 home invasion that left one man dead. The Star newspaper reports that 30-year-old Garron T. Briggs was sentenced Friday for first-degree murder. Court records say a woman was returning to her home in August 2011 ...