10 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) —University of Kansas students and faculty have met at a forum to discuss the effects of racism, expressing frustration with school administration in Lawrence. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Wednesday forum drew more than 1,000 people to the auditorium at the main student union on campus, with more watching from an overflow room. The ...

10 years ago
Statistician Beth Clarkson has been in the news about her efforts to audit Sedgwick County voting machine tapes from the 2014 election. She presented a series of questionable statistical voting patterns linked with electronic voting machines at today’s K-State Salina Polytechnic’s Civic Luncheon. Of concern, both Sedgwick County and Saline County use the same type of ...

10 years ago
A mobile mapping project is underway in Salina. According to the City of Salina, the have contracted with Transmap Corporation from Upper Arlington, Ohio, to perform a pavement condition survey on the City’s asphalt streets. The data being collected will track the condition of the streets and aid in planning annual maintenance projects. On Friday Transmap Corporation will ...

10 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier has been selected as one of 12 finalists to compete in the Army-wide “Operation Rising Star” talent competition Nov. 18 to Dec. 9 in San Antonio, Texas. According to Fort Riley, as a finalist, Army Spc. Xochilt Ramirez-Luna of the 97th Military Police battalion will train with a professional vocal coach and ...

10 years ago
An Ellis County man was sentenced Thursday to federal prison on drug and gun charges. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, 30-year-old Joseph Anthony Ransom, of Ellis was convicted in July of one count of growing marijuana plants, one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm ...

10 years ago
Kansas lawmakers automatically are getting an 8.5 percent raise in their per diem allowance. The  raise is because of a state law that increased lawmakers' daily "subsistence payments" by more than 28 percent through the past seven years. The Legislature set it up in 2008 so members' per diem rises with a federal allowance. The per diem ...

10 years ago
Another arrest has been made in the vehicle burglary from October 20 where a handgun was stolen from the 200 block of Clark Street. Timothy Collins, 18 of Salina, was arrested after police were contacted about an alleged wreck. When police showed up to the site, there was no wreck, and stopped a white pickup ...

10 years ago
One missing phone is recovered and another was stolen. A Salina woman who left her phone in a shopping cart at Dillons on West Crawford found hers from a Facebook post. Keira Flippen, 15, was found to be in possession of the device and has been referred to court. Another phone was stolen from Lakewood ...

10 years ago
Two people were brought to Salina Regional by ambulence yesterday after a wreck on I-70EB. Esther Ortiz-Rosario, 45 of Tampa, FL, was driving Emma Rosario-Francisco, 73 of Tampa, in a 2002 Dodge Caravan. The Caravan was struck from behind by a silver Toyota Camry trying to merge onto the highway. The driver of the Camry, ...

10 years ago
A missing man from Lindsborg was found dead yesterday south of Salina on a property along Old Highway 81. Christopher Howell, 25, was reported missing in August by a sister. The sister brought Howell to the Ambassy Hotel on West Crawford in May to board a bus to visit another sibling in Oregon. In August, when the ...

10 years ago
Dr. Beth Clarkson has been providing data analysis to manufacturing and service industries for over 30-years and says patterns of recent elections in Kansas and elsewhere should be investigated. "There are trends and patterns in the data that should not be there, but that would be expected if the machines were being rigged," Dr. Clarkson said. The ...