11 years ago
Veterinary students at Kansas State University are going on the road to care for shelter animals. A new mobile unit will start heading out to shelters next month. The university says students are projected to perform 2,800 to 3,500 spay/neuter procedures in the first year. Agreements have already been established to provide services for nonprofit and municipal ...

11 years ago
The Wichita Animal Shelter is seeking to reunite owners with their pets after recent thunderstorms scared the animals away from their homes. Wichita police Lt. Steven Kenney says the animals, spooked by thunderclaps and loud rain, break through fences and lose their collars in the process. It makes it difficult for officials to find the pets' ...

11 years ago
The president of Kansas State University is speaking out against a proposal to freeze college tuition in the state. K-State President Kirk Schultz said in a statement Friday that a proposal inserted into a budget being considered by the Legislature would hurt the university's ability to provide quality academic programs. Schultz said that forcing state universities ...

11 years ago
Several hundred people gathered Sunday morning at the former site of the Oklahoma City federal building to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the terrorist bombing there that killed 168 people and injured many others. Survivors of the April 19, 1995, attack and relatives of some of the dead are among those attending Sunday's memorial service. The ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas architecture students have transformed a blighted camping vehicle into a classroom on wheels. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the renovated 1972 Airstream Sovereign Land Yacht is called the KU Mobile Collaboratory. It features storage carts that can be pulled out of their spots along the edge and unfolded into tables. Benches double as ...

11 years ago
A woman that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's administration has frequently held up as a success story in his efforts to connect welfare recipients with jobs is a temporary state employee. The Republican governor mentioned Valerie Cahill, of Kansas City, Kansas, in his State of the State address. She also spoke at the signing ceremony of a ...

11 years ago
Whether fantasy sports leagues are predominantly won by skill or luck is taking on new meaning in Kansas as the state's attorney general investigates their legality. Attorney General Derek Schmidt could determine them to be primarily games of chance, and therefore illegal under the Kansas constitution. The constitution only allows the state to administer games that ...

11 years ago
Things are a bit batty at Rolling Hills Zoo. A new exhibit featuring live bats opened to the public Saturday morning. According to the zoo, "Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats" is an interactive exhibition that helps visitors discover that many beliefs about these flying mammals are just myths that have held fast ...

11 years ago
A Saline County tax deadline is fast approaching. According to the Saline County Treasurer's office, 2014 second half tax payments are due May 11th. The 2014 tax statements were mailed in November 2014. First half tax was due December 20, 2014 and second half tax is due May 10, 2015. Please send the remittance stub from the bottom ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a theft from Saint Mary's Catholic Church, 230 E. Cloud. Staff told officers this week they believe someone has been taking cash from the collection box since July of 2014. Loss is estimated at $2,000.   A boyfriend cracks a windshield. Police are looking for a known  suspect after a 22-year-old female told ...

11 years ago
A man impersonating an undercover police officer is arrested for criminal possession of a weapon. Officers arrested 24-year-old Bradley D. Sanders of Salina, after he allegedly tried to sell three handguns at a bar Thursday afternoon. Staff at Boomers Sports Bar and Grill, 116 S. Broadway, contacted police after Sanders told a barkeep he was an undercover ...