11 years ago
A "Storm Fury On The Plains" started rolling across Kansas last week. 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 this week, on Wednesday, ...

11 years ago
An English mother and daughter who are both past champions of a trans-Atlantic pancake race will be in southwest Kansas for this year's competition. The High Plains Daily Leader reports that 21-year-old Devon Byrne won't be able to compete Tuesday because she won for a third straight time last year. So she's doing the next best thing ...

11 years ago
A dispute over a common tactic used by Kansas lawmakers to rush bills to passage has prompted the Senate's majority leader to stop scheduling debates on legislation in his chamber. House and Senate negotiators met briefly Friday to work on the final version of the rules governing interactions between their chambers. Their only disagreement is over ...

11 years ago
A First Amendment expert says Kansas State University's heavily redacted 11-page response to a newspaper's open records request highlights shortcomings in the state's open records law. The Topeka Capital-Journal filed a request seeking more information on the process that went into crafting Gov. Sam Brownback's budget proposal. The newspaper asked for all emails between Kansas State ...

11 years ago
Snow and ice are on the way to parts of Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, a storm system will track across the region late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, producing a wintry mix across the area. Mainly snow is expected across the north, with a mix of light snow, sleet, and freezing rain in the ...

11 years ago
After it sold out last year, Salina is doing it again. Registration is now open for Salina Downtown Inc.’s second annual St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl. the event is Saturday, March 14th, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. This pub crawl is co-sponsored with Crown Distributing. this year eight Salina downtown bars and restaurants participating including Big Nose Kate’s, ...

11 years ago
Developers hoping to operate a state-owned casino in southeast Kansas have offered four proposals that provide a sharp contrast in approaches. The two most expensive proposals would place the casinos near the Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas borders. One is Castle Rock Casino Resort's $145 million facility, the other is a yet-unnamed casino proposed by Southeast Kansas ...

11 years ago
Hundreds of protesters have rallied at the Kansas Statehouse against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to end protections against discrimination for gays and lesbians working in state government. The rally Saturday on Valentine's Day had about 600 participants. It was organized by gay rights advocates following Brownback's decision this week to rescind an executive order that ...

11 years ago
Kansas is spending millions of dollars to rehab one of its two psychiatric hospitals to avoid the loss of federal Medicare and Medicaid funds that make up about one-fourth of the facility's $26 million budget. The Kansas City Star reports Osawatomie State Hospital an hour south of Kansas City is replacing patient beds and mattresses, installing ...

11 years ago
Family and friends are planning to rally this weekend around a Marquette child who is battling brain cancer. An event to to benefit 2-year-old Browynn Birdsong is planned for Sunday evening at the Marquette Elementary School. Michelle and Sammie King will perform, there will be cookies and refreshments, and a silent auction is planned. Browynn, and ...

11 years ago
They're considered one of mankind's greatest medical achievements, yet people have balked at vaccines almost since the time of the first vaccination. In the 1800s, people protested in the streets of Victorian England after the British government began requiring citizens to get the first vaccination — against smallpox. Many opponents mistrusted doctors and were wary of a ...