11 years ago
K-State wide receiver, and Abilene native Curry Sexton, is outstanding on and off the field. An All-Big 12 candidate at wide receiver and First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer, Kansas State senior Curry Sexton has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division I football team, the College Sports Information Directors of America One of 50 ...

11 years ago
A man's bizarre behavior prompts witnesses to call Salina Police. Officers found 42-year-old Daryl L. Knox dressed only in a pair of pants, rolling on the street and screaming while his 4-year-old son stood nearby. Police say Knox was on the ground in the 200 block of E. Republic on Tuesday afternoon at about 2pm. Knox told police ...

11 years ago
K-State Nation is heading to San Antonio for the first time in 16 years as Kansas State Athletics Director John Currie announced today that the 11th-ranked Wildcats have accepted an invitation to play No. 14 UCLA in the 2015 Valero Alamo Bowl on January 2. The game, one of the most widely watched and attended of ...

11 years ago
A homeless amputee has lost nearly everything he owned — including his prosthetic legs — after a candle he was using to stay warm started a fire in a Topeka storage facility. The blaze, reported at 12:42 a.m. Tuesday, caused $135,000 in damage at AAA Self Storage. A local advocate for the homeless says the man ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating after a student found a handgun magazine containing bullets on an elementary school playground in a Kansas City suburb. A Blue Valley School District spokeswoman says the child found the .45-caliber magazine with eight bullets during recess on Tuesday. The student brought the magazine to a teacher, who alerted authorities. Officers from Leawood and ...

11 years ago
A Wichita artist says he won't press charges if thieves return nine pieces of art that were stolen from a gallery. Josh Tripoli says someone stole the art right off the walls at Murillo Studios in Old Town. He said the work likely was wrapped in a tapestry and then taken out the door. The total loss ...

11 years ago
It will feel a lot more like Christmas when a  wintry mix of freezing drizzle and snow spreads across the area late on Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, winter weather will commence late Wednesday afternoon near the Oklahoma border and spread north through sunset. The heaviest snow is expected between 7 pm and 1 ...

11 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says groundwater levels are declining in an aquifer that serves parts of Oklahoma and seven other states. The USGS has released a report on changes in groundwater levels in the High Plains Aquifer, also known as the Ogallala Aquifer. USGS scientist Virginia McGuire says measurements between 2011 and 2013 represent a large ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary after someone entered a home sometime between November 5th and December 14th in the 200 block of S. 9th and removed multiple items including tools, 50-inch flat screen TV, coins, space heater and bedding. Loss is estimated at $950.   A 36-year-old female contacted police after someone allegedly removed $964 in ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after windows are smashed on a couple of excavators at a job site. Deputies say someone broke the glass on two heavy equipment excavators that were parked on a job site along East North Street over the weekend. The machines are owned by Nowak Construction of Goddard, Kansas, which is ...

11 years ago
Kansas officials say record cattle prices have led to an increase in cattle theft reports. Authorities say five longhorn cows and a bull, worth at least $10,000, were recently taken from a pasture in southeast Kingman County. A Reno County producer says four 600-pound calves were stolen this month. The Kansas Animal Health Commissioner says that he ...