11 years ago
This week is pink week at Kansas Wesleyan University. The Kansas Wesleyan University Athletic Department, in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is raising funds for the Tammy Walker Cancer Center this year during Pink Week Activities. The week kicks off on Monday with a special fundraiser at Chili’s. For any customer with the promotional voucher, ...

11 years ago
A drowsy driver falls asleep and crashes near Salina late Sunday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Maria Chavez of Salina was driving a station wagon north on Interstate 135 when she fell asleep. The car veered across the passing lane into the median, and then veered back into the passing lane. The car ...

11 years ago
New state numbers show that suicides reported in Kansas rose to 505 in 2012, a 30 percent increase in the number of suicides in Kansas in 2011. The Wichita Eagle reports the figures from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment also show the most common method of suicide by Kansans is firearms, followed by suffocation ...

11 years ago
More than 50 potential employers are scheduled to participate in a fall jobs fair at Fort Riley, an event aimed at helping veterans and others land employment and network with others. Jeff Reade, program manager for the Employment Readiness Program at Fort Riley, says Tuesday's jobs fair is a chance for job seekers to conduct interviews ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas has given its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award to a four-star general who was also a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Charles Boyd received the award Friday at the Dole Institute of Politics. The Lawrence Journal-World reports  that Boyd spent nearly seven years as a POW in Vietnam, ...

11 years ago
A 59-year-old Topeka man is undertaking a 350-mile bike ride to help raise money for two children with cancer. Eric Nordgren said he considered not going through with his eighth annual Sunflowers-to-Roses cancer fundraiser, a 350-mile, nonstop bike ride through northeast Kansas. But Nordgren told The Topeka Capital-Journal he changed his mind after he reviewed the stories ...

11 years ago
Coming off a divisive budget debate this spring, Kansas legislators and higher education officials hope fact-finding visits to campuses this month by lawmakers will lessen tensions. But the groups have different goals ahead of the tour. The Republican-controlled Legislature reduced funding for universities, community colleges and technical colleges by 3 percent for the fiscal year that began ...

11 years ago
Forecasters say this winter could be snowier than normal with occasional bursts of below-normal temperatures. AccuWeather meteorologist Guy Pearson says snowfall should be more spread out than it was last year, when much of the 30 inches that fell in Wichita came in two snowstorms in less than a week. National Weather Service meteorologist Larry Ruthi in ...

11 years ago
A 36-year-old man was seriously injured when a grappling hook grabbed the cab of the pickup truck he was in at a Topeka salvage yard. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the accident occurred Saturday at the recycling center, where the victim works. Shawnee County sheriff's Corporal Steve Evans says the injured man was in the cab of a ...

11 years ago
A teen is killed and two others are hurt in a single vehicle crash. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Garrett Olson of Leonardville was driving a car east on a rural road in Riley County. The car went into a skid, entered a ditch, and struck a rock wall. The vehicle then overturned, ejecting ...

11 years ago
Someone in southwest Kansas is a bit wealthier after winning a $1 million prize in a Powerball drawing this week. A Sublette resident who doesn't want to be identified claimed the prize Thursday morning at the Kansas Lottery's office in Great Bend. The winning ticketholder bought $20 in tickets at a convenience store in Sublette, one of ...