11 years ago
A 65-foot artificial tree that is touted as the state's tallest holiday tree is lighting downtown Manhattan. The Manhattan Mercury reports that the nearly $100,000 artificial tree grew by 15 feet this year for the second Festival of Lights. It features lights that change according to the rhythm of holiday music that can be heard over ...

11 years ago
A Salina pilot was killed and three other people were hurt when a small plane crashed in Missouri early Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that the pilot, Charles Sojka of Salina, was killed in the crash around 9 a.m. Sunday near the airport in Boonville, Missouri. Passengers Brenda Schewe of Salina, Kathryn Taylor ...

11 years ago
A cold front bringing with it arctic air Sunday morning put an abrupt end to a couple of days of record setting warmth. According to the National Weather Service, gusty north winds of 15 to 25 mph are drawing much colder air into the region. By mid-late afternoon, most of Kansas will have temperatures in ...

11 years ago
A special guest is basing at the Salina Regional Airport again this year. Did you know that Capt. Kringle has based out of the Salina Regional Airport every December for the past five years to make his final preparations for his ever-famous 'round the world flight? While he is in town, K-State Salina and the ...

11 years ago
The crowds of bargain hunters that rush through store doors the day after Thanksgiving have thinned out. U.S. shoppers spent $9.1 billion at stores on Black Friday, according to data out Saturday from research firm ShopperTrak. That's a drop of 7 percent compared with the same day last year. But it's too early to call the holiday ...

11 years ago
Researchers at Washington State University are working on a breath test to determine if a driver is under the influence of marijuana. The News Tribune reports that law enforcement officers have a test for alcohol, but they don't have a tool to test for marijuana impairment. Right now, officers must use blood tests to determine if ...

11 years ago
The white police officer who killed Michael Brown has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, nearly four months after the confrontation that fueled protests in the St. Louis suburb and across the nation. Darren Wilson has been on administrative leave since the Aug. 9 shooting. His resignation was announced Saturday by one of his attorneys, Neil ...

11 years ago
Cattlemen from across Kansas will be converging in Wichita next week for the annual convention of the Kansas Livestock Association amid all-time high cattle prices. The three-day event that begins Wednesday touches on nutrition, cattle markets and retail sales. Thursday will feature a presentation from CattleFax Executive Vice President Randy Blach talking about the cattle market outlook. He ...

11 years ago
Several colleges in Kansas and Missouri are starting food pantries to help students survive the ever-increasing costs of higher education. In Kansas, Emporia State University and Washburn University opened pantries this month, while Pittsburg State opened one in October. The Kansas City Star reports that the University of Missouri-Kansas City student activities office is working on ...

11 years ago
A Kansas shelter is offering Black Friday deals on hard-to-adopt black pets. The Wichita Eagle reports that black animals often are overlooked at shelters in part because of superstition. The Kansas Humane Society is offering black or mostly black pets for free from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. The shelter has been having a Black ...

11 years ago
More than 1,000 farmers are expected to gather in Manhattan next week to layout the roadmap for public policy issues the Kansas Farm Bureau members consider of importance to agriculture. Among the featured speakers for the two-day event that begins Monday is American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman. Workshop topics include succession planning, advocating for agriculture, ...