11 years ago
The superintendent of a south-central Kansas school district has resigned so the district won't have to pay his $81,000 salary. Superintendent Mike Sanders announced during a meeting Wednesday that he would resign from the Skyline district in Pratt County at the end of the school year. He says he and the school board had already decided he ...

11 years ago
Three Kansas universities are members of the new Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, which was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., recently. Wichita State University, Kansas State University and the University of Kansas are members of the new center known as the Alliance for System Safety of ...

11 years ago
Hundreds of seniors will walk across the stage and graduate this weekend. Seniors at all Salina and Saline County public high schools, and at Salina Sacred heart will all graduate. On Saturday, Ell-Saline will celebrate graduation. On Sunday, seniors at  Salina Central, Salina South, Salina Sacred Heart, and Southeast of Saline all graduate. Those attending graduations at the ...

11 years ago
Salinans gathered Friday morning to honor and remember local police, sheriff, and highway patrol officers who have died in the line of duty. A Peace Officer Memorial Day event was held at Jerry Ivey Park. A crowd that included law enforcement and their family and friends, firefighters, and citizens gathered to honor, and pay respect to local ...

11 years ago
Kansas prison officials have not said how a 28-year-old woman died at a Topeka prison two months ago. Michele Lee Suppes died March 22 when she was an inmate at Topeka Correctional Facility. She had been at the prison since October 2014 after she was convicted of involuntary reckless manslaughter in the death of her 18-month-old daughter ...

11 years ago
A judge has ruled that a Kansas woman accused of stabbing her 10-year-old son to death is competent to stand trial. Sumner County Attorney Kerwin Spencer said Thursday a judge ruled last week that 33-year-old Lindsey Nicole Blansett was able to assist in her trial on murder and aggravated assault charges. She underwent competency tests at ...

11 years ago
The wreckage of a missing Marine helicopter that was piloted by a Kansan has been found in Nepal. Chris Norgren was piloting the helicopter when it disappeared Tuesday while delivering aid to earthquake victims. Nepalese rescuers have found the bodies of three of the eight people who were on a U.S. Marine helicopter when it disappeared earlier ...

11 years ago
Kansas House members are preparing to debate a plan for increasing the state's sales tax to help close a projected budget shortfall. The bill on Friday's agenda would raise the sales tax to 6.85 percent from its current 6.15 percent. However, the tax on food would drop to 5.9 percent. The measure also eliminates most personal income ...

11 years ago
Ride-hailing company Uber says a compromise with Kansas legislators would allow it stay in the state if the measure passes. The House expected to vote on the legislation Friday. Uber announced in early May that it had ceased operations in Kansas after the Legislature overrode the governor's veto on regulations the company opposed. Under the new measure, Uber ...

11 years ago
Officials gathered to celebrate a one-of-a kind facility that is now operating in Salina. A purple ribbon was cut to celebrate the official grand opening of the  Kansas State University Bulk Solids Innovation Center. The two-story, 13,000-square-foot facility is the only one of its kind in North America. It will be used to study the science ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Attorney's Office intends to prosecute a 17-year-old boy, who is one of 6 people accused in the shooting death of a Salina South High School student, as an adult. 17-year-old Andrew Woodring appeared via video in juvenile court in Salina Thursday afternoon. He wept when Judge Mary Thrower informed him that the Saline ...