11 years ago
While more people attended the 2014 Kansas State Fair than in previous years, officials say fewer people are buying tickets to watch events in the 90-year-old grandstand. According to numbers released at the fair's board meeting Thursday, The Hutchinson News reports grandstand attendance reached a low of about 23,200. Fewer people have bought tickets for concerts and ...

11 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says that next year he'll revive a proposal to give his office the power to prosecute election fraud cases. Kobach pushed the idea after taking office in 2011, but his efforts to win legislative approval of the idea fell just short of passage two years later, even though fellow Republicans ...

11 years ago
A deal has been reached in the lawsuit against National Beef by workers at its Liberal, Kansas, slaughterhouse. A joint filing Friday seeks court approval of the settlement affecting some 480 production employees who joined the class action litigation. National Beef has agreed to pay up to $350,000 to settle all claims without admitting any wrongdoing. Workers at ...

11 years ago
It's a sign of the season. The Salina Salvation Army Kettle Campaign began this week. The Kettle Campaign is the organization's single largest fundraiser. It funds local Salvation Army programs throughout the year. Red kettles and bell ringers this year are stationed at 17 locations around Salina. Bell ringers will be out accepting donations through December 24th. According ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after a small amount of meth is found in his home. According to Lt. Bill Cox, police were alerted to an upswing in purchases of pseudoephedrine made by 32-year-old Matthew W. Brewer this week at a pharmacy. State law allows citizens to buy 9-grams of the stimulant before local police are notified ...

11 years ago
Between 4:00 PM on October 5, 2014 and 7:00 AM on October 6, 2014 a burglary was committed at 2580 S 9th. An enclosed trailer owned by Wayne Holmes Basement, Inc. was forcibly entered and several items were removed. These items include a Stihl cutoff saw, two Diamond saw blades, one laser level, ...

11 years ago
An Ottaw County metal finishing business and its owner are planning to change their pleas to charges accusing them of dumping untreated wastewater into a city sewer system. A notation filed Thursday shows C & R Plating and its owner, Kevin L. Cline, both of Minneapolis, Kan., have a change-of-plea hearing on Dec. 8 before U.S. ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas is offering a military mental health first aid course. The course is designed to help active military members, veterans, their families and people who work with them recognize and respond to signs of mental illness. The free class is planned for Saturday at the Lawrence campus. Participants will receive certification as a Mental ...

11 years ago
After over a century in business, Alco is closing and liquidating everything. The corporate headquarters was formerly located in Abilene, but in 2013 had moved to Texas. Employees of the Abilene Alco store that remains were notified of the decision earlier this week. According to information from the SB Capital Group organization, after 113 years, Alco ...

11 years ago
Police have identified a man arrested in connection with the rape and severe burning of a woman who was found in park near Wichita State University. Police Lt. James Espinoza confirmed late Thursday that the suspect is 26-year-old Cornell McNeal of Wichita. It's unclear whether he has an attorney, and no one answered the phone at ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are likely to consider diverting funds earmarked for highway projects to general government programs to help solve the state's budget problems. The chairmen of the House and Senate budget committee say such a step is an option as legislators work to close combined shortfalls of more than $714 million in the current and next ...