12 years ago
The final statistics from the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival Have been complied. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, with its "vibrant mix of outdoor art, live entertainment, exhibiting artists, children's activities, and tempting food" the festival is a v"isible and influential community masterpiece". Here are some highlights: WHO CAME: Festival attendance was 62,860 for 2014, an increase ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is booked into jail for sending obscene photos of himself to a man and woman last Friday. Police arrested 34-year-old Victor Burkholder on Tuesday for promoting obscenities. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, Burkholder contacted a 31-year-old female and 31-year-old male on Facebook, then allegedly sent unsolicited pictures of his genitals to both victims through ...

12 years ago
Democratic challenger Paul Davis is shrugging off a national Republican figure's suggestion that critics of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback are akin to the evil "Eye of Mordor." Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum made the reference to "The Lord of the Rings" Monday during a rally in Wichita for Brownback. Santorum said that like the ever-open evil eye ...

12 years ago
A man with a legal concealed gun was asked to leave a movie theatre in Salina on Tuesday. After other customers saw the gun and complained, theatre staff asked the man to leave. When the man became upset, police were called. KAKE TV reports that the man, who had a concealed carry permit, was upset the ...

12 years ago
Locally grown foods aren't just for farmers markets anymore. A growing network of companies and organizations is delivering food directly from local farms to institutions like hospitals and schools, eliminating middlemen from farm to fork. They're increasing profits for smaller farms and bringing consumers healthier foods. These so-called food hubs have helped transform locally grown foods into ...

12 years ago
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has maintained his big fundraising advantage over tea party challenger Milton Wolf in their Republican primary race. Roberts' re-election campaign disclosed Tuesday it had raised nearly $797,000 in cash contributions from April through June. Wolf's campaign reported raising almost $341,000. The three-term incumbent began the quarter with nearly $2.25 million in cash on ...

12 years ago
A national tea party group is backing challenger Milton Wolf's bid to unseat Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts in the state's Republican primary. The Atlanta-based Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund announced Tuesday that it has endorsed Wolf. The group described Wolf as the right conservative candidate to fight Democratic President Barack Obama's agenda in Washington. Spokesman Kevin Broughton ...

12 years ago
Authorities say an inmate who was mistakenly released from the Sedgwick County jail has been recaptured. The county sheriff's office says 33-year-old Chad Engel was arrested Friday at Kanopolis Lake. He was arrested by Ellsworth County authorities after a tip to the McPherson County Crime Stoppers. Further details about the arrest were not released. The Sedgwick County ...

12 years ago
An Abilene man is hurt in a motorcycle crash involving a deer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 52-year-old Mark Longbine was riding a 2096 Harley Davidson motorcycl headed south on a highway in rural Clay County. He collided with a deer in the road. Longbine, who was wearing a helmet, was hurt. He was transported by ...

12 years ago
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and more than 100 other Republicans are endorsing the presumed Democratic nominee for governor. Democratic challenger Paul Davis had a news conference Tuesday to announce the formation of Republicans for Kansas Values. The list of participating Republicans was led by Praeger, who has clashed with Gov. Sam Brownback on health ...

12 years ago
Officials say two more cases of measles have been reported in Sedgwick County, bringing the total number of measles cases in Kansas this year to 11. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a release Tuesday that one of the new Sedgwick County cases was in an infant too young to be vaccinated ...