11 years ago
A custom cutter's combine goes up in flames north of Salina. Rural Fire District #7 responded to a field in the 1500 block of West K 143, Friday night after a combine was consumed by fire. According to Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Arlin Spoo of Topeka told deputies he had finished cutting ...

11 years ago
Health officials say mosquitoes that can transmit a new mosquito-borne virus have been found in Kansas, though there haven't been confirmed cases of the virus among people. Chikungunya is a new mosquito-borne virus that's spread quickly in the Caribbean since December. There haven't been any confirmed cases of the virus in Kansas. But Charles ...

11 years ago
A comic book convention in Hutchinson drew such a good turnout that ATMs at the site ran out of money. About 60 exhibitors attended the Smallville ComicCon, which ran Saturday and Sunday at the Meadowlark Building in the State Fair grounds. About 1,500 people paid to get in Saturday, followed by at least 1,000 more ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents has approved 1.5 percent raises for the chief executive officers of five public universities. The increases approved at a recent meeting take effect in July. Board members said they reflect appreciation for the job done by the CEO's while also recognizing budget constraints in Kansas. The increase will bring the annual pay ...

11 years ago
The Washburn University community is mourning the death of baseball coach Steven Anson. The university and Jefferson County authorities say the 60-year-old Anson died Sunday in a tree-trimming accident. The sheriff's office says emergency responders were called to the home about 3 p.m. Sunday, and Anson was dead at the scene. Further details of the accident ...

11 years ago
Members of an eastern Kansas community want to build a new train station with the hopes of getting Amtrak trains to stop there for the first time since the old station burned down in 1999. The Amtrak Task Force is a group of Emporia leaders whose goal is to become a destination for outsiders, even if ...

11 years ago
A Kansas prison inmate serving time for violating probation could be facing more charges after walking away from the Winfield Correctional Facility. The Wichita Eagle reports 29-year-old Jimmy Reed was caught by Department of Corrections special agents and Cowley County sheriff's deputies just before 5 p.m. Saturday walking along Kansas 15, about 10 miles north of ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is telling Kansas that the income tax cuts he championed already have started to generate long-term prosperity. But he's mired in questions about whether recent, short-term revenue drops show his fiscal policies are endangering the schools, universities and social services that many voters value. His administration has been on the defensive for weeks ...

11 years ago
A U.S. senator wants to know whether Department of Justice protocols have changed since a white supremacist now accused of killing three people in Kansas was given leniency a quarter-century ago. Sen. Jerry Moran sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday urging a review of relevant DOJ policies that led to a five-year ...

11 years ago
Lawyers have been given the green light to scan the social media sites of jurors. The American Bar Association says it's ethical for lawyers to scour online for publicly available musings of citizens called for jury service - and even jurors in deliberations. But the ABA does warn lawyers against actively "following" or "friending" jurors or otherwise ...

11 years ago
Three people are hurt in crashes on rural roads in Ottawa County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the first crash happened at 3:10 in the afternoon Saturday on U.S. 81 Highway. A semi pulling a trailer headed east on Limestone Road failed to stop at a stop sign as it crossed the highway. A car traveling ...