12 years ago
Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but a new analysis shows that Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters. Florida leads the country in deaths calculated per mile a tornado races along the ground, followed by Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama. Southeast ...

12 years ago
Salinan's are gathering again in Oakdale Park for the 38th Annual Smoky Hill River Festival. Young and old are back to see, hear and taste the best artisans from all over the country have to offer. Tyler and Ashley Shaffer of Salina brought their daughter in the stroller to take in her first Festival, "We're making lots ...

12 years ago
Family members and friends of educators killed in the line of duty say a new memorial in Kansas will keep their memories alive in a world where their killers are usually better known. Crystal McGee was among several who spoke Thursday at a dedication ceremony for the Memorial to Fallen Educators, near the National Teacher's ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to resentence a Fort Riley soldier who received five life sentences as a habitual sexual offender. In a unanimous decision announced Friday, the high court upheld the Riley County convictions of Tony Tremayne Lewis on several charges, including rape and aggravated criminal sodomy in three attacks ...

12 years ago
A Topeka woman has died after the car she was in hit a horse in northeast Kansas. 58-year-old Vicki Barbara Self was killed in the accident in Jackson County on Thursday night. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says the accident occurred when car she was in struck a horse along U.S. 75 north of Holton. Self ...

12 years ago
While the crowd may have been large at the Festival Jam in Salina Thursday night, the problems were not. Police say that there were no major incidents during the event, and that no arrests were made. Only one arrest was made during a DUI check lane afterward the concert. Officers on routine patrol made two other ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen motorycle. Police say that sometime between June 10th and June 12th, a 2003 Kawasaki was stolen from in front of a home at 142 North 11th Street. The motorcycle is black, with taillights in the shape of skulls. It has a cracked oil pan that leaks. The motorcyce had Kansas license ...

12 years ago
The University of Denver is welcoming its new chancellor. Rebecca Chopp, who most recently served as president of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, is scheduled to be at the school Friday morning to meet with the campus community. The university announced Thursday that Chopp would succeed Robert Coombe, who is retiring after 33 years in office. ...

12 years ago
A Hutchinson inmate who has been missing since Saturday has been recaptured in Wichita. The Kansas Department of Corrections says 43-year-old Christopher Ward was arrested Thursday evening by Kansas Department of Corrections agents, K-9 officers and U.S. Deputy Marshals. Further details of his arrest were not released. He walked away from his work site ...

12 years ago
A large crowd gathered in Salina's Oakdale Park Thursday night to be a part of the official opening event of the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival. The Festival Jam officially started the annual party in the park, in front of nearly 11,000 people. Steve Hansen organized the first Jam 28 years ago, and is still going ...

12 years ago
New federal statistics show Kansas' gross domestic product grew slightly faster than the national average last year but still lagged behind most other states in the region. The U.S. Department of Commerce says Kansas' gross domestic product grew 1.9 percent in 2013. GDP is the value of finished goods and services and is considered ...