12 years ago
Kansas State Board of Education members face a decision about how much data to release from statewide math and reading tests after public schools faced problems administering the exams. The board's discussion Tuesday was a response to cyberattacks and glitches in the computerized testing system earlier this year. The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at the ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas has a new director of news and media relations, and she previously held a similar job at archrival Kansas State University. KU announced Monday that Erinn Barcomb-Peterson had started the director's job on the Lawrence campus after nine years at Kansas State. Barcomb-Peterson holds a journalism degree from the University of Kansas. She ...

12 years ago
The latest government crop update shows the Kansas wheat harvest is making slow progress. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 70 percent of the wheat has now been harvested, compared with an early-July average of 88 percent. The agency says that some cutting was delayed by the application of herbicides to control weeds. The condition ...

12 years ago
A national gun-control group says it is planning to challenge a Kansas law declaring that the federal government has no authority to regulate guns manufactured, sold and kept only in the state. The Washington-based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence announced Monday that it would file a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the state law. The Kansas law ...

12 years ago
A northern Kansas man's troubles may go beyond a burned-out mobile home after firefighters reported finding an apparent marijuana-growing operation inside the structure. The fire broke out around 1 a.m. Saturday in the Clay County town of Wakefield. Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says firefighters doused the flames and notified his office after coming across what appeared ...

12 years ago
A Solomon man is injured after an SUV hits the motorcycle he was riding. The Saline County Sheriff's office reports that Pamela Misker of Indiana was westbound on Old 40 Highway at 7:10pm on July 3rd, when she attempted to make a left hand turn onto Simpson Road in front of an eastbound motorcycle. The collision threw ...

12 years ago
The federal government has refused to accept a tract of suburban Wichita land into trust so an Indian tribe can build a casino there. The Kansas Attorney General's Office said Monday that the Interior Department rejected a request from the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma to take the land into trust. The Wyandotte Nation bought the tract ...

12 years ago
A teen is arrested for vandalism and theft after equipment is stolen from a Union Pacific vehicle. Samuel Johannes, 16, of 2363 Chapel Ridge was arrested July 6th for allegedly removing items from the vehicle. Johannes is being charged with vehicular burglary, theft and damage to property for the incident that occurred in a motel parking lot ...

12 years ago
Salina Police Department is investigating a scam on Craigslist. A 31-year old female employee of Salina Dental Arts reported she had listed dental chairs on Craigslist. She received several text messages from a man using the name of Matt Baker, who stated he was interested in purchasing the chairs for $800. Baker sent a check to the ...

12 years ago
A 26-foot U-Haul truck is reported stolen. Salina Police are investigating the theft of a moving truck that has not been seen since March 13th. A recent fleet inventory revealed the truck was checked out at the City Wide Storage Center, 440 N. Ohio, in March and was to be returned to a center in ...

12 years ago
A New Hampshire man is arrested in a Saline County soybean field after a 43-minute chase ends on Saturday. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a deputy on patrol was pulling over to assist a motorist on I-70 just before 8am on Saturday morning when a driver in a 2004 Volkwagen Passat sped past going 91-mph. A chase ...