12 years ago
A Minneapolis company is planning to award up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations around the area. According to G.L. Huyett of Minneapolis, Project Drive will award up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations to improve North Central Kansas communities. The company says that Project Drive was founded in 2007 as part of a comprehensive community improvement initiative. Grants ...

12 years ago
As student debt load grows, its doubled since 2007, most universities aren't offering sufficient financial education programs to help students understand this financial burden, according to a new report whose authors include two Kansas State University professors. "Financial issues are one of the top reasons, if not the No. 1 reason, that students drop out ...

12 years ago
A new event debuts in Salina early next year. KSAL.com is proud to announce The 2015 Salina Bridal & Prom Expo. On Sunday, January 11 , 2015 in Heritage Hall at The Salina Bicentennial Center Salina Media Group is bringing a new event to Salina. Attendees can meet with over 60 of the area's premier Bridal & ...

12 years ago
A grassroots group called Women for Kansas is planning a public rally to open its "Taking Back Kansas" convention. The group aims to unite women to defeat Gov. Sam Brownback and Secretary of State Kris Kobach in November. The rally takes place at 5:30 p.m. Friday on the west side of Century II in Wichita. Speakers will ...

12 years ago
Osage County officials say a 20-year-old man whose body was found along a highway during the weekend died in a hit-and-run. Sheriff Laurie Dunn said Tuesday an autopsy confirmed that Timothy Kemble of Carbondale was hit by a car before his body was found Sunday morning along U.S. 56. Authorities are still searching for the vehicle that ...

12 years ago
Law enforcement authorities are looking for a man who stole a Kansas City police cruiser, which was later found abandoned in northwest Missouri. Kansas City police say the man, who they described as emotionally disturbed, stole the cruiser about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol troopers found the vehicle about 4:20 a.m. on the side of Interstate ...

12 years ago
Members of a fraternity at the University of Kansas are moving back into their chapter house after a minor fire. 6NewsLawrence reports Lawrence-Douglas County firefighters were called to the Sigma Chi house around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on a report of smoke coming from the third floor. The fire was under control at 12:30 p.m. and was contained ...

12 years ago
One voter. That's the total number of Kansans who registered using the federal voter form without proof of citizenship and actually cast a ballot in the Aug. 5 primaries under a dual election system. Secretary of State Kris Kobach said Tuesday that of the 180 Kansans who used the federal registration form without providing documentation, only one ...

12 years ago
Authorities in southeast Kansas say they've broken up a large marijuana-growing operation. Greenwood County sheriff's deputies on Tuesday seized more than 1,700 marijuana plants from a field in the south-central part of the county. Two people were arrested, and the investigation is still going on. Personnel from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Highway Patrol and the ...

12 years ago
A report by a Kansas school board association finds the increase in children receiving free or reduced-price meals is tied to poverty rates and isn't a ploy to boost school funding. Over the past 15 years, the number of students eligible for the meals had swelled from 33 to 50 percent. The number of students who qualify ...

12 years ago
An Olathe man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the November 2013 death of a Kansas State University student. Riley County police say 21-year-old Gregory Haug Jr. was arrested Saturday and is charged in the death of 18-year-old freshman Jordan Forbit. Forbit, of Elkhart, was found dead on Nov. 20 inside a vehicle parked ...