12 years ago
The summer lunch program in Salina begins this week. Each summer USD 305 serves free lunches for anyone 18 or young. Anyone over the age of 18 can eat for $3.50. Last year over 3,900 breakfast and over 25,000 lunches were served in Salina. USD 305 Food and Nutrition Services Director Cindy Foley says they hope more ...

12 years ago
A north Wichita home is no longer buzzing. The homeowner, who is planning to renovate the house, discovered a large bee hive and called professional beekeeper Wes Wolken. Wolken spent most of Sunday removing an estimated 50,000 bees from under the home. KAKE-TV reports Wolken found a network of honeycomb that extended 18 feet long, with almost 50 ...

12 years ago
Soldiers of the Army's 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley are converting to a new model of the M4 carbine used in combat. The division is the first in the Army to begin converting to the new weapons. The Army expects to replace about 500,000 carbines through 2020. Fort Riley soldiers are expected to continue converting ...

12 years ago
Staff members at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene are gearing up for two days of activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing in France. The events June 6-7 are an extension of a three-year exhibit at the complex to tell the story of World War II. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was ...

12 years ago
Geary County officials say a man apparently drowned in Milford Lake after going overboard while trying to retrieve a fishing pole. Sheriff Tony Wolf says the man, about 65 years old, fell in Sunday in the West Rolling Hills area of the lake. He never resurfaced. The victim's name has not been released.

12 years ago
Salinans gathered Monday to remember, and honor, those who have died so that we might all be free. Following brief cemetery services, events culminated with a large gathering at the Saline County War Memorial in Sunset Park. Salina Mayor Aaron Householter spoke. Householter spoke about his uncle Terry Householter, who was killed in action in Vietnam ...

12 years ago
Police in Wichita are looking for a burglar who made off with nearly $10,000 worth of stringed instruments from a music store. KAKE-TV reports the break-in at Jim Starkey Music Center happened just before 6 a.m. Saturday. The suspect broke a front window, setting off an alarm. Owner Dee Starkey says the burglar stole three student violins, ...

12 years ago
One of Garden City's biggest attractions is open for the summer. KSNW-TV reports the city's Big Pool is filled with more than 2 million gallons of water and ready to accommodate swimmers - hundreds of them, more than the populations of some Kansas towns. Monica Colborn, aquatics director for the Garden City Recreation Commission, says the pool ...

12 years ago
One person is dead and another is in custody following an early-morning shooting south of downtown Topeka. Police say the victim was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle following the shooting around 1:40 a.m. Sunday. The person was pronounced dead at 3:15 p.m. A 30-year-old man was arrested Sunday afternoon on suspicion of first-degree murder. No ...

12 years ago
Kansas City fire departments on both sides of the state line say they aren't having much success in their efforts to diversify their ranks. The Kansas City Star reports the most recent graduation of new Kansas City, Kansas, firefighters had only one woman and no African-Americans in a class of 26. That bothered Mayor Mark Holland, ...

12 years ago
The Wichita aircraft parts maker created when Boeing Co. spun off its commercial airplane business is looking to expand its work for the military. Spirit Aerosystems is a major supplier of fuselages and other components for planes built by Boeing and Airbus. The Wichita Eagle reports the company is now working to market its expertise with metals ...