12 years ago
Salina USD 305 honors three teachers. A master teacher and two Horizon award winners are recognized. According to the district, Brandon Cheeks has been selected as recipient for the Salina USD 305 Master Teacher Award 2014. Nominated by NEA-Salina members, Brandon exemplifies qualities of a Master Teacher including outstanding community service, continuous professional growth, exceptional school ...

12 years ago
Central Kansas woke up to a thin blanket of snow Wednesday morning, and there could be more of the same on the horizon. Light snow that began falling Tuesday evening did accumulate in some areas. An inch is reported in Salina, and in Ellsworth county. According to the National Weather Service in Wichita, two separate weather ...

12 years ago
An Amber Alert that was issued in Kansas Tuesday night is cancelled. Texas authorities had requested a Kansas Amber Alert late Tuesday evening in an attempt to locate a missing 15-year-old girl. Nomei Valazquez has been missing since Monday. Her cell phone last pinged on I-35 near Lenexa Tuesday night. According to the KBI, the alert was ...

12 years ago
A legendary rock band is coming to perform in Salina. Styx will perform an intimate show at the Stiefel Theater this summer. Styx formed in Chicago. The group became famous for its albums from the mid-1970s and early 1980s. They were cutting-edge, melding the style of progressive-rock with the power of hard-rock guitar, strong ballads, and ...

12 years ago
Police in the southeast Kansas town of Rose Hill say someone is trying to use fake money at the town's businesses. Police said Monday that at least three businesses have recently reported people using fake cash to pay for items. In one case, a clerk at the Rose Hill Apple Market grocery store noticed the $20 bills ...

12 years ago
A Salina Police investigation leads to 2 arrests. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 36-year-old Richard Kjellesvig of Salina and 22-year-old Benjamin Madacs of Abilene are now facing theft charges after allegedly taking numerous pieces of metal from a Salina business. Staff at Kejr Incorporated, 633 N. Broadway, contacted police after an inventory revealed that pieces of #2 ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas says it has fixed problems with bandwidth the led to delays in schools across the state trying to administer practice reading and math tests. When students took the tests last week, they experienced long delays and other problems with the testing platform. The Center of Educational Testing and Evaluation at the ...

12 years ago
A bill that would make some police records available to the public will go before the Kansas House. The House Judiciary committee on Monday approved the bill, which would make police documents that explain reasons to arrest people open to the public. The bill would also make affidavits to justify search warrants open to the ...

12 years ago
A 63-year-old Kansas man with a history of sex crimes against children has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for his latest conviction. The Sedgwick County District Attorney's office announced Monday that Kenneth Boysaw was found guilty of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He was accused of fondling a 6-year-old girl in a ...

12 years ago
A south-central man is jailed after he allegedly chased people repossessing his car, then shot at the vehicle, forced it off the road and hit the man who was seizing the car. Police say an employee of Xpress Recovery of Wichita repossessed the car from a home near Anthony Monday. The car's owner allegedly followed the ...

12 years ago
Gay-rights supporters are rallying at the Kansas Statehouse to protest anti-gay marriage legislation that critics contend would encourage discrimination. Organizers of Tuesday afternoon's rally include the gay-rights group Equality Kansas, the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. They oppose a bill to prohibit government fines and anti-discrimination lawsuits when ...