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The New Madrid fault zone in the nation’s midsection is active and could spawn future large earthquakes, scientists reported this week. It’s “not dead yet,” said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough, who was part of the study published online by the journal Science. Researchers have long debated just how much of a hazard New Madrid poses. ...

12 years ago
A historic downtown Salina building will be demolished this weekend. According to Salina Downtown Inc.,the 1887 Wight Brothers’ building at 109-111 North Seventh will be torn down on Saturday. Back in November the building was designated an imminent threat to collapse. The demo will begin late in the morning and is expected to take most of ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback remains confident that the Kansas economy will continue to show strength and generate revenues to fund his budget proposals. Speaking to reporters Friday, the governor says his administration's experience in the past three years in setting priorities and building reserves support his optimism. Brownback wants to increase spending in three areas in ...

12 years ago
It started when a Kansas Highway Patrol officer pulled over two Kansas City, Mo., sisters for speeding near the Colorado border and found a small amount of marijuana. Three days later, one woman lay dying in a northwest Kansas jail cell as the other frantically tried to revive her. Now, Joy Biggs is ...

12 years ago
Tickets to see a multi-grammy award winning rocker went on sale Friday morning in Salina. Ticket sales to see Rob Thomas began at 9:00. By mid-morning, ticket sales were strong. Rob Thomas will perform at the the Stiefel Theatre in April as part of a month-long North American special headline run. According to Thomas's record company, these ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has announced changes to a mental health clinic in Kansas City, Kan., and the Osawatomie State Hospital. The governor said Thursday that 111 positions previously located at the Rainbow Mental Health Facility in Kansas City, Kan., are being permanently moved to the Osawatomie hospital. Rainbow Mental Health will become a 24/7 crisis stabilization center ...

12 years ago
Teachers in a southwest Kansas school district have joined teachers in four other districts in leaving the state's main teachers union. Teachers in Spearville, which is near Dodge City, voted on Wednesday to leave the Kansas National Education Association. They will join the Association of American Educators, which provides services but does not bargain for ...

12 years ago
Security has been increased at Lawrence City Hall after some city commission members received threatening emails. Commissioner Bob Schumm says the emails arrived about three weeks ago from a resident upset with a proposed rental licensing and inspection program. He says the threats included going to commission members' homes with a gun. Two uniformed police officers now ...

12 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is backing a bill that would exclude the lesser prairie chicken from federal protection. Kobach told the Senate Natural Resources Committee on Thursday that the bill would likely lead to a legal battle that pits state rights against federal law. The bill would assert state sovereignty over non-migratory wildlife and ...

12 years ago
A suburban Kansas City dinner theater had to cancel its opening night of the play "Harvey" after a disgruntled Judge Reinhold resigned from the production. New Theatre co-owner Richard Carrothers told The Kansas City Star the "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Beverly Hills Cop" star had appeared increasingly unhappy with everything related to the production. The ...

12 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback took a field trip to a suburban school district as he kicked off a campaign to build support for his plan to increase state funding of all-day kindergarten. The Republican governor dined Thursday with students at Roesland Elementary School in the Shawnee Mission school district before chatting with teachers, students and parents. Currently, ...