12 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier is killed in a motor pool incident. According to the Army, a Soldier with Company A, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, died in a vehicular-related incident on Tuesday at a Fort Riley motor pool. Spc. Ryan T. Christensen, 29, of Layton, Utah, was a petroleum ...

12 years ago
The high-tech nature of agriculture takes center stage at the Kansas Agricultural Technologies Conference, this year to be held Jan. 23-24 in Salina at the Ambassador Hotel and Conference Center at 1616 W. Crawford St. The conference is co-sponsored by K-State Research and Extension and the Kansas Agricultural Research and Technology Association, whose members are producers, ...

12 years ago
A Derby man charged in the death of his girlfriend and the wounding of her son waived his right to a preliminary hearing. An attorney for 40-year-old Charles A. Beck Jr. entered not guilty pleas Wednesday for Beck on charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder. Beck is charged in the Sept. 1 strangulation of 44-year-old Lonnie ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary on S. 11th and a stolen snow blower on W. Magnolia. Police say Gayle DeVore of Salina told officers that someone entered his apartment in the 200 block of South 11th New Year's Eve and stole seven, $100 bills that were in his wallet. He said he left the ...

12 years ago
A computer tower is stolen from a classroom at Kansas Wesleyan University. Salina Police are investigating after someone entered a classroom at Peters Science Hall at KWU, sometime between 10am Monday morning and early Tuesday morning at 4am and removed a Dell Optiplex 7010 computer tower. The hardware is valued at $866.

12 years ago
Hutchinson is considering a stronger push to promote its claim of being the hometown of Superman's alter ego, Clark Kent. The City Council was asked Tuesday to proclaim Hutchinson as Smallville for a four-day festival this year. Last year, Hutchinson renamed itself Smallville for one day. Organizer Christopher Wietrick asked the ...

12 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback has appointed former Republican Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler of Lindsborg to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Corporation Commission. The appointment was announced Tuesday, less than a week before the start of the 2014 legislative session. Emler, if confirmed by the Senate, would resign his seat and serve what remains ...

12 years ago
Scholarship money is available through the Salina Community Foundation. According to the organization, this year scholarships are available for local students through 24 different funds at the Foundation. The Wally Beets – John Marino Scholarship: For employees who are or have been employed by the Salina Country Club attending accredited post-secondary institutions. The Betts Family ...

12 years ago
An agency that represents small utility customers is asking the state to reject Westar Energy's plan to allow some customers to prepay their bills. The Citizen's Utility Ratepayer Board filed a motion Monday asking the Kansas Corporation Commission to dismiss Westar's application for the program. Westar applied in October to allow about 1,000 customers ...

12 years ago
A close ally of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says the Republican raised more than $1.6 million in cash contributions last year for his re-election campaign. David Kensinger also said Tuesday that Brownback ended 2013 with nearly $2 million in his campaign treasury. Kensinger managed Brownback's successful 2010 campaign. Kensinger said Brownback has had 10,000 donors and that ...

12 years ago
The company that landed a Boeing 747 at the wrong airport in Kansas in November says one of the pilots was not sure they were landing at the right place, but kept silent. The description is in a training video produced by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and obtained by Aviation International News. Atlas confirmed the accuracy ...