12 years ago
A project that has altered traffic along Interstate 70 near Abilene is nearing completion. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, traffic on I-70 in Dickinson County has been restored to 4-lanes from the Abilene I-70/K-15 Interchange at east to Jeep Road. In addition, the I-70/K-15 Interchange at Abilene is completely open to all traffic. Efforts ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary and theft from a Salina home. Officers were called to the 1300 block of E. Prospect on Friday evening after someone forced open a side door and removed numerous prescription drugs from a home. Police say the crime happened sometime between 10am and 6pm. Thieves took 16 various kinds of pain and prescription ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible case of arson after a trailer is burned up. Deputies say Kevin Lilley was just about to take a bath early Saturday morning when he noticed a bright light outside his home around 1:50am. Lilley told deputies he rushed out to his 2001 Fleetwood Travel Trailer to try ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior. Police were contacted after a man opened his door and allegedly exposed himself to 2 women in an apartment parking lot at 1800 S. Broadway, Sunday morning just before 11am. Police arrested 33-year-old Semaj Matthews of Salina on charges that could include lewd and ...

12 years ago
A computer tablet is stolen from a Salina business. Police are investigating after someone allegedly walked into Pop Culture, 121 E. Walnut between Noon and 6pm and walked out with a Apple iPad Mini. Staff told officers that one employee was out on errands, the other in the back of the store when someone must have entered ...

12 years ago
Reno County authorities say they have recovered the body of a man who was reported missing after he went canoeing at Cheney Lake. Reno County Sheriff's Capt. Wayne Baughman says the body of 31-year-old Sheldon Martin of Hutchinson was recovered early Monday. The man's family reported him missing Sunday evening, after he did not return ...

12 years ago
LED Christmas lights are gaining traction as prices drop and retailers increase the amount of shelf space set aside for the energy-efficient bulbs. Wal-Mart is devoting half of its shelf space for Christmas lights to LEDs, which can save about 80 percent of the energy consumed by incandescent bulbs and can pay for themselves in two ...

12 years ago
Kansas school districts have a long tradition of going to court over funding for public education when their efforts fail in the Statehouse. Gov. Sam Brownback says he wants that to change and is encouraging legislators and superintendents from the state's 286 school districts to open discussions toward ending such litigation. The Republican governor says recent talks ...

12 years ago
A windy, mild Sunday will give way to cold and wintry weather by week's end. According to the National Weather Service, the peak wind gust on Sunday was in Russell, where a peak gust of 54 miles-per-hour was clocked. A 51 mile-per-hour- gust was clocked in Hutchinson. Wind reaching 49 miles-per-hour was clocked in several other ...

12 years ago
Newly obtained salary information shows 60 public university employees in Kansas earn more than $250,000 in state-paid wages. The salary information it obtained is for wages paid from July 2012 to this June. Three-quarters of the top earners were professors or administrators at the University of Kansas. Kansas State University employed eight of the upper earners and ...

12 years ago
Deadly severe weather rolled across the Midwest Sunday. Officials say that at least three people died when tornadoes hit central and southern Illinois. Melanie Arnold of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency says that a person was killed in Washington when a tornado struck that central Illinois community on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the county coroner in Washington ...