12 years ago
The University of Kansas has censured a former senior scientist in the Kansas Geological Survey over plagiarism allegations. A university committee found that Marios Sophocleous, a hydrology scientist, engaged in plagiarism and self-plagiarism in seven journal articles dealing with hydrology and groundwater. Sophocleous denies the allegations. He says he never copied the work of others or his ...

12 years ago
Approximately two dozen soldiers of the National Guard's 35th Infantry Division will soon be heading to Kosovo to fill positions in an ongoing NATO peacekeeping mission. The first of the soldiers will be honored in a departure ceremony Saturday at Fort Leavenworth where the division is headquartered. A second departure ceremony for remaining soldiers is scheduled ...

12 years ago
Kansas environmental officials are seeking volunteers to help count birds at Cheyenne Bottoms near Great Bend from Saturday through the first week of January. The Christmas Bird Count is an annual tradition across the U.S. More than 40 such counts are held across Kansas. The Kansas Wetlands Education Center and the Nature Conservancy are asking for help ...

12 years ago
The wife of Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce is free on bond after her arrest Wednesday afternoon on DUI and drug charges. Sarah Bruce of Nickerson was arrested after a two vehicle accident in the 100 block of South Main where Hutchinson Police say she’d backed into a vehicle in the 100 block of South ...

12 years ago
A giant blue crane that has been a big part of the renovation of the Kansas Statehouse for more than three years is coming down. Project Manager Jim Rinner says general contractor JE Dunn Construction expects the crane to be dismantled by the end of the week. Workers are using an equally large red crane to take ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in the appeals of two brothers sentenced to death for murders committed in December 2000. Justices have scheduled two-hour hearings on Tuesday for Jonathan Carr and his brother, Reginald Carr. The Carr brothers were convicted for killing three men and a woman on Dec. 15, 2000, as the ...

12 years ago
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts has announced he'll vote against a bipartisan budget deal, but the Kansas Republican's primary opponent says Roberts should have spoken up earlier. Roberts said Wednesday that he doesn't think the deal tackles major fiscal problems and represents only more taxing and spending. The deal was crafted by Republican House Budget Committee Chairman ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University stadium project is moving forward. According to the school, on Monday the KWU Executive Committee and the Committee on Finance & Operations met in a joint session, acting on behalf of the Board of Trustees, and voted to move forward with demolition of Glenn Martin Stadium and to begin Phase I of ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are interviewing a known suspect after a TV and bikes are stolen. A Salina woman contacted police after discovering that some of the items she planned to take with her in a move, were missing. Police say a 50-inch flat screen TV and two chopper style bikes were stolen from a home in the 900 ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary. Officers were called to the 500 block of E. Claflin after a homeowner realized his detached garaged had been entered and television was stolen. Police say a 60-inch Sanyo flat screen TV was ripped off the wall and removed. Total loss and damage is listed at $1,400.

12 years ago
After more than a year of site studies, planning and community meetings, Salina USD 305 Board of Education approved a resolution yesterday to place a $110.7 million bond issue on the April 8, 2014 mail-in ballot. 305 Superintendent Bill Hall tells KSAL News that pushing the issue into the future could end up costing the citizens ...