12 years ago
An historic limestone bridge erected in 1936 in western Kansas apparently will be demolished. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking public comment until Oct. 31 on a proposal to tear down and replace the bridge, which straddles Rush and Russell counties. Russell County officials refused to help repair and strengthen the limestone ...

12 years ago
Imagine taking a trip back in time more than 70 years, to the beginning of what many call the "Green Revolution." It was a time when the world population doubled, and the agricultural industry was forced to grow rapidly with the population to prevent starvation. The growth in the food and agriculture system took sound research ...

12 years ago
A new memorial to military veterans will be dedicated in Leavenworth on the anniversary of a local soldier's death in Iraq. The Leavenworth Times reports the ceremony will be held Thursday, seven years after Army Cpl. David Unger and four other soldiers were killed in Baghdad by an improvised explosive device. Unger was a 2003 graduate of ...

12 years ago
Engineers from the Kansas National Guard will deploy from Salina to Colorado to assist in rebuilding highways damaged by recent flooding in that state. According to the Kansas Adjutant General's office. about 75 Kansas National Guardsmen will deploy Wednesday from Salina and report to the Colorado National Guard armory in Boulder. They are expected to ...

12 years ago
Zebra mussels are confirmed at another Kansas lake. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Clinton Reservoir in Douglas County. An adult population was discovered by fisheries staff during routine fish sampling activities, and a subsequent survey of other locations around the lake indicated the population was ...

12 years ago
Concealed guns are being allowed in a couple of Saline County buildings. A couple of buildings are no longer exempt from conceal carry laws. Saline County Commissioners are electing to allow concealed weapons in the road and bridge department buildings at 3424 N. Airport Road and at the livestock and expo buildings in Kenwood Park. Buildings ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Attorney General's office says a man wanted in connection with a double-homicide in southeast Kansas wasn't located during a search in a small town. Authorities on Monday evening closed roads and evacuated homes near a laundry in Eureka where they were searching for Kevin Robert Welsh, who's being sought in the Oct. 2 shooting ...

12 years ago
A stolen pickup truck is recovered in Russell. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, police are investigating the theft and damage of a pickup that was stolen from Hico Motors, 645 N. Santa Fe, sometime between October 9th and October 14th. The 1991 Chevy truck, valued at $4,000 was located in Russell - because staff at Hico Motors ...

12 years ago
A vehicle is damaged on a Salina auto lot. Police say $648 in damage was done to a 2014 Nissan Altima that is owned by Marshall Motors, 3550 S. 9th. Police report that sometime between Saturday night at 8pm and Monday morning around 9am, someone came onto the lot and removed the tire and rim off the ...

12 years ago
A 72-year-old Minneapolis, Kansas, man is sentenced to more than seven years in prison for shooting his granddaughter and her husband in November 2012. Johnnie R. Kilpatrick was sentenced Monday for two counts of aggravated battery. He originally was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the November 2012 shootings of Emily Ramos-Powell ...

12 years ago
Hunters are urged to be alert for illegal marijuana grows. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men were in connection with a cultivated marijuana grow found on the Lower Ferguson Marsh on the Perry Wildlife Area. Hunters reported what they thought that was a “weed ...