12 years ago
Fire officials say a man died after being hit by a train in downtown Emporia. Emporia Fire Department Battalion Chief Rich Gould says rescue units were called to the scene Wednesday night and found a man under the train engine. The man was extricated and taken to Newman Regional Health, where he died. His name has not ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Historical Society has contributed more than 1,600 archival images to a Civil War website. The group said in a news release Wednesday that the "Civil War on the Western Border' website explores the Kansas -Missouri border conflict of 1854 to 1865. It was put together through a joint effort by libraries, museums and historical ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas honored 89 area high school seniors in Salina Wednesday night. The top academic seniors from Bennington High School, Ell-Saline High School, Ellsworth High School, Lincoln High School, Minneapolis High School, Sacred Heart High School, Salina Central High School, Salina South High School, Southeast of Saline High School, St. John's Military School, Sylvan-Lucas ...

12 years ago
Kansas officials are notifying county health clinics that a program providing cash subsidies to women and children will cease issuing checks later this month because of the federal government shutdown. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says Wednesday that because of uncertain funding checks won't be issued for November or December through the federal ...

12 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Wednesday issued an executive order authorizing a $5,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of fugitive Kevin Robert Welsh. Welsh is wanted in connection with the deaths of two individuals and shooting of a third in Eureka, Kan., on Oct. 2. He is believed to be armed and dangerous. “I ...

12 years ago
Three Salina-based organizations have been awarded grants totaling $131,000 for victims service programs. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidts Office, Ashby House, Child Advocacy & Parenting Services, and the Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas are all receiving funding. Ashby House was awarded a $5,000 grant to plan for a safe exchange and visitation program for ...

12 years ago
The  Saline County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of some welding equipment from a work truck. Deputies were checking the parking lot at the Wild Wild West Club on Old 40 Highway around 11:30pm Tuesday night and noticed a welding truck in the lot with an open tool box and hoses strewn on the ground. Deputies ...

12 years ago
A medical condition contributes to a crash north of Salina early Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, shortly after a noon a car crashed on US 81 Highway. A medical condition caused the driver to lose control. The driver veered of the road, and crashed into a culvert. Troopers say that other than the medical ...

12 years ago
An intense fire destroys a large amount of hay early Wednesday morning. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, deputies and rural firefighters were sent to the 1800 Block of West Coronado Heights Road at about 1:30 Wednesday morning. The hay was fully engulfed when they arrived. The fire destroyed nearly 170 bales of hay. Total loss ...

12 years ago
A two-day animal disease emergency preparedness exercise is going on at K-State. The Kansas Department of Agriculture is leading the event Wednesday and Thursday this week in Manhattan to practice the state’s response plan to a foreign animal disease. According to the department, the two-day functional exercise is based out of the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) on ...

12 years ago
Interim Chief of Police Carson Mansfield held a media conference Wednesday morning to break down a YouTube video that captured an arrest made outside a Salina bar last week. The video clip, which has been viewed over 21,000 times, shows an arrest in progress, and then a second officer forcing another individual to the ground. Chief Mansfield ...