12 years ago
Several flood-plagued Kansas counties are hoping temporary repairs to roads and bridges can withstand autumn rains until federal funds are available for more permanent fixes. Gov. Sam Brownback last week requested a federal disaster declaration for 47 counties because of storm damage and flooding that hit much of Kansas between July 22 and Aug. 16. The ...

12 years ago
April showers might bring May flowers, but fall brings neotropical migrants. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism every year, hundreds of bird species fly south through Kansas during the fall migration, creating many unique birding opportunities throughout the state. Hummingbirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, and neotropical migrants such as warblers, flycatchers and orioles, are ...

12 years ago
More than a dozen University of Kansas professors have issued a statement criticizing school officials for putting a colleague on leave after he posted a controversial tweet following the deadly Navy Yard shootings in Washington last week. The Lawrence Journal-World reports 14 Anthropology Department professors and department chairwoman Jane Gibson signed the statement Friday in support ...

12 years ago
A crash involving a cow sends two people to the hospital in Abilene. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 15-year-old Allyson Neal of Longford was driving a Ford Ranger pickup truck north on K 15 Highway. She struck a cow that was on the road. Neal and a passenger, 45-year-old Kelly Neal also from Longford, were both ...

12 years ago
It was a perfect Autumn Saturday for Salina Autumnfest events. After a hot Friday with temperatures in the lower 90s, and overnight cold front cooled off things for Saturday. Autumnfest featured a full day of events. The day began with the Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair Parade down Santa Fe. A large crowd gathered along the route. ...

12 years ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - A 32-year-Kansas inmate who walked away from his work site in Overland Park has turned himself in. A spokesman for Lansing Correctional Facility says Zackary Conger was reported absent from Laser Apparel LLC around 4 p.m. Friday. The minimum custody inmate turned himself in at the Lenexa Police Department around 9:45 a.m. Saturday, ...

12 years ago
The highest court for the U.S. armed forces has agreed to hear the appeal of a Kansas airman convicted of assault for exposing multiple sex partners to HIV at swinger parties in Wichita. The attorney for David Gutierrez said Friday the case will set the standard across the military as to what evidence is necessary to ...

12 years ago
Conservative Republicans who control state government in Kansas have been clear from the beginning that they view the federal overhaul of health care as wrong-headed. But with the rollout of a new online health insurance marketplace, some advocates for the uninsured wonder whether Kansans have enough information about changes wrought by the 2010 federal law. Insurance Commissioner ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents is reporting a system wide drop in fall enrollment. The Board of Regents says preliminary fall enrollments are down overall from last year about 1.3 percent, which is about 2,504 students across the state's 32 public universities, community colleges and technical colleges. The regents say enrollment is up at the state's technical ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan Community came together in celebration Friday afternoon as the 19th President of The school was inaugurated. Family friends, faculty, staff, and alumni gathered on campus as Dr. Matthew R. Thompson climbed the steps at Pioneer Hall to take the oath of office. Dr. Thompson, who actually arrived in Salina back in April after ...

12 years ago
Upgrades to a local substation will require a scheduled power outage for the towns of Tescott, Beverly, Ada, Barnard, Westfall, Shady Bend and surrounding rural areas. Westar Energy will begin the outage at 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, and expects power to be restored at about 7 a.m. Tuesday. The outage is necessary so that Westar crews can ...