12 years ago
A Swedish comedian will come back to life 72 years after his first appearance at the first Hyllningsfest. Multi-talented Steve Benson, educator, broadcaster, and performer, will bring Olle i Skratthult, the headline Swedish comedian at the first Hyllningsfest, back to life in Lindsborg during a number of events over the festival weekend. In his day ...

12 years ago
Hutchinson police have been dealing with some slimy creatures over the past few months, but not of the human kind. The latest encounter was with a 5-foot-long alligator last week that was found in a wooden crate in a garage. That reptile was taken to the Hutchinson Zoo, where it is being kept temporarily. A second, 2-foot-long ...

12 years ago
Pittsburg State University has announced it is doing away with its Spanish and French bachelor of arts degree programs because not enough students are seeking or completing those degrees. The southeast Kansas school told students already in those programs they will be allowed to finish their degrees, but no additional students will be allowed to declare ...

12 years ago
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Cheyenne Bottoms, a central Kansas site that includes internationally recognized wetlands, aren't fully functioning and could be threatened by oil drilling. Heather Whitlaw, field supervisor for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Manhattan, says her agency opposes a recent request by a Kansas company to drill for oil in ...

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 ...