12 years ago
The former wastewater manager for the city of Hays has been charged with violating the Clean Water Act by lying about nitrogen levels in the city's discharges. The U.S. attorney's office says a four-count federal indictment Tuesday accuses 57-year-old Charles L. Blair with making false statements about nitrogen levels in effluent at the city's wastewater treatment ...

12 years ago
If a Tuesday afternoon meeting is any indication, Saline County and Salina City Commissioners appear close to reaching an agreement on funding of repair of the Salina-Saline County Health Department. Tuesday afternoon county counselor Mike Montoya discussed the latest proposal from the city in regard to repair funding. A structure problem with the roof caused the health ...

12 years ago
Two young siblings are credited with saving a toddler from drowning in an apartment pool in Topeka. Six-year-old Crystal Canul and her 11-year-old brother, Josias, rushed to the pool Monday night after their mother spotted the 2-year-old struggling while looking out a window of their second-floor unit. The mother wasn't a strong swimmer, so ...

12 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Kansas will continue to enforce a law requiring new voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship despite a threatened lawsuit. Kobach said in a statement Tuesday that he's not surprised the American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue on behalf of other groups, including the NAACP and ...

12 years ago
Saline County Commissioners Tuesday morning approved their 2014 budget. The $37.6 million budget includes a mil levy increase of 3 mils, and full funding of the Saline County Health Department. The budget includes $2.6 million to fund the Saline County Health Department. Of the 3 mil increase, a little over 2 mils is attributed to ...

12 years ago
A 50-pound tortoise that disappeared from outside its northeast Kansas has been found and returned home. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf says the brown African spurred tortoise was found Friday. The animal was unharmed but stuck on a ledge in a ravine behind its owners' home outside Junction City. Wolf says the tortoise wasn't injured ...

12 years ago
Over the weekend, it was reported to Police that a burglary took place at 100 N Fifth; Assurance Insurance. The building was going through remodeling and was vulnerable to the public, only a board covering a door was keeping those who wanted in, out. The burglar/burglar's entered through the board covered doorway and cut out and stole ...

12 years ago
The license of a Hays day care center is temporarily suspended while authorities investigate the cause of an 8-week-old infant's death. Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler says the infant died Saturday at a Wichita hospital. The child was hospitalized after emergency personnel went to Michelle M. Sarver's home day care on Wednesday because the infant ...

12 years ago
The recent wet weather has helped the mosquito population quickly grow. According to the Salina-Saline County Health Department, mosquitoes have more places to breed this year, due to recent rains and flooding. West Nile Virus and other diseases can be spread by mosquito bites. The department reminds the public to take precautions to protect themselves and ...

12 years ago
A 2-year-old Kansas girl who was critically injured when a stone wall fell on her is surprising her family with her quick recovery. Trayleigh Humphries of Halstead was injured Friday night while trying to crawl on the 6 1/2-foot wall, when 2-inch thick bricks fell on her. Her falther, Steven Humphries, says she suffered ...

12 years ago
A man involved in a convenience store robbery that set off a chain of events leading to the death of a Kansas State University researcher has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison. 23-year-old Frank Joseph Hanson of Manhattan pleaded guilty earlier this year to brandishing a weapon during a robbery at the ...