12 years ago
A massive wind turbine base remained in the median of a northeast Kansas highway overnight after a semitrailer hauling it broke an axle and rolled. The semi crashed just after 10 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. 36 in Washington County. Sheriff Justin Cordry says the truck and trailers were totaled, and the turbine base was badly damaged. ...

12 years ago
Drought conditions have worsened in a portion of the Midwest including Iowa, the nation's leading corn producer, as the region experienced its hottest week of the year. The extreme heat and near record low August rainfall combined to expand drought conditions from the eastern Dakotas southeastward into western Illinois. Iowa saw its warmest week ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a Wednesday evening theft from a Salina restaurant. Police say that a large amount of cash was stolen from the Hong Kong Buffet at 2515 Market Place. At about 5:30 in the evening a group of four women and one man came into the restaurant and inquired about accomodations for a large group. ...

12 years ago
The Salina Central VETS squad is planning a special event for kids. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to participate in a Mini VETS Clinic from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 7th at the Salina Central High School gymnasium. Cost is $20 each, plus $6 for an adult game ticket if needed. Students will ...

12 years ago
An expansion of Fort Hays State University to accommodate its continuing growth in enrollment would include new space for faculty offices and student housing while retaining the distinct appearance of the campus. According to the school, Dr. Edward H. Hammond, FHSU president, unveiled a comprehensive update to the university master plan for faculty and staff ...

12 years ago
the Kansas public pension system says it had robust investment gains last year but still saw its long-term funding gap grow to $10.2 billion. The gap widened because the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System was still booking deferred losses from the 2008 collapse of financial markets. A Kansas House committee reviewed the figures Wednesday. The gap represents the ...

12 years ago
It was an important landmark for western pioneers traveling on the Santa Fe Trail, the Point of Rocks at the Dodge City limits which now holds the city’s welcome sign. It indicated to wagon trains that they were headed in the right direction, but a plan to widen Highway 50 between Dodge and Cimarron could mean ...

12 years ago
Kansas officials say the state will join several others in letting a federal waiver that allows an estimated 20,000 Kansans to receive food assistance without keeping a job expire. The Kansas Department for Children and Families says it wants to encourage employment over welfare dependency. Able-bodied adults with no dependents would need to work no ...

12 years ago
Thousands of free tickets to see one of the hottest acts in country music perform in Salina sold out in three minutes Wednesday morning. Florida Georgia Line will perform a free concert in Salina on Sunday September 22nd. The duo, known for the #1 smash hit "Cruise", has skyrocketed to the top of the country charts. ...

12 years ago
Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo says he will vote in support of authorizing a U.S. strike on Syria. The Republican congressman spoke Tuesday to The Associated Press by phone from Israel. Pompeo is traveling to several Middle Eastern countries this week as part of his role on the House Intelligence Committee. The rest of ...

12 years ago
A man who decided to commit a robbery in southwest Missouri walked into the wrong liquor store. The clerk at the Beer 30 in Marionville on Sunday night, Jon Lewis Alexander, is a 30-year military man, former prison guard and the owner of a loaded handgun that he always keeps with him. A store ...