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Wichita State says it's working to improve the university's online learning, with a goal of increasing the number of online students. The university announced in a news release Thursday that it had established the Office of Online Learning and named an interim director. The university's new vice president for academic affairs, Tony Vizzini, says for ...

12 years ago
With a theme of "Bigger Together" the Salina Area United Way Friday morning kicked off its 2013 campaign. Volunteers gathered at the Webster Conference Center to learn about the campaign, and the organization. Several people spoke. Among them was "Ursula", a woman who credits United Way supported agency the Ashby House with helping her turn her ...

12 years ago
Hutchinson police say a 14-year-old boy is in custody after a fire at his home killed his mother and sister. Police say the boy is suspected of deliberately setting the fire on Thursday. The teenager has not been charged. District Attorney Keith Schroeder says investigators determined an accelerant was poured in several rooms on the ...

12 years ago
An anti-evolution group has filed a federal lawsuit to block Kansas from using new, multistate science standards in its public schools. Citizens for Objective Public Education argued in the lawsuit filed Thursday that the standards promote atheism and violate students' and parents' religious freedoms. The group had criticized the standards developed by Kansas and 25 other states ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is hoping that construction of new boat ramps along the Kansas River will draw more people to the waterway and increase its recreational use. Brownback led more than 100 people in canoes and kayaks Thursday on a roughly eight-mile float trip. The paddlers set out at midmorning from Wamego and finished about four hours ...

12 years ago
A retired Marine sergeant who lost both legs in Afghanistan is getting a new fully accessible home in Reno County. James "Matt" Amos will receive the key to the home in a ceremony Saturday. Amos lost both legs in an explosion in 2011 when he was on his third deployment to Afghanistan. ...

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Authorities have identified a person killed in a Hutchinson house fire as an 11-year-old girl. The blaze early Thursday also sent the girl's mother to a Wichita hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. Two other people in the house escaped without injury. The girl's name was not immediately released. Investigators are looking for ...

12 years ago
Police make three arrests after curb-side drug deals are made in a Salina neighborhood. According to Drug Task Force Commander Lt Jim Norton, police received several tips about suspected drug activity at 823 Gypsum. Monday, police used a search warrant to enter the residence and arrested 52-year-old Garry D. Jelken and 62-year-old Marilyn R. Jelken on charges ...

12 years ago
A Manhattan woman says she was fired and has received death threats after posting comments on Facebook that criticized the military. Meagan May posted a comment in September that she did not consider the military heroic and criticizing military personnel for expecting discounts at businesses. May says that she posted the comments because she believes ...

12 years ago
The penguins at Salina's Rolling Hills Zoo are staying a little longer. Four African penguins that arrived back in April were scheduled to leave at the end of September. Instead, Penguin Landing will stay open three extra weeks, through October 20th. The traveling exhibit, which has been very popular at the zoo, creates a unique opportunity for ...

12 years ago
The Salina-based Land Institute has been awarded two federal grants totaling more than $650,000 that will help fund the institute's development of perennial milo. The U.S. Agency for International Development will provide $500,000 over five years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also will give about $160,000 to the Land Institute over the next two years ...