12 years ago
A team of university scientists has found that federal clean-air laws have helped forests recover from pollution. Kansas State University associate biology professor Jesse Nippert collaborated on the project with West Virginia University researchers. Kansas State says in a news release the researchers spent four years studying more than 100 years' worth of rings in Eastern red ...

12 years ago
Public health warnings have been issued for five Kansas lakes because of dangerous levels of toxic blue-green algae. Less restrictive advisories have been issued for three other lakes. The warnings from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment prohibit swimming, wading, skiing or other direct contact with the water. Lakes now under warnings include Hiawatha City Lake ...

12 years ago
The names of four more soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will be added to a monument at Fort Riley as the northeast Kansas post marks the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Wednesday's commemoration begins at 10 a.m. at the Global War on Terrorism monument, located between the parade field and the Cavalry Museum. ...

12 years ago
A Russell man is in custody after a standoff at a home that lasted nearly 8½ hours. Russell County Sheriff John Fletcher says the standoff began Sunday evening when the man barricaded himself in a home, and threatened either to shoot officers or commit suicide. The standoff ended early Monday. Fletcher says in a statement that officers ...

12 years ago
An exhibit featuring Bible illustrations and woodcuts dating to Medieval times is on display at Baker University. The Quayle Bible Collection exhibit is titled "Illuminating the Bible: Woodcuts and Engravings." The exhibit is open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through August 2014 in the Helen Foresman Spencer wing of the Collins Library on ...

12 years ago
A driver falls asleep and hits and kills a pedestrian near a disabled vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 70.   According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a vehicle with a flat tire was parked on the north shoulder of the interstate. The driver had exited the vehicle and was standing in the ditch next to it. Troopers ...

12 years ago
A man is hurt in a single vehicle moped crash east of Salina Sunday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 33-year-old Samuel Branham was riding a 2008 JCL moped on Old Highway 40. He lost control and crashed in the middle of the road. Branham was transported to Salina Regional Health Center. The crash happened at 8:25 Sunday ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Corrections and the Shawnee County Sheriff Office are searching for an inmate who is now considered an escapee. According to Communications Director Jeremy Barclay, 25-year-old David Kerth went missing Sunday morning around 6:00am from his work release program. Kerth was working at a Shawnee County processing plant. The department of corrections contacted the Shawnee ...

12 years ago
The Wichita school district is considering revising its policy for reporting suspected abuse. The change the board will consider Monday comes more than a year after the controversial firing of a kindergarten teacher. The long-time teacher acknowledged that she delayed reporting allegations of sexual abuse for two weeks. The Wichita Eagle reports that the proposed policy would ...

12 years ago
Junction City Police are investigating a weekend shooting death. According to a news release, around 2:45a Saturday morning officers from the Junction City Police Department and Deputies from the Geary County Sheriffs Office were called to the area of 10th & Webster in reference to a report of a shot being fired in the area. When they ...

12 years ago
Authorities are investigating after a motorist was shot while heading south on Interstate 35 in northeast Kansas. The Miami County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that it's hunting for the shooter. The shooting occurred shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday. Emergency crews transported one patient to Overland Park Regional Medical Center with a lower-leg wound. Because authorities feared a ...