12 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University Cheer & Dance teams will host a car was this weekend. According to the school, the event will be at Ace Hardware on Broadway on Saturday from 10-2. The carwash is free, but donations will be accepted. All donations will go towards camp and competitions. The Kansas Wesleyan Cheer Squad won the 2013 KCAC ...

12 years ago
A Salina man was shot this morning at the Howard Johnson Inn located at 222 E Diamond Dr. Police say that the victim had no connection to the shooter prior to the incident. He was sent to the hospital between 4 and 5 this morning with a wound in the lower right abdomen. The bullet missed any ...

12 years ago
The late state Rep. Bob Bethell had a passion for finding antiques and built a large collection during his lifetime. Bethell accumulated so many antiques that he built a large garage near his home in Alden and planned an adjoining room to hold more. But Bethell died in a car accident in May 2012 before the ...

12 years ago
DS&O Electric Cooperative, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and First Bank Kansas of Salina have made a $1,000,000 interest-free loan available to Bethany Home for the construction of its new assisted living facility on East Swensson Street, between the Subway Restaurant and the First Baptist Church in Lindsborg. The 10-year loan completes the $2.5 million financing ...

12 years ago
A scientific breakthrough could help fight a deadly wheat pathogen that's causing significant crop losses. Researchers from Kansas State University and the University of California-Davis have identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to one of the most deadly strains of the wheat stem rust pathogen. The rust strain first was identified in Uganda in 1999 ...

12 years ago
Thousands of residents in south central Kansas remain without power after storms swept through the region, downing trees and power lines. Most of the damage from Thursday's storms was reported near Wichita, where about 13,000 customers remained without power early Friday, down from a peak of about 21,000. The utility said it hoped to have power ...

12 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas wheat harvest has now reached the Nebraska border. The industry group Kansas Wheat reported Thursday that combines are running from Norton to Marshall counties along the Nebraska border. Ag Valley Co-op in Norton says just a few thousand bushels of wheat have been brought in so far. Early test weights have ...

12 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A former Kansas Air Guard National member has been convicted of fraudulently receiving nearly $55,000 in benefits by claiming she was commuting to a Wichita base from Arizona. The U.S. Attorney's office says a jury on Thursday found 28 year old Wichita resident Eledria Bradley guilty of one count of wire fraud. Bradley ...

12 years ago
A new report says Kansas farmers planted fewer acres of corn and soybeans and more acres of sorghum this spring than in 2012. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday that corn growers planted 4.5 million acres this spring, down 4 percent from last year. Genetically engineered varieties were used on 91 percent of the acreage, ...

12 years ago
A Kansas judge is considering a request from two doctors to block enforcement of sweeping new restrictions on abortion that are set to take effect Monday. Shawnee County District Judge Rebecca Crotty heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by Drs. Herbert Hodes and Dr. Traci Nauser. The father and daughter perform abortions at their Overland ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback won't release the names of applicants for a new position on the Kansas Court of Appeals, even though the names of candidates have been disclosed for more than 30 years. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the decision by the Republican governor is being criticized by Democratic legislative leaders and the chairwoman of the ...