Clik here to view.
Brownback among 10 Western governors meeting in Colorado
The Broadmoor hotel is hosting the governors COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Ten Western governors are meeting this week in Colorado Springs to discuss issues including the drought and the environment....
View ArticleClik here to view.
USD 309 considers pay increase
NICKERSON, Kan.— The Nickerson USD 309 School Board will give consideration to appointing a new Assistant Principal, and pay raises to classified staff during tonight’s regular meeting. The board will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
County Commission to discuss stop signs
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Little River Township in Northern Reno County wants to make a number of 3-way intersections safer. County Commissioners will consider a request to place stop signs at six...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wichita may bring back water rebate plan
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita officials are considering a rebate plan aimed at helping customers save water. The City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to authorize $450,000 for the rebate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EMS exercise comes to Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Kan.— Those who pass by the fair grounds the next two days, will see a lot of emergency vehicles around, but nothing to worry about. The Emergency Medical Sciences (EMS) Education program...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Number of children in foster care hits record high
The number of children in foster care in Kansas is up, but the reasons why vary. By Dave Ranney KHI News Service TOPEKA — The number of Kansas children in foster care has reached an all-time high. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kansas woman arrested after allegedly hitting man with axe
Salina Post SALINA — An argument early Saturday morning resulted in the arrest of a Salina woman on suspicion of aggravated battery. Tamatha Lewis, 43, is alleged to have hit a 59-year-old man with an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Horses at closing boys ranch need new homes
LAKE AFTON, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County is looking for homes for eight horses that had been kept at a home from troubled boys that is closing in July. Commissioners voted Wednesday to move the horses,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bussick new County Agent
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County has a new Extension Agent. He is Reno County native Darren Busick. Busick comes to the area from Hays where he received his bachelor’s degree in agronomy from Fort Hays...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Texting crackdown on drivers nets 56 citations
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some law enforcement officers say a Kansas law against texting-and-driving is difficult to enforce because it is too vague. The 3-year-old law requires officers to ticket drivers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Search for inmate narrows
HUTCHINSON. Kan.—The search for a prison inmate who walked away from his work release job over the weekend has narrowed. The Department of Corrections believes that 43-year-old Christopher Ward is in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pratt man charged with murder
PRATT, Kan. (AP)— A south-central Kansas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death last January of an infant. The Kansas Attorney General’s office says 27-year-old Joseph Sponaugle of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Search for Fox Director to begin soon
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Board of the Hutchinson Fox Theatre hope to have a little more direction on where they want to go with the theatre’s future during a board meeting next Tuesday. That includes the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
21-year-old Kan. man hospitalized after accidental shooting
By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT Hays Post NESS CITY — A 21-year-old Ness City man was airlifted to Hays Medical Center on Tuesday after he was shot with a shotgun. According to Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
90-year-old ex-president makes birthday parachute jump
The tandem jump made a safe landing–Photo YouTUbe Former President George H.W. Bush has celebrated his 90th birthday with a parachute jump- photo YouTube KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former President...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Science fiction writers meeting in Lawrence
James Gunn, founder of the University of Kansas’ Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fictio LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A conference at the University of Kansas this weekend will explore the ways science...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kansas judges ponder legal lessons from Holocaust
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Dozens of Kansas judges have heard a presentation about how Germany’s judiciary aided the Nazis and the Holocaust before and during the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Union responds to Inmate Attacks On Officers at State Prison
Lansing Correction Facility KOSE Media Release The Kansas Organization of State Employees (KOSE) on Thursday expressed extreme concern for the safety of state correctional officers in the wake of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City Council to take action on park
HUTCHINSON, Kan.— The City of Hutchinson is taking action against skateboarders who have been using George Pyle Park as a playground. Recently the city completed the renovation of George Pyle Park to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wester Kan. water tragedy avoided (VIDEO)
By BECKY KISER Hays Post ELLIS — The 20 volunteers of the Ellis Fire Department train annually in the city swimming pool for various types of water rescues. Wednesday night, they put that training to...
View Article