Kansas semi driver hospitalized after rear-end accident
WICHITA, Kan.- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 8 a.m. on Monday in Sedgwick County.m The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Peterbilt semi drive by Robert K. Hitchcock, 54,...
View ArticleNew app helps addicts stay in recovery
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A new phone app is helping some central Kansas addicts stay sober and away from drugs. The technology is from the Addiction Center of Health Enhancement System Studies at the...
View Article7-day forecast
Hot temperatures are expected across most of the region today. High temperatures today will range from the upper 90s in Central Kansas to 100 to 104 in Southern Kansas. Afternoon heat index values...
View ArticleKan. man arrested after Sunday morning police chase
Early Sunday morning arrest of Crotzer Salina Post SALINA — A Salina man was arrested early Sunday morning on requested charges of felony fleeing and eluding, aggravated endangerment of a child,...
View ArticleSearch for suspect after pursuit, accident UPDATE
Law enforcement authorities search the tree line for a suspect on Monday afternoon in Saline County 1:50 p.m. With the help of the Kansas Highway Patrol, Saline County Sheriff’s Deputies and other law...
View ArticleAppeals court questions proof-of-citizenship voter rules UPDATE
NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court in Denver is suggesting that a partisan impasse in Congress may prevent Kansas and Arizona from getting federal elections...
View ArticleTests requested on trailer involved in fatal crash of Reno Co. Deputy
Schellenger GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — Police in Great Bend want to know why a trailer that killed a Hutchinson couple on a motorcycle came loose from the truck that was pulling it. The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleBrownback blasts Davis on education funding vote
Brownback and Davis MERRIAM, Kan. (AP) — Incumbent Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says his Democratic challenger’s opposition to a school funding bill this year shows that Paul Davis isn’t the...
View ArticleStephen King book tour will make stops in Kansas
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Horror writer Stephen King has released dates for his tour to promote his book “Revival.” The six-city tour that was announced Monday kicks off in New York City on Nov. 11, the...
View ArticleKansas man killed by falling tree branch
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — An eastern Kansas man has died after being hit by a tree branch while putting out a small fire caused by lightning. Radio station KVOE reports the accident happened in rural...
View ArticleStolen truck winds up in Kansas creek bed
Steven Matthew Rule Salina Post SALINA — A pickup of a Salina business stolen from a work site wound up in a creek bed east of Salina on Monday afternoon. Salina Police Department Capt. Mike Sweeney...
View Article7-day forecast
Another hot and humid day. Thunderstorm chances will exist for portions of Central Kansas late this evening and tonight. Thunderstorm chances will increase by the middle of the week region wide. ———-...
View Article1 federally registered voter voted in dual system
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One voter. That’s the total number of Kansans who registered using the federal voter form without proof of citizenship and actually cast a ballot in the Aug. 5 primaries under a...
View ArticleState offers online portal for Water Vision input
Kansas Water Office TOPEKA – In response to Kansans wanting a simple way to provide feedback on the Preliminary Discussion Draft on the Future of Water in Kansas, an online survey has been developed...
View ArticleFatal Kan. fireworks explosion ruled accidental
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The state fire marshal says an explosion that killed a worker at a southeast Kansas fireworks company has been ruled accidental. The blast happened Aug. 12 at a Pittsburg...
View ArticleFormer city technology chief faces federal charges
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former suburban Kansas City technology director has been charged in federal court with selling nearly $100,000 in city-purchased electronic devices on an internet auction...
View ArticleSports Update
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Daren Dunn and Glen Grunwald sit down for Sports Update No. 15. Revisit Glen’s Ice Bucket Challenge and recap the Royals with Double D and Double G. The duo prepares you for football...
View ArticleHalf cent sales tax continues to pay for jail and other improvements
(Courtesy photo) HUTCHINSON, Kan. — We’ve been talking about the sales tax numbers for the month of August which reflect collections of sales tax in June. What we didn’t mention was how much the...
View ArticleJill White named director of birthing unit at Hutchinson Regional
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Jill White, RN, BSN, has been named Director for The Birthing Center and Women & Children’s unit at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, effective immediately. White joined...
View ArticleKC man charged with aiming laser at helicopter
United States Attorney’s Office- Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was indicted by a...
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