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Animal Safety Stressed Before After Fair
A Kansas State University livestock specialist is urging youth and others showing animals at local fairs to take the time to make sure that those animals remain safe – both at the fair and during transportation. Joel DeRouchey said youth and others associated with showing animals should have basic...
Back to School Preparations Begin
It’s a sure sign that back to school time is approaching. USD 305 online enrollment begins later this week, and the Saline County Back to School Fair is later this month. USD 305 online enrollment begins on Thursday, July 11th. Walk-in enrollment will be held Tuesday, July 23rd. Classes begin on August 9th.
Checking out Frozen at the Music Theatre Wichita
For the last five years, I’ve been raising what feels like one of the biggest Disney’s Frozen fans. We’ve watched the movie probably a hundred times and listened to the soundtrack in the car possibly thousands of times. When Music Theatre Wichita reached out about getting the...
Lawrence school board to consider increasing meal prices, some student fees
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider approving a 10-cent increase to lunch and breakfast prices in addition to some student fee increases for the 2024-25 year. Currently, lunch rates for elementary, middle and high school students who are not in the free and reduced-price lunch program are $2.90, $3.10 and $3.15, according to the agenda item. If the proposal is approved, those would increase by 10 cents to $3 for elementary, $3.20 for middle and $3.25 for high schools.
Baseball `Round the Clock` returns to the NBC World Series
WICHITA, Kansas – Baseball ‘Round The Clock, once a staple of the NBC World Series in Wichita, is returning to the NBC in 2024 after an eight-year hiatus. Fans will have the opportunity to watch 11 games over the course of 33 hours, starting at noon on Saturday, July 27 and running through a 6:00pm game on Sunday, July 28.
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation promotes Len Couture
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation announced the promotion of Len Couture to manager of substation operations. In his new role, Couture will manage the construction, repair, and maintenance of Sunflower’s substation systems while ensuring proper planning and coordination with internal and external entities. A native of Plainville, Kan., Couture obtained...
Colorado couple killed in Kansas plane crash were beloved figures of the aviation community
SHERIDAN COUNTY, Kan. (KKTV) - An elderly couple from Colorado was killed after their plane went down in a field in Kansas last week. According to the Sheridan County, Kansas, sheriff’s department, David Allen, 78, and Jeanne Allen, 79, were flying southbound in their vintage biplane on the evening of June 30 when they crashed. The wreck site was located in the rural northwestern corner of the state, 10 miles north of the town of Hoxie. Despite numerous agencies responding to the scene, the couple died at or shortly after impact and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Minor plane crash at Wamego Airport
Kansas State Police responded to a crash in Pottawatomie County shortly before 5 p.m. on Independence Day. A 1999 Cessna single fixed-wing aircraft was traveling northbound on Runway 36 at Wamego Airport, when a miscommunication occurred. During an attempt to perform a short-field takeoff, the 22-year-old student pilot misheard his...
From the beginning: Grand marshal recalls 30 years of Wild West Festival
In his light blue Pontiac Tempest, Bob Swift and his wife, Sandra, led the parade for the 30th-annual Wild West Festival Saturday as the grand marshall. Swift, 80, of Hays, has been on the Wild West Committee since its beginning three decades ago. He became involved with the festival in...
Community organizes Cherryvale Makers Market
Cherryvale might be a small town, but its community is close. For the first time, vendors gathered in a small gravel parking lot to set up for the Cherryvale Makers Market. Community members were excited to support each other, and several booths sold out by the end of the morning.
Rebuilding Kansas State football's offensive line is not as daunting as it might appear
MANHATTAN — Chris Klieman was the first to admit that rebuilding Kansas State football's offensive line after two years of stability left him a bit apprehensive. But replacing four of five starters, including a two-time All-American and a second-round NFL Draft pick, might not be quite as daunting as one might suspect. For one thing, the group of returning players are not nearly as inexperienced or untested as such a turnover would suggest.
Traffic stops leads to arrest for identify theft, interference in Jackson Co.
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A traffic stop in Hoyt has a topeka man accused of identity theft. Hoyt Police Chief Dan Wentling says an officer pulled over a van Friday night, July 5, for traffic violations. The officer arrested the driver, David Savard, 36, on several drug charges along with...
Covington Leads All With ASCS Western Plains At Dodge City
(Image Credit: David Smith, Jr.) Collecting his first win of the 2024 season and likewise first with the ASCS Western Plains Region, Oklahoma’s Matt Covington got to the front fast and led flag-to-flag Saturday night at Dodge City Raceway Park. Winning in his 20th feature start of the season,...
Kansas man drowns while swimming in Stockton Lake
CEDAR COUNTY, Mo. — A man from Shawnee, Kansas, has died after drowning near a pontoon boat in Stockton Lake on Saturday, June 6, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. In the drowning report, MSHP says at around 6:03 p.m. Saturday, 60-year-old Craig Olson was swimming near a 2008 Landau Pontoon boat stationed west […]
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