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Residential Fire in Lyons Results in Demolished Home

Tuesday, September 29

LYONS, Kan. - Emergency crews from Lyons Fire alongside Rice County Fire Department units out of Sterling and Little River battled a severe residential fire on Monday in Lyons. Severe conditions and rapid spread across the upper story, attic, and roof prompted incident command... Read More.

City Okays Prairie Paws Animal Shelter’s Proposal to Run Salina Animal Shelter

Tuesday, September 29

Salina city staff members will be hammering out a contract to transition the Salina Animal Shelter over to Prairie Paws Animal Shelter of Manhattan, after City Commissioners on Monday used a 5-0 vote to approve the measure. The one-year $462,000 deal has renewal options for... Read More.

Sternberg Museum of Natural History is Closing

Tuesday, September 29

Fort Hays State University will close the Sternberg Museum of Natural History on December 18, 2026. University President Tisa Mason confirmed the decision Monday after a $2.4 million cut in annual state funding from the Kansas Legislature. The move aims to address a budget gap... Read More.

Kobach Directs League of Women Voters to Cease Paying People to Register to Vote

Monday, September 28

TOPEKA – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today issued a cease-and-desist letter to the League of Women Voters of Kansas and Leavenworth following a complaint from House Elections Committee Chairman Rep. Pat Proctor. Proctor sounded the alarm about voter-registration drives held in May 2026... Read More.

LeRoy Man Killed in Woodson County Four-Wheeler Crash

Monday, September 28

WOODSON COUNTY, Kan. — A 56-year-old LeRoy man died Saturday evening after his four-wheeler overturned in Woodson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that John C. Mattox was driving a 2016 Yamaha Raptor east in the north ditch along 200th Road near Tadpole Road shortly... Read More.

Extra Caution Needed on Kansas Roads During Harvest

Monday, September 28

KANSAS - It’s a busy time for farmers in Kansas with fall harvest underway. The Kansas Highway Patrol would like to remind motorists to use extra caution when traveling around farm trucks, tractors, combines, and other implements. “As the busy farming season is underway, we... Read More.

Central Christian College to Break Ground on New Manufacturing Training Center

Monday, September 28

Central Christian College of Kansas will break ground on a new manufacturing training center that will house the Bradbury School of Manufacturing and Innovation (BSMI). Made possible through significant support from the Bradbury Family Foundation, the privately funded project is designed to expand manufacturing... Read More.

“4 Days in June” from Fili Creative Named Best Of The Best at Salt City Film Festival

Monday, September 28

They started filming 5-years ago - on a mammoth sized project to tell the story of a Salina festival that only lasts for 4-days. After thousands of hours of work and hundreds and hundreds of edits it got noticed. Salina based, Fili Creative walked off... Read More.

Attendance Was Up at Kansas State Fair

Monday, September 28

The Kansas State Fair saw its biggest turnout in years, with 330,924 visitors over 10 days in 2026—a 10% jump despite hot weather. It's the largest turnout since the fair resumed after its 2020 cancellation. Highlights included a 1,350-pound pumpkin, a massive sand sculpture, hundreds... Read More.

Injured Woman Rescued after Jumping Off Bridge

Monday, September 28

A woman is in critical condition after jumping about 70 feet from a bridge in Riley County Friday night. Police say emergency crews responded to a four-vehicle crash on highway K-18 near Ogden. The woman jumped from the bridge to avoid being hit by a vehicle.... Read More.

Kansas Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of New Trial for James Edwin Speer

Sunday, September 27

LARNED, Kan. – In an unpublished opinion released Friday morning, the Kansas Court of Appeals found that Pawnee County District Judge Bruce Gatterman properly denied a motion for new trial filed by James Edwin Speer, 34 formerly of Scott City and Larned, related to... Read More.

Larned Wins Rain-shortened Nickerson Invitational golf Tournament

Sunday, September 27

The Larned High School girls golf team edged Buhler 20-3-204 ti win the rain-shortened 9-hole Nickerson Invitational Friday at the par-36 2,383-yard Crazy Horse Golf Course in Hutchinson. Nickerson placed third with a 233 score. followed by Pretty Prairie 246, Hoisington 247, Kingman 254, Hutchinson... Read More.