Kansas News

Soldiers and families of the Kansas National Guarda s 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery will be honored with a steak feed cookout on Friday, July 3, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The cookout is being sponsored by the All American Beef Battalion and will be held at the Salina Armory, 2910 Arnold Ave, Salina.

Friday, July 3, 2009 The death of a man who spent much of his life around trains is a mystery after his body was found beside tracks in central Missouri.

Female juvenile offenders now housed at a north-central Kansas facility will be transferred to Topeka because of state budget problems.

Kansas officials have agreed to give land to the Homeland Security Department for a national lab for research on deadly germs, even though the agency still needs permission and money from Congress to build the lab.

This is day ten of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

A state audit has found that Kansas high schools get to keep a much smaller percentage of gate receipts for athletic events than most schools in surrounding states.

A state audit has found that two Kansas Lottery employees made a total of $36,000 in overtime pay in one year.

The lawsuit by Dodge City Community College, Pratt Community College and Cowley Community College seeks a temporary injunction against what it calls unfair funding.

Hamburgers, fried chicken and artisan breads are among the menu choices at eight restaurants determined to be the "most iconic" in Kansas.

IOLA a ' A 45-year-old Garnett man charged with killing three of his relatives in their rural home is fighting extradition to Missouri.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 The Kansas wheat harvest is winding down in some southern counties, and just getting started farther north.

Cases of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus has been confirmed in a Crawford County adult and a Miami County child.

A Kansas State University researcher is studying the potential health benefits of a specially bred purple sweet potato because its dominant purple color results in an increased amount of anti-cancer components.

Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky has been tapped to head the Farm Service Agency in Kansas for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a position he held during the Clinton administration.

This is day eight of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

A Vatican investigator has found a Colwich man's survival enough of a miracle that he will continue studying the case, with the goal toward declaring it an official miracle.

The man killed Sunday in a house fire in southern Kansas has been identified as 64-year-old Jack Greever.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a state law restricting roadside signs for strip clubs and sex shops, meaning adult stores won't have to take them down as expected later this week.

Crops in southern Kansas - particularly in major wheat-growing areas such as Cowley, Sumner, Harper and Barber counties - were hurt by a spring freeze, heavy rain in several areas, too little rain in others and some diseases, said Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University Extension wheat specialist.

LAWRENCE a ' Kansas will get a new poet laureate this week. The current holder of that position, Denise Low, ends her two-year term Wednesday.