The grand opening ceremony for a new construction equipment manufacturing facility was held in Salina on Friday. The Oct. 14 ceremony marked the opening of a new facility which will produce compact track loaders in the heart of Kansas. The new facility represents a $178 million investment by Great Plains Manufacturing and the Kubota Tractor Corporation and is expected to bring over 900 new jobs to...
A crash early Tuesday morning south of Salina spilled cases of beer along Interstate 135. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, shortly before 7:00 AM troopers responded to a rolled semi I-135 near milepost 79 in southern Saline County. There were no injuries in the crash. ...
A Sonic franchise operator with locations in Newton, McPherson, and Hutchinson has been fined nearly $42,000 for violating child labor laws. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that BBR Investments LLC, based in Newton, and owner of 17 Sonic drive-in locations in Kansas, violated child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The investigation found that 50 teens...
A man has now been arrested following a shooting in Junction City which resulted in one man’s death. The Junction City Police Department says that around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, officials were called to the 900 block of N Washington St. with reports of gunshots fired in the area. When officials arrived, they said they found 38-year-old Justin J. Rose of Junction City, suffering from a gunshot ...
A Topeka Police officer was hit by gunfire in a shootout with a murder suspect in Downtown Topeka Thursday morning. The incident stemmed from a shooting about an hour earlier on Topeka’s south side that left one person dead and another injured. The Topeka Police Dept. said officers responded to a home in the 3500 block of SW Kerry just after 9:30 a.m. on reports of a shooting. The officer was ta...
Abilene's Sam Burt Sam Burt has been named a semifinalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy, college football’s premiere scholar-athlete award. Burt is one of 156 semifinalists for the award....
Three Mexican-style restaurants in Clay Center, Wamego, and Manhattan were temporarily closed by the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) for nonpayment of retail sales tax on Tuesday. According to the KDOR, the three restaurants that had tax warrants executed against them were Viva La Fiesta of Wamego Mexican Cantina Inc., La Fiesta of Manhattan Inc. and Viva La Fiesta Mexican Cantina Inc. in Clay...
A 55-year-old Ogden man is facing rape and sexual battery charges for incidents involving two Riley Co. women. The Riley Co. Police Dept. says Charles McMullen of Ogden, was taken into custody on Friday, September 16 around 8 p.m. Officials say McMullen faces a total of three counts of rape, and two counts of sexual battery. They say the first incident involved a 51-year-old woman on July 5 and th...
Record high temperatures are possible today through Tuesday. Heat indices during this period may climb as high as 105. This is almost 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. Thankfully, a cold front will move through Wednesday, bringing cooler temperatures and a chance for rain....
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