CLAY CENTER, Kan. (AP) The Clay Center Zoo is trying to raise $500,000 in order to keep the zoo open. Bill Callaway, director of Clay Center Public Utilities Commission, told The Salina Journal that as of Friday afternoon, the zoo was $320,000 short of the initial goal. He says the 70-year-old zoo needs to be modernized, and first-phase plans include a new main entry building, indoor and outdoor exhibit space, utility improvements and landscaping. The fundraising effort comes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited the zoo over the past three years for infractions, including such things as a loose…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a man has died after the small aircraft he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff in north-central Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened Sunday evening north of the Saline-Ottawa county line. Authorities say the homemade experimental plane had only traveled about 100 to 200 yards before the pilot tried to make a turn to return home and the aircraft lost power. Officials say the pilot, who was the only person on the aircraft, could not make an emergency landing. The patrol on Monday said the pilot, 62-year-old Delwyn Schmidt of Bennington, has…
A massive earthquake shook India, Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude was 7.5.
A woman faces second-degree murder charges after authorities said she plowed a car into the crowd at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four people, including a toddler.
An Alta Vista man died in a two vehicle accident in near-by Morris County Sunday afternoon. Robert Ziegenhirt, 66, was a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the accident on K-177, three-tenths of a mile south of F Avenue, reported a few minutes after four p.m. Sunday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the accident occurred when a 1999 Nissan Maxima driven by Julie Fay, 19, of Emporia was travelling southbound, with a 2002 Ford F-150 driven by Glenna Ziegenhirt, 61, of Alta Vista travelling northbound on K-177. Fay’s vehicle crossed the center line and struck Ziegenhirt’s Ford. Glenna Ziegenhirt was…
The animals at Manhattan’s Sunset Zoo observed visitors more than they were being watched Saturday afternoon. There was plenty to look at. The zoo welcomed 7,848 visitors this Saturday through Sunday for “SPOOKtacular,” its annual trick-or-treat event. This marks the largest attendance for the event since it began in the mid-1990s. Last year held the previous record with 5,500 guests. With the busy weekend, the zoo’s annual attendance hit over 81,000 guests for the year. This is the first time the zoo has welcomed over 80,000 annual visitors in its 81-year history, according to its press release. Over 20 local businesses’ and not-for-profit…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– The Kansas City Chiefs had been in the same position twice before this season, trying to hold onto a dwindling fourth-quarter lead inside Arrowhead Stadium. This time, they managed to do it. Alex Smith calmly led the Chiefs downfield in the closing minutes, hitting Chris Conley with a short touchdown toss, and Kansas City held off the ailing Pittsburgh Steelers 23-13 on Sunday to snap a five-game skid with its first home victory this season. “Not much different than the other two games, to be honest,” Smith said of the losses to Denver and Chicago. “A…
Bernie Sanders sharpened the contrast with Hillary Rodham Clinton on a bevy of liberal causes, casting himself as a principled progressive that could set the tone for Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses in February.
This video posted online purportedly shows the joint raid of a prison Thursday by US and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq. About 70 hostages, including some members of the Iraqi security forces, were freed from captivity.
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications LUBBOCK, Texas – K-State used its offense early and defense late to earn its second straight road win with a sweep of Texas Tech (25-20, 26-24, 25-19) on Saturday at the United Supermarkets Arena. The Wildcats (12-8, 4-4 Big 12) had 36 of its 49 kills over the first two sets, including 17 in the first when it hit .389, while six blocks in the third limited the Red Raiders (13-9, 2-6 Big 12) to a .024 clip in the set and under .200 for the match (.178). K-State has now won three of…