SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina has installed a massive new stainless steel sculpture along a busy city corridor. The sculpture was designed by Arizona-based artist Barbara Grygutis and is called “Dawn’s Silver Lining.” It’s made up of six pieces of steel, each standing 20 feet tall and weighing 2,500 pounds. The Salina Journal reports the sculpture was installed and hooked up to power Tuesday south of an expanding intersection. The sculpture will be illuminated at night. City commissioners voted in 2010 to spend about $246,000 for the sculpture, then approved an additional $53,000 this year to build a foundation for the…
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Sometime between 7pm Tuesday and 10am Wednesday, an unlocked vehicle parked at the 300th block of Denison, was entered by an unknown suspect. The vehicle’s owner, Dean Rightnowar (32) reports that items that were taken include a first generation ipod touch, an Nintendo DS, a Surefire flashlight, a Gerber knife, and a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Total loss from the theft is $1,138 and police are investigating. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Sometime between 10:15pm on Tuesday and 8 am on Wednesday, a vehicle was stolen from the 2000th block of CandleCrest Dr. The victim, Michelle Colyer (21), reports that her 2000 Chevy Impala was…
Executive Director of the Flint Hills Regional Council, Ty Warner recently announced his resignation. Warner will be leaving the position to accept a RPO position in Indiana. This announcement was made by Planning/Special Projects Director, Monty Wedel at Thursday’s Riley County Commission meeting. Before coming to the council, he formerly provided community assistance, regional collaboration, and participatory workshops for a population of eight million across 284 municipalities as a Principal with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, the regional planning agency and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for northeastern Illinois. He also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Illinois…
SAN DIEGO (AP) At the last minute, a group of corporate sponsors stepped up to bail out the struggling San Diego Chargers and make sure that Thursday night’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs will be televised in Southern California. Depending on the outcome, they might regret guaranteeing to cover a whopping 10,000 tickets that remained unsold 72 hours before kickoff. Already prime-time flops twice this year, the Chargers (3-4) will try to get it right against the staggering Chiefs (1-6), arguably the NFL’s worst team. Although the Chiefs have the same record as Jacksonville and Carolina, their issues…
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Angels traded left-hander Ervin Santana to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday for minor league reliever Brandon Sisk. The Angels exercised Santana’s $13 million option for next season before trading the Dominican veteran and cash to the Royals. Santana has been a fixture in Los Angeles’ rotation since 2005, going 96-80 with a 4.33 ERA while spending his entire career with the Angels, who signed him as a free agent in 2000. He struggled for much of last season, going 9-13 with a 5.16 ERA despite significant improvements over the final two months. Santana…
Baseball fans crammed the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday for a parade and rally honoring the World Series champion Giants. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/LTdy30NcmQk” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
Flames from a derailed train car sent people rushing out of neighborhoods and an entire town near Louisville on Wednesday while firefighters tried to douse the chemical blaze. Some people forced from their homes faced a night in shelters. <iframe width=”425″ height=”239″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/_1OzpABHzPI” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A southwestern Kansas woman who persuaded two teenage girls to pose nude for photographs is going to prison for producing child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 42-year-old Rebecca Jo Tull, of Liberal, will have to register as a sex offender after completing her 15-year term. Court records show U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren sentenced Tull on Tuesday, giving her the minimum term under federal guidelines. Tull pleaded guilty in August to two counts. She admitted photographing the girls in 2008 and sending the images by computer to a person in Michigan. The Hutchinson News reports the…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Officials at a Kansas prison say three inmates in a segregation unit tried to hang themselves simultaneously. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in the administrative segregation unit at Hutchinson Medical Center. Prison officials released a statement Tuesday night saying only that four inmates had suffered some kind of medical emergency. More details, including the attempted hangings, were released Wednesday. Officials said a corrections officer made the discovery around 3 p.m. Tuesday and called for help to remove the inmates from the cell. One inmate was treated at the prison clinic. The other two were transferred to a…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas is seeking an increase of about 2.54 percent for room and board, starting next fall. The university says the proposed rate would increase the cost of a traditional residence hall double room to $3,902 per academic year. The cost of the dining plan would be $3,540. University officials are also proposing a $260 fee for Internet data service for each student, rather than having students pay the Internet provider. The Lawrence Journal-World reports university housing officials say if the increases are approved, Kansas’ housing and dining rates would remain below Big 12 and…