KSCB News

Tornadoes Touch Down Near Woodward - April 10, 2012

At least two tornadoes have touched down and hail the size of softballs pounded northwestern Oklahoma, injuring two people and damaging a county jail and numerous vehicles. The National Weath...

Rain Boosts Winter Wheat Crop - April 10, 2012

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A new report says the Kansas winter wheat crop continues to develop two to three weeks ahead of normal, with roughly 6 percent of the crop statewide already headed. Mond...

Portion Of Hwy. 50 Closed - April 09, 2012

The Kansas Department of Transportation has closed US-50 in Kearny County, approximately three-and-a-half miles east of the junction of US-50 and K-25. A small plane struck tower guy wires, causin...

Crop Duster Cashes, Injures Pilot: UPDATE - April 09, 2012

LAKIN, Kan. (AP) - A Colorado pilot is hospitalized in Wichita after the crop-dusting plane he was flying crashed in southwestern Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the 1999 fixed-wing plane wen...

Poetry Coffee House At SCCC/ATS - April 09, 2012

In celebration of National Poetry Month, a Poetry Coffee House is planned for 7 p.m. April 26 at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School. The event will feature SCCC/ATS stude...

Alcohol Related Car Crashes Down In Kansas - April 09, 2012

Fewer people are crashing and dying on Kansas roads because of alcohol. Preliminary data from the Kansas Department of Transportation shows the number of alcohol-related traffic deaths dropped...

Natural Gas Glut Means Drilling Must Slow - April 09, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After years...

Memorial Hospital of Texas County Board of Control To Meet - April 08, 2012

The Memorial Hospital of Texas County Board of Control will meet in special session at 6 p.m. Tuesday to consider a contract for NewLight Healthcare, a hospital management firm based in Austin, Tex...

Driving Instructor Sentenced - April 08, 2012

LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) - A southwest Kansas driving school owner has been sentenced to eight months in prison for accepting money in exchange for passing grades and commercial driver's license certifi...

Brownback’s Chief Of Staff Steps Down - April 06, 2012

Topeka – Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced today that Chief of Staff David Kensinger is stepping down to return to work in the private sector. Brownback has ...