Maize

Investigators want to know what caused an abandoned barn to catch fire overnight. Fire officials say a citizen walked into a fire station and reported the fire around 10:30 Tuesday. Crews found the barn on fire near 53rd Street N. and Maize Road. The owner says the barn was has been abandoned for years and there were no valuables in it.    The barn was so old crews just let it burn itself out. Crews stayed on scene to make sure the wind didn't spread the flames. No one was hurt in the fire.

Westar Energy reports power has been restored to more than 1,000 customers in the Maize and Valley Center areas. Westar says power went out because of an equipment failure just after nine o'clock Tuesday night. It was back on by 10:30 p.m. The outage comes just as crews restore power to 1,000 customers in Saline County, south of Salina. They were in the dark for about two hours because of an equipment failure.   Expect updates online, on Twitter ( http://www.

Mike Gast knew that a fire station closer to Maize, would mean a few changes. "You hear sirens more often, but you know, they're closer to help if you need it, so that's good. " But the one thing that he hoped would change, that hasn't, is his home insurance. "I had to inquire on it and I need to check on it again because I don't know if it has lowered it or not. " That is, until now. After three years at it's new location, Sedgwick County Fire Station 33 has lowered Maize's fire protection rating by one point.

The city of Maize is notified that their insurance rating has improved. The protection class is now at a level 3 after an evaluation from the Insurance Services Office. Previously it was at a level 4. The improvement is being credited to the relocation of Sedgwick County Fire Station 33 as well as the improvements to the water distribution system in the city. The class change mostly affects commercial and industry property but some residential insurance premiums may be affected.

A Maize man beat out thousands of entries to win a national contest. It was sponsored by Toyota and Nascar. Not only did Jeff Hallowell get the spot-light on national television, but he also shed light on a disease that affects millions. What started out as a fun project between father and son turned into fifteen minutes of fame. Jeff Hallowell and his 8-year-old son were on National TV Sunday. They were presented with an actual race car with the logo they designed. The car was featured in the parade lap before Nascar's nationwide series race in Phoenix, Arizona.

He hasn’t been in school all year – yet his presence is felt at Maize Middle School every day.  Jonathan Ho is a 7th grader and has a rare form of cancer. It is so rare fewer than 200 cases are diagnosed worldwide. His condition means he can’t be around others much so he does his schoolwork at home. While going through cancer treatments in Texas, he and his family stayed at the Ronald McDonald House.   Jonathan’s mother says the support they received at the Ronald McDonald House was priceless.

An 18 year-old High School Senior is in jail, accused of emailing a bomb threat to his principal. Authorities evacuated Maize South High School Wednesday - no bomb was found.  Investigators won't say what led them to the student, but we do know technology like this is traceable. "I was in my class, study hall, studying, and then all of a sudden everyone had to start walking down to the middle school," recounted Maize South Senior Jason Alvarez.  "And I was like, what's going on?"

Salina Central was the host school for Monday’s 2010 AVCTL girls’ tennis tournament. The singles portion of the tournament was highlighted by freshman phenom Olivia Medaris of Campus. Medaris found herself matched up with another freshman in semi-final play; Marisa Mitchell of Salina South. Fans and coaches on hand described their match-up as a “back and forth marathon”.  Mitchell came into the match with a solid 18-1 record however she was stymied by the speed of Medaris.

Friday, August 6th, the KSCW Crew headed out to Maize South High School's Relay for Life. There was a great turn out and the Crew was there to get it all on video!