9 years ago
A former tribal casino employee has been sentenced to five years of federal probation for embezzlement in a scheme involving fake "players cards" at a northeast Kansas casino. The U.S. attorney's office says 32-year-old Donald M. Collins, of Wetmore, was sentenced Monday for embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization. The embezzlement occurred while Collins worked ...

9 years ago
Dangerous heat has settled into Central Kansas, prompting heat warnings. Heat warnings, and advisories, have been issued for much of Kansas. The Salina area, and areas to the north and east are under an excessive heat warning through Friday. According to the National Weather Service, above normal temperatures are expected to persist through the weekend. Dangerous heat ...

9 years ago
Agriculture, and a spot on the House Agriculture Committee, were at the forefront again Monday in the primary race for the 1st Congressional District of western and central Kansas. Primary challenger Roger Marshall hosted a media conference in Salina, announcing his "Farm Team". Among those at the event were representatives from the Kansas Farm Bureau, and ...

9 years ago
A Dodge City woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for creating a video of herself engaged in a sex act with a child under 5 years old and uploading it to the internet. The sentence was handed down Monday for 25-year-old Ashley Marie Kelly, who pleaded guilty in March to one count ...

9 years ago
UPDATE: A child was killed, and six other people were hurt Monday evening in a two-vehicle crash west of Salina. The crash happened at the intersection of K140 Highway and Burma Road. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Joslyn Gieber was driving a 2007 Dodge Nitro, headed north on Burma Road. She stopped at a ...

9 years ago
The downtown Salina fieldhouse and the new dog park are both closer to having names. Among other things on Monday, Salina City Commissioners began the naming process. The proposal for the fieldhouse, which will be located at Ash and 5th Street, falls under the city's philanthropic naming policy. The proposal is to name it the "Salina Regional ...

9 years ago
Originally from the rural Ottawa County community of Ada, a young Tom McGavran helped his parents operate the local grain elevator and spent summers working for an area farmer. “My parents taught me work ethic, commitment and conservative living,” said McGavran. “They always supported me in my pursuit of a college degree, and they were very ...

9 years ago
A mother in Kansas has her hands full after giving birth to her third set of twins in just over two years. 20-year-old Danesha Couch of Kansas City, Kansas, says she has not undergone any fertility treatment and realizes that some people might consider her "a freak of nature." Couch delivered two boys 26 months ago. One ...

9 years ago
The City of Salina is searching for a guide - to navigate the River Renewal Project. "What we have in mind right now is to go out for a request for qualifications for a team of engineers, consultants that do this type of work, river renewal and cleanup," said Martha Tasker, Utilities Director for Salina. "We hope to ...

9 years ago
Police arrest a Salina man on a charge of sexual exploitation of a child. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 69-year-old Steven C. Daily was taken into custody on Friday after an investigation revealed that an explicit image of a girl was shared electronically. Police say that Daily allegedly sent the picture of the girl who is in ...

9 years ago
Five people are injured after a tractor-trailer struck an all-terrain vehicle in western Kansas. The accident happened Saturday night at the intersection of U.S. 56 and a county road near Copeland. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 35-year-old Andrew Dean Yost of Copeland tried to make a left turn and was struck by a 2015 semi driven ...