10 years ago
Police are looking for a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a hotel employee. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that an employee at the Ambassador Hotel at  1616 W. Crawford approached two cars in the parking lot late Sunday afternoon. A white male in a red Nissan 320Z was parked in the lot, talking with a ...

10 years ago
A Kansas woman has been placed on three years of intensive supervised probation for aiding a man convicted of abducting, drugging and raping an 8-year-old girl. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 24-year-old Michelle Lee Harris, of Topeka, was sentenced Monday for attempted kidnapping and obstruction of a felony. She testified at the trial of Jeremy James Lindsey. ...

10 years ago
A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race will not have her contract renewed after the next academic year. Andrea Quenette, an assistant professor of communication studies, told The Lawrence Journal-World Monday the university notified her last week that she would not be reappointed to her ...

10 years ago
A Bennington woman accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Salina real estate company where she worked has pleaded guilty. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall's office, the Ottawa County woman pleaded guilty Monday. Janetta Marie Buttery, 42, Bennington, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen funds. A criminal information filed ...

10 years ago
Rapper, Vanilla Ice described the 305 Live experience best ..."All right stop, Collaborate and listen!" Members from the Salina based rock band "Joe's Pet Project" have returned for another concert that comes only when boots on the ground rockers - spend time with USD 305 music students to write a new song. "We start by dissecting a popular ...

10 years ago
Salina Police Log 5-23-16 A woman's pickup was broken into while she took a walk through Lakewood Park. Police say Karen Henderson heard squealing tires near the location where her vehicle was parked. When she neared her truck she saw the driver's window broken out and discovered her purse and contents were gone. Loss and damage ...

10 years ago
Republican lawmakers say they anticipate taking up the issue of transgender school bathrooms upon reconvening next week. The issue gained attention after the Obama administration's recent guidance that transgender students at public schools be allowed to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. The Wichita Eagle reports that Rep. John Whitmer says he and ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was arrested after pointing a stolen handgun at a woman. Police arrested 25-year-old Xavier Matthews after a verbal argument turned violent in a home at 509 N. 12th Street around 8am Saturday morning. Police say Matthews pointed a .22 pistol at the woman and threatened to kill her. He fled the scene and was arrested ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are looking for two people who robbed a woman outside a convenience store early Sunday morning. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, a woman in her 20's was approached near her car in the Casey's parking lot at 2404 S. 9th just after midnight on Sunday. Police say a man came up quickly and grabbed the ...

10 years ago
The Kansas State Historical Society plans to return human remains excavated from Native American burial sites in Kansas to two tribes. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports  the remains of two people dug up in Pottawatomie County were donated to the historical society in 1881 by a private collector. In the years since, the historical society has received ...

10 years ago
A federal judge is slated to hear a change-of-plea request from a 29-year-old Topeka man accused of helping another man who plotted to bomb a northeast Kansas military installation last year. The hearing is scheduled for Monday in Topeka. Alexander E. Blair previously pleaded not guilty to charges that he helped 21-year-old John T. Booker in his ...