10 years ago
Police are looking for a thief who stole a couple of large rubber mats that are used as part of a Salina carriage ride. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that two 4 foot by 6 foot rubber mats were stolen from along the curb-line in the 100 Block of West Walnut on March 9th between 6:30 ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman has been arrested for alleged embezzlement. Police say that 20-year-old Katlyn Nimmo was arrested Tuesday. She is accused of stealing money from Bills Truck & Auto at 615 Bishop while employed by the business. Nimmo is accused of writing seven checks to herself from the company's account. The checks were written between November 30th ...

10 years ago
An Assaria man was able to escape injury late Tuesday afternoon when a fire destroyed his truck, spread and burned several acres of pasture. Saline County Sheriff Lt. Stan Fruits says that Keith Teasley was driving a 2004 Chevrolet four-wheel-drive diesel truck in a pasture in the 3000 Block of South Lightville Road looking for a ...

10 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed legislation allowing faith-based college groups to restrict membership to like-minded people, likely putting Kansas on a collision course with civil liberties groups. The conservative Republican signed the bill Tuesday. The new law will take effect in July. The Republican-dominated Legislature approved the bill this month, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ...

10 years ago
Kansas House members have begun debating a proposal that would repeal Common Core standards for math and reading education. Under the proposal, school districts would be forbidden to use any national curriculum in tests, programs and materials. The standards were developed by a group of states with the goal of making sure students were ready for jobs ...

10 years ago
Two drivers are dead after a head-on crash on U.S. 59 in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened Tuesday afternoon when a sport utility vehicle crossed the center line and slammed into a car about five miles south of the Labette County town of Oswego. The patrol identified the victims as 40-year-old Hugh ...

10 years ago
County Attorney Ellen Mitchell asked County Commissioners to appoint an individual to serve on the Crime Victim Fund Board.  This fund compensates qualifying crime victims who suffer property damage and are unable to pay for repairs; the victims must cooperate with law enforcement and prosecution. Mitchell said that in the past, the fund has been used ...

10 years ago
A pilot and his passenger both walked away uninjured when they were forced to make an emergency landing in a small airplane on a rural McPherson County road Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at 12:30 a 2007 Hawker Beechcraft model G36 aircraft took off from Eisenhower Airport in Wichita for a routine flight ...

10 years ago
Students from Southeast of Saline High School recently toured the cadaver lab and biology department at Cloud County Community College. The college offers these cadaver visits as a way to get high school students more interested in studying biology and other sciences at the college level. The students get the opportunity to meet and interact with ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas is seeking the dismissal of a federal lawsuit that alleges administrators allowed the Student Senate to illegally cut the student newspaper's funding based on its content. The school says the case lacks merit, noting in a court filing that the University Daily Kansan now prints two days a week instead of four. ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Senate has barely approved a bill declaring that state Supreme Court justices can be impeached for attempting to usurp the Legislature's power. The vote Tuesday was 21-19 on a measure that outlines specific grounds for impeaching and removing justices. The bill goes next to the House. Supporters said they're further defining what the state constitution ...