10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Documents have revealed that Washburn University in Topeka paid $45,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit involving its dean of libraries. Michelle Canipe, a former instructional librarian at Washburn, sued the university and Alan Bearman in May 2013, claiming the dean bullied, harassed or sexually discriminated against Canipe. The lawsuit also claimed that ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Aviation Museum has terminated two of its five-person staff and announced it will be reducing visitor hours next year. Richard Moore, the museum's interim director, said Wednesday the two positions that were cut this week were full-time marketing jobs. According to Moore, the terminations were a way to absorb the museum's slow traffic. Moore said ...

10 years ago
Police in Hutchinson are handing out $100 bills to the needy thanks to an anonymous donor. Hutchinson Police Capt. Troy Hoover says the donor asked police to provide random acts of kindness to people in need. The Hutchinson News reports that police don't even know the identity of the donor. The Fraternal Order of Police has ...

10 years ago
Three watches and an AK47 were stolen from a residence on the 600 block of Johnstown Avenue sometime between December 3-16. Two Bulova watches, one crystal, one diamond encrusted and one blue faced Seiko watch were stolen, as well as a Czech AK47 with a black composite barrel and an unknown quantity of Zanex and Zoloft. Total ...

10 years ago
An Xbox with two games and a black bag with a Michael Jordan jersey was stolen from a residence on the 1200 block of Yale yesterday morning between 7:10-7:20 for a total loss of $610. The residence was left unlocked. A counterfeit $100 bill was found in the overnight deposit from Tuesday's dropoff from Sonic located ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman was arrested after she hit another woman in the face, sending the woman to Salina Regional. Robin Harrington, 29 of East Salina, was arguing with a female acquaintance in her 40's when she allegedly began to batter the woman in the face, leaving the woman with bruises. Harrington also threatened the victim with ...

10 years ago
A Salina driver reached dangerous speeds through mid-town Salina early this morning, but his race met an end that landed him in police custody. Vernon Howard III was driving his 1999 red Ford Contour near Tenth and South Street when an officer observed the driver not using his turn signal. The driver took Ninth Street southbound, ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is making an extra effort to crack down on motorists who disobey school bus stop signs. Sheriff Captain Roger Soldan says that recent complaints from bus drivers, and the public, are prompting the effort.  He says that there has been an increase in school bus stop sign violations in the past ...

10 years ago
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism staff at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area in Barton County, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge just 30 miles to the south are closely monitoring waterfowl populations at the wetlands after dead geese were observed. Staff at both areas picked up dead birds ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -  A 21-year-old Topeka man who has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he plotted to bomb the Fort Riley Army installation in support of the Islamic State group wants to change his plea. John T. Booker Jr. filed a motion Wednesday in Topeka, asking for a change-of-plea hearing. A judge ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former teller has been indicted on charges of embezzling about $700,000 from an eastern Kansas bank. The U.S. attorney's office announced Wednesday that 47-year-old Denise Christy, of Burlington, faces charges that include embezzlement and money laundering. No attorney is listed for her in online court records. The indictment alleges the crimes were ...