11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to outline his agenda for lawmakers' 90-day session in his annual State of the State speech and is expected to address a strategy for closing the state's looming budget shortfalls. The Republican governor is giving his speech Thursday evening to a joint session of the Republican-dominated Legislature. Brownback is likely to ...

11 years ago
A Lincoln woman was hurt in a single vehicle crash in Ottawa County involving a deer Wednesday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Saturn passenger car was east of Tescottt, headed west on K 18 Highway. The driver was unable to avoid hitting a deer that was headed north across the road. The driver was ...

11 years ago
A missing Salina teen has been found safe. Family and friends had been searching searching for 15-year-old Jennifer Ann Mills. She had been missing since Tuesday. She went missing from her home, headed to the Central Mall. She was located safe late Wednesday night.

11 years ago
A missing Salina teen has been found safe. Family and friends had been searching searching for 15-year-old Jennifer Ann Mills. She had been missing since Tuesday. She went missing from her home, headed to the Central Mall. She was located safe late Wednesday night.

11 years ago
Abortion opponents want Kansas lawmakers to ban a procedure they say accounts for about 8 percent of all abortions in the state. Kansans for Life and state Sen. Garrett Love, a Montezuma Republican, on Wednesday announced a measure crafted by the National Right to Life Committee that would ban abortions using what they called the "dismemberment" ...

11 years ago
A Kansas ethics official subpoenaed as part of an inquiry into loans to Gov. Sam Brownback's re-election campaign didn't appear as ordered Wednesday before a federal grand jury. Governmental Ethics Commission Executive Director Carol Williams confirmed she was in her office when the grand jury appeared to be meeting at the federal courthouse in Topeka. Williams received ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University Salina helped bring science to life on Wednesday for a group of area middle and high school students. The school hosted the Kansas Science Olympiad regional competition. According to the school, for almost 20 years K-State Salina has welcomed the nationally recognized competition to its campus, acting as one of five regional locations ...

11 years ago
A Salina organization that cooperates with multiple agencies in treating substance abuse is a little closer toward a fundraising goal that will make a planned expansion project a reality. The Central Kansas Foundation announced Wednesday a $200,000 donation from the Mabee Foundation in support of their Pathfinder@50 Capital Campaign. The Mabee Foundation offered the challenge grant ...

11 years ago
A woman calls for help after a domestic dispute turns violent. Police officers were called to the 400 block of S.8th just after 9pm on Tuesday evening after an argument between three roommates escalated. Police arrested 21-year-old Camryn Culifer after he allegedly pointed a pellet pistol at a male and female inside the home. There were no injuries. Culifer ...

11 years ago
The Salina Police Department is promoting two longtime officers to the rank of Sergeant. In a news release, Chief Brad Nelson has announced that Sean Furbeck and Gary Hanus will be promoted on Friday to Sergeant and assigned to the Patrol Division. Furbeck is a 25-year veteran of SPD and has worked as a Patrol Officer, Field ...

11 years ago
A Salina man was hurt in a head-on crash early Wednesday morning that killed another man. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 55-year-old Gerald Wolken from Greeley, Kansas, was driving a 1988 Ford F 250 pickup truck headed west on Kansas 68 Highway. He swerved left of center and hit an oncoming semi head-on. Wolken was pronounced ...