11 years ago
Newton police say they are evacuating several downtown buildings after a suspicious device was found near a community corrections office. KAKE-TV reports police received a bomb threat to the corrections office early Monday and responding officers found a suspicious device in a planter outside the building. Evacuations have been ordered in a one block radius around the ...

11 years ago
Salina Police report a vehicle was damaged in the 500 block of Montrose between midnight and 7am on Sunday. Police report someone tried to steal a truck by smashing the driver side window on a 2002 Ford F-250 and then damaged the ignition by attempting to start the pickup. Total damage is listed at $500. A ...

11 years ago
Canoes and a set of oars are taken from a Salina yard. Police are looking for someone who cut the padlocks and cable on two green, plastic Old Town Canoes that were stored at a home in the 200 block of River Run between Wednesday and Thursday morning. Police say the 14-foot canoe and a 16-foot canoe, ...

11 years ago
A judge has ruled that the suspect in the death of a man near Great Bend will go to trial in February. District Judge Ron Svaty ruled Friday that Jeffrey Wade Chapman is competent to stand trial in the death of 25-year-old Damon Galyardt, whose body was found near Great Bend in November ...

11 years ago
A trailer is stolen from the lot at a Salina auto dealer. Police are investigating the theft of a 8-foot by 20-foot cargo, Tail Wind trailer from Mike Sell Motors at 624 N. Santa Fe. Police say someone cut the lock and cable on the trailer sometime between Friday at 3pm and Saturday night at 8pm. Total loss ...

11 years ago
Kansas school districts report a higher pace of teachers retiring while the number of newly licensed teachers remains flat. More than 2,000 teachers retired last school year. The state's education department says that's double the number of teachers that retired five years earlier. Scott Myers is the department's director of teacher education and licensure. He says the ...

11 years ago
A Kansas education official says a new tax-credit system to fund private school tuition for low-income students is on track to start in January. Deputy education commissioner Dale Dennis says application forms for the tuition program are nearly ready. The program will allow businesses to donate to nonprofit organizations for scholarships for low-income children attending public schools ...

11 years ago
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts is bringing in another Republican heavy-hitter to help bolster his troubled campaign for re-election. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will be in Wichita on Monday for a fundraising event for the Kansas senator. His visit on the campaign trial comes just days after former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigned with Roberts in southeast ...

11 years ago
An enthusiastic crowd of over 3,000 strong gathered Sunday night to enjoy an evening of food, fun, and music. It was Long McArthur's Live from the Lot with Salina Media Group radio station Y93.7. It starred Jerrod Niemann, and featured special guest Chris Lane. 3,500 tickets to the show went on sale back in August, ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's Democratic challenger is on the defensive over disclosures that he was inside a southeast Kansas strip club during a 1998 drug raid and was found in a back room with a nearly naked woman. The GOP says the incident raises questions about Davis' character, while Davis supporters say Republicans are desperate over ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas is receiving more sexual assault reports from students after the school's handling of an alleged on-campus rape set off protests. The Kansas City Star reports that the recent complaints include two reports of stalking, seven of sexual harassment, one of sexual assault, one of date violence, one of domestic violence and seven ...