11 years ago
A recent inventory reveals a stolen vehicle from a Salina dealership. Staff at Long McArthur Ford contacted police on Saturday after learning a 2014 Ford F150 XLT was missing from their lot at 3450 S.9th Street. Police say the two tone - blue and silver super crew truck was taken sometime between August 8th and ...

11 years ago
Salina Police arrest a man after a 2-minute long high speed chase. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol recognized 25-year-old Christopher Crotzer behind the wheel of a 1999 Infinity at about 1:15am on Sunday in the 1200 block of West Crawford. Crotzer was wanted on several warrants for driving without a ...

11 years ago
An oil refinery's $555 million expansion project is proving to be a boost to McPherson's economy. The National Cooperative Refinery Association oil refinery is replacing its coker, which converts some residual oil into higher-value products. The project has brought cranes, one as high as 530 feet tall, to the city's skyline. NCRA spokesman Vince Bengston ...

11 years ago
The foster father of an 18-year-old man killed by Kansas officers says his son was approaching authorities when he was fatally shot. William Bruton says that Joseph Jennings was shot in his chest and legs Saturday night. Witness Houston Harris says officers had their weapons drawn and told Jennings to "get down." Ottawa police say officers and deputies ...

11 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook parts of southern Kansas. The quake was recorded Sunday evening about eight miles northwest of Harper. It had a depth of 8.7 kilometers. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

11 years ago
The Democratic nominee in Kansas' 1st Congressional District has crossed party lines to endorse independent candidate Greg Orman for U.S. Senate. Former Manhattan Mayor Jim Sherow is challenging Republican Congressmen Tim Huelskamp in the sprawling U.S. House district of western and central Kansas congressional district. Sherow told The Associated Press on Thursday he believes Orman has the ...

11 years ago
A southeast Kansas town has lost its latest bid to retry a class-action lawsuit claiming BP of North America should do more to clean up industrial pollution from a refinery that closed in 1970. The Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the request from residents and officials of Neodesha (nee-OH'-duh-shay), who sued in 2004 for ...

11 years ago
Authorities say an 18-year-old man was fatally shot in northeast Kansas during an altercation with police and deputies. Ottawa police said officers and deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office responded Saturday night to the Orscheln's Farm and Home parking lot in response to "a person reportedly armed with a gun." The Kansas City Star reports that ...

11 years ago
State officials are considering easing regulatory protection of a nonvenomous snake. The Hutchinson News reports that the redbelly snake is a short, reclusive snake found in northeast Kansas. Some Johnson County officials have complained that its designation as a threatened species has held up developments. When a species is listed as threatened, developers must obtain permits and ...

11 years ago
Saline County Rural Route # 2 east of Salina has a broken water line. There could be low pressure, water loss and dirty water. Crews are on the way

11 years ago
Residents in the suburban St. Louis neighborhoods near where an officer killed an 18-year-old teenager say their lives have been upended in the last two weeks. Angelia Dickens says she has been afraid to leave her Ferguson apartment at night as protesters clash with police. The 55-year-old has stopped going to her job at a call ...