12 years ago
Police are investigating after a fake $50 bill shows up in a restaurant's deposit. Salina Police report a counterfeit $50 was passed at Wendy's, 1940 S. Ohio, sometime Friday evening between 8:30pm and 11:30pm. Police say the bogus bill had no security features and the ink smeared when it got wet.

12 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for indecent liberties with a child. Police arrested 44-year-old Wilmo Haake, 423 S. 9th, on Sunday after being contacted by the Department of Children and Families in August about two incidents that allegedly took place inside Haake's home. Police say their investigation revealed a grade school aged girl was molested on two ...

12 years ago
A northeast Kansas dairy that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012 is rebounding. The Iwig Dairy Farm now has 100 cows near Tecumseh and sells its milk, ice cream and butter at stores on the farm, in Lawrence and in Topeka. The family farm, which has been raising cows since 1910, expanded into processing and bottling milk ...

12 years ago
A crop sprayer is destroyed by fire. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a crop sprayer on the lot at Straub International, 3637 S. 9th, caught on fire around 2am on Sunday morning. Fire District # 2 responded to blaze which totally destroyed the sprayer that was on the property awaiting repairs. Authorities say two tractors ...

12 years ago
A Salina Police officer is suspended after being arrested for DUI. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 29-year-old Austin Hardin was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly hit a power pole on South 9th and left the scene. Police say Hardin was driving northbound in a 2006 Dodge Dakota truck when he veered into the median and ...

12 years ago
A scooter rider was hurt in a crash early Monday morning in South Salina. First responders were called at around 7:30 in the morning to the crash, near the intersection of Magnolia and Markley Road. Traffic was being rerouted as officers and EMS worked the scene. The scooter rider was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health ...

12 years ago
Hutchinson police say a 4-year-old boy has died after being pinned under a flatbed trailer. The accident was reported Sunday afternoon at a home on the city's southeast side. Police say the trailer was not attached to a vehicle and was in the home's front yard. They say the trailer's ramp fell on the boy. The child ...

12 years ago
Two people were killed in a crash near Ellsworth Sunday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Dodge Durango was headed southwest on K156 Highway. A Chevrolet Impala was headed north on K14 Highway. The Impala was stopped at stop sign, and preceeded across K14 Highway. It crashed into the Durango as the driver of ...

12 years ago
Small communities across Kansas are sparking a revival in movie theaters as a way to bring locals together and provide alternatives to driving long distances to see the latest flick. The Wichita Eagle reports Marci Penner, director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, estimates there are more than 30 theaters open in small towns across the state. ...

12 years ago
Kansas Democrats say that claims that their party's gubernatorial candidate is pro-school consolidation are false. Gov. Sam Brownback has attacked Democratic challenger Paul Davis on the issue based on remarks made by Davis' appointee to a school efficiency task force. The appointee, former Republican state senator John Vratil, was interviewed in 2011 by The Topeka Capital-Journal ...

12 years ago
Authorities say two people have been killed and three injured in a single-vehicle crash on the Kansas Turnpike west of Topeka. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that a sport utility vehicle driving from Omaha, Nebraska, rolled Saturday night near a highway exit. Turnpike officials said the vehicle was turning too fast while exiting the highway. The victims were ...