12 years ago
Congressman Tim Huelskamp welcomes a former Fort Riley soldier as his special guest for the State of the Union address. According to the congressman's office, 1st Lieutenant Nathan Rimpf served as platoon leader at Ft. Riley and was deployed to Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. He was wounded by an improvised mine while on combat patrol in ...

12 years ago
A driver avoids serious injury after wedging his car under a semi. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 36-year-old Brian Spano of Minneapolis ran into the back of a slow moving semi on Interstate 70 near Salina on Monday morning. Spano told deputies that he fell asleep at the wheel. He was driving a Pontiac Vibe. ...

12 years ago
Supporters of a gay marriage proposal in Kansas say their measure is about protecting bakeries, photographers and others from being punished for refusing for religious reasons to supply goods and services for same-sex weddings. But gay rights advocates argued Tuesday that the measure is much broader than portrayed. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee ...

12 years ago
A woman is accused of falsely repoting a robbery at a Salina hotel. According to Salina Police, at 7:53 Tuesday morning officers responded to a report of a robbery at the Ramada Inn at 1616 W. Crawford. They made contact with 23-year-old Rahdesha Richardson of Wichita, who reported her girlfriend, 24-year-old Joan Robinson also of Wichita, ...

12 years ago
Saline County Commissioners approve a policy allowing county employees to carry concealed weapons. Under the policy unanimously approved Tuesday, employees who have a conceal carry permit will be allowed to carry concealed guns while on the job. The guns must kept on their person, and cannot be stored on county property or in county vehicles. They ...

12 years ago
Would-be thieves get into a fenced yard at the Army Reserve facility in Salina, but come away empty handed. Salina Police say that sometime between Friday afternoon at 4:00 and 9:00 Monday morning would-be thieves entered the lot at the U.S. Army Reserve 425th Trans Company facility at 1700 South Broadway. Entry was gained by cutting ...

12 years ago
After a year of fundraising, a northeast Kansas children's choir might not be able to take a planned trip to Colorado this summer. The Geary County Children's Choir in Junction City was planning a trip to a program called Centennial State in Colorado Springs, Colo. But the trip is in jeopardy after a former ...

12 years ago
The city of Salina and other water users are considering forming a new group to buy additional storage at Kanopolis Reservoir. Salina city commissioners decided Monday that the city should pursue creating a Lower Smoky Hill Water Supply Access District. The group would include other cities, industries and farmers that get water from the Smoky ...

12 years ago
After just a couple of months, a low cost airline is pulling out of Manhattan. Allegiant airlines announced Tuesday that they are ending service out of Manhattan. Back in November the airline began nonstop flights to Phoenix-Mesa from the Manhattan Airport. The flights operated twice weekly. The carrier's last day of service will be February ...

12 years ago
A Wichita elementary school say some fifth graders were caught crushing Smarties candies into powder and inhaling the sugar. Officials at Enterprise Elementary School in south Wichita said last week that between 12 and 16 fifth-graders were crushing the candies, inhaling it into their mouths and exhaling through their noses. Wichita district spokeswoman Susan Arensman ...

12 years ago
A northeast Kansas prosecutor's office has quadrupled the amount of cash seized in forfeiture cases since an attorney was appointed to focus on those cases three years ago. Last year Douglas County seized more than $263,000 from criminals. That's up from slightly more than $62,000 seized in 2010. District Attorney Charles Branson says that it's up to ...