12 years ago
A Secret Santa has given gold coins to three Wichita charities. Shelly Prichard from the Wichita Community Foundation helped distribute the coins. They went to the Lord's Diner, the Center of Hope and the Guadalupe Clinic. The foundation says each coin is worth $1,400. The Center of Hope works to prevent homelessness, the Lord's Diner feeds the ...

12 years ago
A World War II veteran from southwest Kansas has received a diploma for a degree he didn't know he had earned. Warren Spikes of Hugoton was half a semester away from earning his bachelor's degree at the University of Kansas when he was drafted. He didn't return to school after the war and thought he hadn't ...

12 years ago
A new report says students who enter Kansas public colleges with exceptions to minimum admissions standards often struggle to stay in school. The report says students admitted with exceptions have lower retention, graduation and course completion rates than students who meet the standards. The findings will be presented to the Board of Regents this coming week. The ...

12 years ago
The arrest of a Kansas man accused of trying to bring a bomb into a Wichita airport marked the latest in a string of undercover operations that have become a successful, widely used domestic counterterrorism tactic. Court documents detail six months of alleged conversation between Terry Lee Loewen and undercover FBI agents leading up to Loewen's ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman is taking home "Santa's Stash". 26-year-old Trista Ollendieck was among 22 finalists who gathered at the Salina Central Mall Saturday for the grand finale of Salina Media Group's "Santa's Stash" event.   "Santa's Stash" was a locked box full of cash. The box was on display at various locations around Salina. At each location, guesses ...

12 years ago
Friday the 13th didn't produce a jackpot winner in the Mega Millions drawing, so the estimated jackpot of $425 million keeps swelling to a new estimate that tops half a billion dollars for Tuesday's drawing. The game has now rolled over 21 times without a winner. The numbers drawn Friday are: 19-24-26-27-70, Mega Ball: 12. The jackpot ...

12 years ago
A Lyons man faces more than six decades in prison for trying to kill a Kansas Highway Jason Gleason was sentenced Friday to about 62 years in prison. He was convicted in August of attempted first-degree murder and other charges. Gleason was spotted in a sport utility vehicle with his girlfriend, Chrystal Bell, and her children ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is arrested in McPherson in connection with a stabbing. According to the McPherson Police Department, 52-year-old Minh Noc Nguyn of Salina was arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 28-year-old McPherson resident on Thursday. Nguyn was arrested after officers were called to 1144 Bridger Court, Nation Pizza and Foods, to the report of ...

12 years ago
Salina Community Access Television didn't have to look far to find a new permanent executive director. The "interim" has been taken off the job description for Marnie Rhein, who had been filling in since Marcia Stephenson left in October. According to the organization, Rhein has been named Executive Director effective immediately. Rhein has been a member ...

12 years ago
Local, federal and state authorities foil a suicide bomb attempt at Wichita's Mid Continent Airport. U.S. Attorney Batty Grissom announced Friday afternoon that 58-year-old Terry Lee Loewen of Wichita was arrested at the airport early Friday morning. Loewen is an airport employee. FBI agents arrested Loewen as he used his airport security card to try and gain ...

12 years ago
A woman from Ottawa, Kansas, reports a theft from her SUV while she is shopping in Salina this week. Police say that 48-year-old Robin Saylor reports that a suitcase was stolen from her 1990 Chevrolet Blazer. Entry may have been gained through a back hatch-window. Contents include clothing, headphones, and iPod shuffle, and a laptop ...