12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary after thieves enter a residential garage and steal a computer. Police report someone walked into an unlocked attached garage in the 600 block of Briarcliff last week in the overnight hours between January 16th and January 17th. Once inside they went through a 1994 Lexus and removed a backpack and LeNovo ...

12 years ago
A Lincoln man finds his car resting on concrete blocks, after all four tires are removed from his vehicle. Robert Berthelson told Salina Police his 1999 Dodge Intrepid was parked in the lot at Russell's Restaurant,649 Westport Bvld., from Tuesday at 2pm to 6:45am Wednesday morning. Police say 4 Uniroyal tires, rims and lug nuts were removed ...

12 years ago
Volunteers are planning to resume searching this weekend for a Kansas State employee who hasn't been seen since Sunday. The search for 56-year-old Jane Peterson will begin at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the Tuttle Cove on Tuttle Creek Lake, north of Manhattan. Peterson, of St. George, was reported missing Sunday by her family. Her ...

12 years ago
A semi collides with a Kansas Highway Patrol car, injuring a trooper. According to WIBW Radio , the crash happened just before 8:00 Thursday morning in the Topeka area. The semi struck the KHP car, which was parked near a construction area at US 24 Highway and Menoken Road. The 24 Highway was closed between Menoken Road ...

12 years ago
K-State Salina is becoming "K-State Proud" on Friday. According to the school, K-State Proud is a Kansas State University student-led fundraising campaign that was established in 2007. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are encouraged to stop by the information table at the College Center in Salina from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to make ...

12 years ago
Two teens are hurt in a crash near Abilene caused by the wind. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 17-year-old Kade Stroud of Abilene was driving a Chevrolet Prizm west on Interstate 70. A strong gust of wind caught the car, pushing it out of its lane. Stroud over-corrected. The car slid into the median and ...

12 years ago
A former NASA astronaut who helped put the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit now uses the images it captures to conduct research at the University of Kansas. Physics and astronomy professor Steven Hawley first researched an abnormal planetary nebula called Tololo 26 as a young astronomer, before ever venturing beyond earth. Besides helping to put the ...

12 years ago
Over 100 weather professionals from three states gathered Wednesday to discuss weather related issues. The National Weather Service office in Wichita organized the 2014 Integrated Warning Team gathering. Meteorologists from National Weather Service offices in Kansas and Nebraska participated, along with emergency management personnel and media from around Kansas and educators from Oklahoma. The event ...

12 years ago
The Kansas attorney general's office has spent slightly more than $1 million on outside attorneys defending anti-abortion laws enacted in the past three years. Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office disclosed the figures Wednesday at the request of The Associated Press. The costs include $179,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses associated with federal and state lawsuits filed ...

12 years ago
A judge has set an evidentiary hearing next month on requests by Kansas and Arizona for a court order forcing federal election officials to modify voter registration forms to require proof-of-citizenship documentation for their residents. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Wednesday scheduled a two-day hearing beginning Feb. 11 in federal court in Wichita. The hearing comes ...

12 years ago
Anti-abortion leaders have told hundreds of people at the Kansas Statehouse that history is on the side of abortion opponents as they work to eventually end the procedure nationwide. The rally Wednesday marked the 41st anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion across the nation. Since then, abortion opponents have enacted restrictions on ...