8 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary in west Salina. According to Captain Paul Forrester, sometime Wednesday between 5pm and 10:20pm, someone forced their way into a home in the 400 block of S. 12th through a screen window. Police say a Canon EOS Rebel T6 1300D camera and an Xbox 1 Slim and two controllers were stolen ...

8 years ago
An Abilene man wanted on a warrant for hitting his girlfriend and stealing her SUV was arrested in Assaria. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office took 42-year-old David Carleton into custody on Tuesday in connection to an alleged assault that began with an argument in a car. Sheriff Roger Soldan says back on May 29, Carleton ...

8 years ago
El Dorado officials are looking for those involved in an unusual vandalism case at the city's pool. . El Dorado police say officers were called to the pool Sunday after the water was dyed a reddish-purple color. The vandalism caused officials to shut down the pool on Sunday and Monday. A note was left behind saying the dye ...

8 years ago
The CEO of Westar says the utility and Great Plains Energy will file their new merger plan with Kansas regulators later this month. CEO Mark Ruelle says meetings will be scheduled later this year for a shareholder vote on the proposal. Ruelle updated investors Wednesday on the second plan to combine the utilities. The Kansas Corporation Commission ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Senate's top Republican is calling on GOP Gov. Sam Brownback to give corrections officers at state prisons an immediate pay increase. Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita issued a statement Wednesday urging Brownback to take executive action. She toured the El Dorado Correctional Facility with hometown Republican Sen. Bruce Givens. The Department of Corrections has ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman was hurt in a single vehicle crash in the rain  Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27-year-old Kenya Rios was driving a 2010 Honda Civic, headed south on U.S. 81 Highway. She lost control in the rain, went off the right side of the highway, and struck a guardrail. Rios, who was ...

8 years ago
  The Stiefel Theate has announced four new shows. According to the venue, Casey Donahew, George Winston, Riders in the Sky, and America are all coming to Salina. Tickets for all of the shows go on sale Friday. CASEY DONAHEW - Thursday October 5th In just over 10 years, Casey Donahew has risen from being a favorite on the local Texas ...

8 years ago
Sixteen empty cars on a Union Pacific freight train derailed near downtown Topeka near the Kansas River. Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff says no injuries were reported after the derailment Wednesday morning. He says the cars derailed on a curve and landed on their side just south of a railroad bridge that crosses the river. The derailed cars ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who was fatally shot by law enforcement officers in Junction City. The agency said Wednesday that 23-year-old Peter James Robbins was killed outside a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Junction City. KBI spokeswoman Melissa Underwood says Junction City and Geary County officers responded early Tuesday to a report of ...

8 years ago
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss did what any Kansan should do when summoned to serve on a jury. He showed up. Nuss tweeted a photo of him and Shawnee County District Court jury coordinator Carol Bausch after learning that neither he nor the other potential jurors would be called to serve on Aug. 8 because ...

8 years ago
The Salina Police Department made an arrest in what started out to be an arson investigation that ended with a convicted felon being found with firearms. Capt. Paul Forrester says that the investigation began after arsons at 848 Sheridan St. and 864 Sherman St., both in Salina on July 22 and July 23. Police quickly developed a ...