8 years ago
The driver was killed, and a passenger was hurt, in a single vehicle utility terrain vehicle crash early Saturday morning in northeast Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2016 Polaris UTV was headed north on a rural road in Doniphan County. The vehicle rolled onto its right side. Both the driver and passenger were ...

8 years ago
Next Friday, September 1st, marks the opening of hunting seasons in Kansas. The day is fast approaching. Once September gets here, the hunting season floodgates open with dove, teal, deer, greater prairie chicken, and snipe seasons opening in quick succession. And while September can’t get here quickly enough for most hunters, there is much to do ...

8 years ago
Hurricane Harvey is causing cause U.S. gasoline prices to rise, with the storm hitting a refinery-rich stretch of the Gulf Coast. Some refineries shut down until the storm passes, disrupting gasoline supplies. Wholesale gasoline futures rose Thursday by 5 cents, or 3 percent, to $1.66 per gallon, and experts say that will quickly show up on service-station ...

8 years ago
A man is dead after leaping in front of a tractor trailer truck on a western Kansas highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 67-year-old Joseph Humphreys of Garden City was lying in the east ditch of Kansas 25 Highway. As a Peterbilt semi approached headed south, he leaped out from a prone position and was ...

8 years ago
The last of five defendants in the death of a Pittsburg State University student has been sentenced. Tyler Smith was sentenced Friday to two years and four months in prison for conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery as his role in the 2014 death of 20-year-old Taylor Thomas. Smith also was ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed that a Salina man currently serving prison time for child sex crimes will remain a lifetime registered sex offender. 50-year-old Ray Tappendick pleaded no contest in 2011 to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child for offenses committed in 2008. At the time of Tappendick's plea, the Kansas Offender ...

8 years ago
Big Brother Big Sister of Salina has a new CEO. According to the organization, Hayley Morrical  will take charge of the Big Brothers Big Sisters team after her experience in the not for profit world at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. She spent the majority of her time planning events, creating fun new membership programs, ...

8 years ago
Former Kansas Lt. Gov. Tom Docking's law firm says the Wichita attorney and son and grandson of governors has died. He was 63. Docking died Thursday night after battling cancer. His death was confirmed by A.J. Schwartz, the CEO of Docking's law firm. Other details were not immediately available. Docking served as lieutenant governor from 1983 to ...

8 years ago
A business burglary is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Officers of the Salina Police Department responded to a burglary at Great Clips, 1661 S. Ohio. It was determined that at 3:48 AM a white pick-up pulled up behind the business and a subject gained entry to the business ...

8 years ago
A couple from Florida has donated $3 million for renovation of the university's Hale Library. The university said the gift from Dave and Ellie Everitt, of Marco Island, Florida, is first major donation toward the $6.5 million first-floor renovation and modernization project. The Manhattan Mercury reports the renovation will create a more accessible entrance. It also will ...

8 years ago
Ten Kansas Lottery players have each won the chance to compete for a brand new truck in a live drawing event at the Kansas State Fair September 16. The last two finalists in the Trucks & Bucks promotion are : Kellie Brown of Olathe Marla Humphrey of Salina They join eight other finalists drawn in two ...