8 years ago
Police are investigating the shooting death of a northeast Kansas man. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 44-year-old Kenneth Leray Vetaw was found dead Saturday. Authorities say his injuries are consistent with gunshot wounds but that an autopsy is needed to determine his cause of death. Police say it appears that Vetaw was shot elsewhere and walked on ...

8 years ago
Life momentarily paused around the area early Monday afternoon, and all eyes turned skyward to view a rare celestial event. Heavy overcast began to dissipate over Salina in time to view the solar eclipse. The partial eclipse began at around 11:35. It ended at around 2:30. At its peak, about 96 percent of the sun was ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a couple of work trucks were burglarized in the same block. Police say a truck at 1511 Colton Ct. and a truck parked nearby at 1501 Colton Ct. were both hit by thieves sometime between 10:30pm Thursday and Friday morning at 7am. Police say an Apple iPod, Glock 9mm handgun plus ammo, ...

8 years ago
A former employee's lawsuit alleging that she was fired from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office for not going to church enough is set to go to trial next week. Courtney Canfield worked for Kobach's office for more than nine months in 2013. She learned of her firing from her grandmother, a longtime Republican Party ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of drilling pipe taken from a truck in Smolan. Deputies say sometime between August 1 and August 19, someone removed about 50 drilling pipes that are 1-inch in diameter and 5-feet long from a pickup bed that was parked in the 100 block of S. Main in ...

8 years ago
A Salina man is accused of threatening his neighbor with a brick. Police arrested 26-year-old Christopher Garrison on Saturday evening after officers were called to 1106 Hartford and the report of a man threatening his neighbor with a brick. Police say around 6:20pm on Saturday, John Jacobs heard someone pounding on his front door. He opened the door ...

8 years ago
A man was arrested after choking his wife unconscious in their south Salina home. Police arrested 33-year-old Alexander M. Cochran late Friday night after an argument turned violent in the 600 block of S. 3rd. Police allege at one point Cochran wrapped his forearm around the 30-year-old woman's throat to choke her until she passed out. The victim ...

8 years ago
The Powerball jackpot is now the highest amount since the run that produced the world record jackpot of $1.586 billion in January 2016.  If the jackpot is hit Wednesday, it will be the 2nd largest jackpot in Powerball game history and the 3rd largest among lottery jackpots in North America. Any player who matches all five ...

8 years ago
The League of Women Voters’ 2017 Fall Issues Forum brings one of Kansas’ foremost advocates for universal health care to Salina. Sheldon Weisgrau, Director of the Health Reform Resource Project, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, in the Prescott Room of Salina Public Library, 301 E. Elm St., Salina. “Sheldon is passionate about access to health ...

8 years ago
Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer's legislative voting record gives insight into the course of policy action he's certain to sustain if he wins the governor's race. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Colyer generally has avoided hefty policy pronouncements in recent weeks to focus on explaining what type of governor he would be. Colyer launched a state Legislature career ...

8 years ago
A top Democratic lawmaker says he is joining the crowded race to replace Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. House Minority Leader Jim Ward of Wichita announced his candidacy Saturday. He had named former Democratic Party chairman Lee Kinch as his campaign treasurer earlier this week. Brownback is serving his second term and is expected to leave office ...