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 ...

8 years ago
Cowley County authorities say a dangerous inmate has escaped from the Winfield Correctional Facility. Authorities say 53-year-old Lewis Mitchell escaped sometime after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. He is described as 6-feet-1 and weighing 210 pounds. He is black. He was last seen wearing a white state-issued T-shirt, and either blue jeans or gray sweatpants. He might also be ...

8 years ago
Kansas officials have chosen seven school districts to participate in an effort to redesign public education. The seven school districts participating in a pilot effort were announced Tuesday during a Kansas Board of Education meeting. The seven districts selected by the department this month will each revamp an elementary school and a secondary school. The changes will ...

8 years ago
Police in southern Kansas' Newton say a man suspected in the slayings of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter has been arrested in Texas. Authorities say 24-year-old Alyssa Runyon and daughter Zaylynn Paz were found dead shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday by Runyon's ex-boyfriend in the victims' duplex. Police say the suspect was arrested later Tuesday ...

8 years ago
A federal jury has convicted a former civilian employee of charges that he set a supervisor on fire and attacked her with a straight razor and scissors at a health center at Kansas' Fort Leavenworth. Jurors in Kansas City, Kansas found 55-year-old Clifford Currie guilty Tuesday of one count of assault with intent to commit murder. Prosecutors ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a 23-year-old man was shot and killed by officers after refusing their commands to drop two handguns he possessed outside a store in Junction City. The KBI, in a news release, didn't immediately identify the suspect who died at the scene of the shooting shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, saying ...

8 years ago
The bus stop times and locations for a new bus route between Salina and Belleville have been finalized. The Kansas Rides 81 Connection will serve Highway 81 locations from Belleville to Salina with a tentative start date of September 5, 2017. The 81 Connection bus service will have three bi-directional trips each day, Monday through Friday.  The ...

8 years ago
Saline County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved 2018 budgets for the county, the seven rural fire districts and the Kipp Sewer District.  In accordance with their tradition, they adjourned to the nearby Dairy Queen where Deister bought the Commissioners and County Clerk a celebration treat. Last week, Deister shared a two page 2018 budget overview that ...

8 years ago
The Tri-Rivers Fair Board informed County Administrator Rita Deister last week that they would not be offering helicopter rides during this week’s fair, as they would be charged a $4,000 insurance premium increase to cover additional risks.  Earlier, County Counselor Mike Montoya noted that the proposed agreement between DWTA Helicopters and the Fair Board did ...