9 years ago
Two people were critically injured and a suspect was killed by a good Samaritan during a shooting in the parking lot of a suburban Kansas City Wal-Mart. Police said the confrontation Sunday afternoon in Shawnee began when two suspects hit a woman who was putting her child in her car in the head from behind. Shawnee police ...

9 years ago
Topeka police say they have made impressive gains in the four months since creating a violent crime unit after a spate of crimes earlier this year. Police say since the unit formed, it has arrested 236 suspected criminals, seized several pounds of marijuana and methamphetamine and 30 guns, including assault weapons. Officers have also seized 2.25 ...

9 years ago
The Salina Fire Department Sunday morning paused to remember, and honor their brother and sister firefighters who gave the ultimate sacrifice 15 years ago. The event in Salina began at the exact time the first airliner crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th, 2001. Firefighters, and ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former student who claims the school didn't do enough to protect students from sexual assault. Former Kansas rower Sarah McClure filed the lawsuit after she reported being raped by a former football player. Another former rower, Daisy Tackett, later filed ...

9 years ago
A Kansas judge facing a disciplinary hearing related to a sexual-harassment case against him has submitted his resignation and wants the hearing canceled as moot. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2cbU5UN) reports Sedgwick County Judge Timothy Henderson sent a resignation letter Tuesday to Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Gov. Sam Brownback. Henderson gave Sunday - ...

9 years ago
When most people think of Diesel Technology, they think of trucks hauling cargo around the country. But there are numerous other opportunities available, and thanks to a donation from Apac-Kansas Inc., Salina Area Technical College students will get their hands on an entirely different piece of equipment. Friday morning, Apac-Kansas dropped off a 2003 RoadTec asphalt paver, ...

9 years ago
Events begin this weekend in an effort grow the reward fund in connection with an unsolved Saline County murder. Lori Heimer was murdered in her rural Saline County home back in June. Family and friends of Heimer continue to raise  awareness of the case and to grow the reward purse for information that leads to an ...

9 years ago
Three people, including two from Salina, were hurt Friday night in a head on collision on Interstate 70 near Chapman. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2007 Ford Fusion passenger car driven by 18-year-old Paige Woodbury from Liberty, Missouri,  was headed west on I70. For an unknown reason she lost control, crossed the median, veered ...

9 years ago
Live entertainment, stunt dogs and a new butter sculptor are luring visitors to the Kansas State Fair. The event started Friday and runs through Sept. 18 on the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. The fair draws a crowd of about 350,000 people each year. Performers will include pop artists Andy Grammer and Rachel Platten, along with the ...

9 years ago
A teen who participated in events surrounding the shooting death of a Salina South High School student back in May of 2015 received a life sentence Friday afternoon in Saline County District Court. Judge Rene Young sentenced 18-year-old Andrew Woodring to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. He was also sentenced ...

9 years ago
Volunteers will gather next Tuesday to give area kids a boost with books. Salina Area United Way is meeting for a breakfast kickoff event at Vortex Corporation with a mission to stamp books that will ultimately end up in the hands of students to take home and read. "The McCune Foundation has a program called the Eager ...