10 years ago
A couple who rented a Kansas farmhouse is suing a company over an internet glitch that brought them numerous legal problems. The glitch put the coordinates for the center of the U.S. in the front yard of James and Theresa Arnold near Potwin. The farmhouse became the default location for any website owner that didn't have ...

10 years ago
A Linsdborg student is the winner of a statewide essay contest. According to the Kansas Attorney General's Office, Smoky Valley Middle School student is the winner of this year’s state D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) essay contest. Taylor Hinderliter was named the winner of the statewide contest, which is coordinated by the Kansas Juvenile Officers Association. During ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary from a company vehicle. Police report that sometime between 5pm on  August 1st and 7:30pm on August 2nd, someone forced the parking lot gate open at Busboom Rauh Construction located at 1201 E. North Street. Police say thieves broke a window on a work van and stole a Craftsman socket ...

10 years ago
A Lindsborg woman was arrested in connection to a stolen guitar from a Salina music store. Police arrested 29-year-old Roberta Brock on a warrant Sunday. Authorities used video surveillance footage from SM Hanson Music, 335 S. Clark, to identify and find Brock who is accused of stealing a Taylor sunburst guitar valued at $3,778. Brock was listed on ...

10 years ago
Ever wonder what happens if a person shows up at the polls to vote, but the address on their identification doesn’t match the address in the polling books?  Or, if a voter shows up to vote in one precinct but is registered to vote in another?  Polling staff should have directed the voter to the ...

10 years ago
A week after two County Commissioners lost their bid to return to their seats in 2017, and a third County Commissioner failed to gain his party’s nomination for a State race, will the Commission adopt the 2017 budget as it had drafted prior to the elections? Commissioner Dave Smith said that “there could be a long ...

10 years ago
A man has admitted to his role in a shooting death at Fort Riley. According to the U.S. Attorney Tom Beall's office, a 19-year-old defendant pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy on Fort Riley. Juwuan D. Jackson, 19, who lived on the Fort Riley base at ...

10 years ago
Three Salina men have been arrested for allegedly plotting a murder. Kansas Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Doug Younger says that multiple officers from multiple agencies worked together late Sunday night and early Monday morning to make the arrests at locations throughout Salina. Those arrested include: Alex Karcher, 22, of 1616 Tanglewood Lane Xavier McCray, 22, 1012 Pershing Xavier ...

10 years ago
A Junction City man hurt in a crash near Salina last week has died. Saline County Sheriff Lt. Mike Ascher says that his agency was notified Sunday that 69-year-old Joe Grimes had died. Grimes was involved in a crash last Wednesday afternoon. His semi truck hauling scrap metal and an SUV collided at Crawford and Burma Road. First ...

10 years ago
Authorities are again asking for the public's help in a case involving the unsolved murder of a Saline County woman. Just before 8pm on June 25th, deputies were sent to 10525 S. Hopkins Road in rural Saline County in reference to a death at the residence. Lori J Heimer, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. ...

10 years ago
A three-time Indy 500 starter who was badly injured in a crash at the Belleville High Banks Speedway Saturday night has died. Bryan Clauson died Sunday, after he was airlifted to a hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, after a violent accident in Saturday night's 39th annual Belleville Nationals midget race. The 27-year-old's car went into a series ...