10 years ago
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former Connecticut state correction officer and Army reservist is accused of collecting state wages while serving time in a Kansas military prison. The Hartford Courant reports Dennis Dockery, of Bloomfield, was arraigned Friday on charges of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community and second-degree forgery. Dockery worked at the Enfield Correctional ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Transportation officials in Missouri and Kansas are encouraging motorists to resist the urge to get in line at the first sign of an upcoming lane closure. Advocates of the "zipper merge" method say using both lanes for as long as possible shortens lines in construction zones by up to 40 percent. ...

10 years ago
A Topeka woman has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a child over several years. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://j.mp/29ot2ag) Tiffany Seel pleaded guilty April 13 to charges including aggravated indecent liberties by an offender older than 18 when the victim is younger than 14, aggravated indecent liberties with a child 14-15, criminal ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The state attorney general says there was a recent "steep decline" in Kansas in the number of applications for concealed carry permits. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Thursday in a release that between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016, the Concealed Carry Licensing Unit received 5,874 applications. The Kansas City Star ...

10 years ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - A suburban Kansas City police officer has been fired after officials confirmed he made a Facebook post that appears to threaten a child. Overland Park, Kansas, Police Chief Francis Donchez Jr. says the department began investigating after being notified of the post Friday morning. He says the officer was terminated immediately after ...

10 years ago
A rented skid steer loader was damaged by a shotgun blast. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a Genie brand skid steer loader, owned by Foley Equipment Company, 529 N. Broadway, had glass on two windows shot out by shotgun blasts. Deputies say the equipment was parked on a job site in the 1400 block ...

10 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a state of disaster emergency declaration for Greenwood County after a tornado demolished homes in a small town. Brownback's office said in a release Friday that the emergency declaration allows the state to use its resources and personnel in response to the tornado that hit the small town of Eureka ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital after a van knocked him off his bicycle and drove away. Police are looking for the driver of a green mini van that side swiped 54-year-old Carlos Delarosa off his bike in the 1000 block of Cloud Street early Wednesday morning just before 4am. Police say Delarosa was treated ...

10 years ago
Two people convicted in connection with the shooting death of a Salina teen in May of 2015 were sentenced Friday in Saline County District Court. Judge Rene Young sentenced 23-year-old Maceo Palacio and 20-year-old Stephen Gentry for their involvement in the shooting death of 17-year-old Allie Saum. For the most serious crime, First Degree Murder, Judge ...

10 years ago
The family of Lori Heimer is inviting the public to a prayer vigil in Assaria on Saturday evening - to not only remember Lori but also pray for answers in the investigation of her murder. Lori's daughter, Genell Heimer tells KSAL News that family and friends will gather at the newly refurbished Assaria Children's Park at ...

10 years ago
An elderly couple from Newton were injured in a rollover crash on Thursday. Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to the area of Niles and Stimmel Road around 9:35am Thursday morning after a 2003 Toyota Camry driven by 81-year-old Janice Gaeddert left the roadway and rolled onto its top in a corn field. Gaeddert's husband, ...