10 years ago
Vandals hit a private cemetery in south-central Kansas with graves dating to the 1800s during the Memorial Day weekend. Kingman County Deputy Amber Barratti says about 10 to 15 headstones were knocked down in the private cemetery in northeast Kingman County near Cheney. Investigators believe the vandalism occurred late Saturday or early Sunday. No arrests have been ...

10 years ago
Kansas City, Kansas, investigators say they believe they have identified a potential suspect in the 26-year-old unsolved murder of a 19-year-old woman and an unresolved slaying five years later. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1THpTxK) reports that detectives perhaps have a link between the 1989 killing of Sarah Jo DeLeon, the unsolved 1994 slaying of Diana Marie ...

10 years ago
A large crowd of over 100 strong gathered on an overcast  Memorial Day Monday in Salina to remember, and honor, those who have died so that we might all be free. Following brief cemetery services at Gypsum Hill Cemetery and at Roselawn Cemetery, events culminated with a large gathering at the Saline County War Memorial in ...

10 years ago
The Commander of Salina American Legion Post #62 was absent from Memorial Day activities Monday, after he was injured in a Sunday motorcycle crash. The crash happened in rural Ottawa County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 62-year-old Stanley Britt was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle, headed east on K-18 Highway. For an unknown reason he lost ...

10 years ago
A Salina businessman says he is rebuilding what will be the deepest-diving submarine owned by a private individual once it's done. KSHB-TV reports Salina resident Scott Waters bought a Pisces VI submarine from storage and had it shipped to his hometown in middle of the country. Waters, who owns several Kansas hardware stores, says he paid $30,000 ...

10 years ago
A man from Colorado has found the 2016 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion. Patrick Ahern found the medallion early Sunday afternoon. Ahern, who lives in Colorado Springs, told KSAL News that he planned a trip to Salina this weekend to search for the medallion. His connection to Salina is through his in-laws, who used to live ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Senate's top Republican is pushing to override GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a bill enmeshed in a multi-million dollar tax dispute involving a retired pizza magnate. Senate President Susan Wagle said Brownback "turned his back on Kansas taxpayers" earlier this month when he rejected the bill over a provision dealing with how tax ...

10 years ago
Ceremonies to remember, and honor those who have died while serving our country will be held in Salina, and across Kansas on Memorial Day Monday. Three different events are planned in Salina. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will host the first event beginning at 10:00, at Gypsum Hill Cemetery. The second event will follow immediately, hosted by the ...

10 years ago
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A trial is scheduled for this fall for a former physician's assistant accused of sexually abusing patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Leavenworth Times reports that an Oct. 31 trial was set Friday in Leavenworth County District Court. Mark Wisner is charged with a felony count of ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The fate of an iconic Missouri arena might depend on the memories of a generation of Midwesterners who once flocked there for concerts and sports events. A proposal by Kansas City-based Foutch Brothers to transform Kemper Arena into a mecca of amateur sports competition relies heavily on historic tax credits to ...

10 years ago
Family and friends are rallying to help a Salina man who was badly injured in a motorcycle crash to begin the Memorial Day weekend. Friday afternoon Quentin Werber and a friend were riding together, headed north on North 9th Street. Werber crashed as a semi pulled in front of him. Werber locked his breaks up and went ...