10 years ago
A Kansas Lottery scratch ticket winner is jailed in Salina. Police arrested 20-year-old Nicholas Rodish of Denver on Tuesday morning after a clerk at Rod's Travel Center #8, 2140 W. Crawford, contacted authorities about a man's suspicious behavior. Police say Rodish entered the store around 1am and made multiple attempts to purchase lottery tickets and cigarettes with ...

10 years ago
A top Senate leader and at least 10 other conservative Kansas legislators have lost their seats as moderate Republicans made GOP primary races a referendum on education funding and the state’s persistent budget woes. Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce was among the lawmakers ousted amid a backlash against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his allies. The voting ...

10 years ago
Salinans gathered along Santa Fe Tuesday evening to watch their neighbors, family and friends ride by on floats, tractors and bikes in the marquee parade that officially opens the Tri-Rivers Fair for 2016. Participants and bystanders enjoyed temperatures in the lower 90's as the parade began at 7pm. Wednesday events schedule includes: 8:00 am -H Bake Sale, 4-H ...

10 years ago
Saline County Contested Races Unofficial Final Results United States Senate Jerry Moran - 5,893 / 83 percent DJ Smith - 1,194 / 16 percent United States Congress Kansas 1st Congressional District Roger Marshall -  4,222 / 60 percent Tim Huelskamp - 2,849  / 40 percent Kansas State Senate District 24 Randall Hardy - Republican - 3,592 / 51 percent ...

10 years ago
As Building Superintendent Duane Grace studied the possibility of resurfacing the walkway across a pedestrian bridge on the North of the City-County Building, he was prompted to remove a tile from the underside of the structure.  Concrete had come down from the suspended ceiling. Grace asked County Engineer Neil Cable to inspect the structure.  Cable said ...

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A Fort Riley Soldier has died at the hospital in Salina. According to the Army, a 1st Infantry Division Soldier died July 30 at the Salina Regional Health Center. Pfc. Luis Ortiz, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter repairer with Company D, 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., lost consciousness ...

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Police are investigating a deadly shooting in southern Kansas. The Wichita Eagle reports that the shooting happened late Monday night in El Dorado. Police Lt. Maggie Schreiber said in a written statement that the victim was in his mid-50s. He had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Schreiber says two "persons of interest" have ...

10 years ago
Ready for a red/plaid ribbon on your tomatoes? Kansas State Extension Office agents will be taking your entries at Kenwood Hall on Wednesday. "We're always looking for exhibitors," said Master Gardener Jason Graves with the K-State Extension Office. "If you've got a great flower or if you've done a great job with your vegetables this year, bring them ...

10 years ago
An early morning call to police prompts the arrest of two Salina men. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, officers were sent to the 700 block of N. 5th Street just before 1:30am Tuesday, after a woman saw someone driving away in her 2000 Subaru. Patricia Harrington told officers that the thief also smashed a window on her ...

10 years ago
Moderate Republicans are making Kansas' primary election a referendum on the state's budget problems and education funding as they try to oust conservative incumbents. More than two dozen GOP legislators face primary opponents Tuesday. Most are allies of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and continue to support his experiment in cutting state income taxes to stimulate the ...

10 years ago
Officials with the Dickinson County Sheriff’s office confirm 18-month-old Olivia Ann Engstrom was found dead early Sunday evening in the 2800 block of Lark Road outside of Abilene. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman says the sheriff’s office received the call around 6:15 p.m. and found thephtot child not breathing inside a vehicle outside a home. “The vehicle ...