10 years ago
Route 66, a highway made famous for attracting gas-guzzling Chevrolet Bel Airs traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles, is turning green. The Mother Road is seeing a growing number of electric car charging stations along the 2,500-mile path, and some states even are pushing for solar panels and electric buses. Illinois is installing a network of electric ...

10 years ago
As tensions between police and communities remain high, some individuals have decided to show their support for men and women in blue by bringing baked goods into police stations, buying meals for cops and writing thank you cards. A sign supporting local law enforcement appeared Thursday morning in front of the the Saline County Criminal Justice ...

10 years ago
Local candidates on the ballot for the upcoming August primary election gathered in Salina Thursday night to answer questions. Over 150 people gathered on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University for a candidate forum, hosted by the League of Women voters. To begin the evening, county commission candidates spent an hour and a half answering questions. They ...

10 years ago
Two men were caught after leading law enforcement on a chase reaching speeds of 110 miles-per-hour, and then running from their vehicle and leaving a child behind. It happened at around 10:30 Thursday morning when a sheriff deputy attempted to serve a warrant in north Salina. A white 2008 Mazda CX7 SUV was moving on the ...

10 years ago
The city of Pittsburg plans to issue $6.5 million in bonds to fund construction costs for utilities at its new state-owned casino. The Joplin Globe reports that the Pittsburg City Commission approved a development agreement Tuesday that says the Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel will initially pay for necessary improvements to bring sewer and water service ...

10 years ago
An effort to get a new trial for a former middle school counselor serving nearly 14 years in prison in a sex case involving a student is underway in Saline County District Court. In June of 2014 Brooke Dinkel was found guilty of sex crimes involving a 13-year-old student. A jury found the now 35-year-old former ...

10 years ago
A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in September in an appeal that could affect the voting rights of thousands of voters in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama in upcoming elections. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Thursday set a Sept. 8 hearing date in the case of a U.S. election ...

10 years ago
Strong winds sweeping across Kansas have overturned a tractor-trailer, blown down a fireworks tent, toppled trees and caused electrical outages. The National Weather Service reported hurricane-force winds of more than 80 mph Thursday in the Wichita area. The storms followed another round of severe weather Wednesday. In Sedgwick County, emergency crews rescued the tractor-trailer driver who became ...

10 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier has died in a motorcycle crash. According to the Army, a 1st Infantry Division soldier was found dead July 8th following an apparent motorcycle accident near Vinita, Oklahoma. Pvt. Kaleb Ryan Davis, a combat engineer, was on leave at the time of the incident. "Soldiers of the 1st Engineer Battalion are mourning the loss ...

10 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Deputies are looking for a person who threw a rock and shattered a window on a moving road grader. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says that a  county John Deer road grader was working in the 3500 block of W. Water Well on Wednesday afternoon. The driver observed a pickup truck approaching. As the ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman this week. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a man driving a black Ford Taurus slowed down, and summoned a female pedestrian over to the car to ask for directions.  When the woman came up to the vehicle the man exposed himself ...