10 years ago
FlightSafety International is suing nearly 20 companies over a fatal plane crash at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport. A Beechcraft King Air B200 crashed into a FlightSafety building at the airport in October 2014, killing four people and injuring six. The building and several flight simulators were destroyed. The lawsuit filed this week alleges the various companies contributed ...

10 years ago
Volunteers are sorting thousands of books that are going on sale at the Salina Public Library this weekend. Books from the library's shelves and donated items from the public will provide stacks of selections for patrons to choose from. "We'll have people lined up at 9am Saturday morning to get in there first and just kind of ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a counterfeit bill was used at pizza delivery place. Staff at Dominoes Pizza, 2100 S. 9th told officers that sometime Wednesday evening between 8pm and 8:30pm someone used a fake $20 to buy products. The bogus bill was discovered a short time later in the cash drawer.

10 years ago
Two former Kansas Governors with connections to Salina have made an endorsement in a local legislative race. Both are endorsing the democratic challenger over a republican incumbent. Former Governors Bill Graves and John Carlin have endorsed Gerrett Morris in the 69th District race. Carlin, a democrat, served two terms as Governor, from 1979 - 1987. Carlin was ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court won't consider the case of a couple whose children were taken into state custody. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the court Friday declined to hear the case of Raymond and Amelia Schwab, who claimed their children were placed in state custody because of Raymond Schwab's use of medical marijuana. A Kansas appellate court said ...

10 years ago
A mistrial has been declared in a Kansas murder trial after a Nebraska television station aired footage of people in the jury pool. A judge put a stop Tuesday to the trial of 37-year-old Bobby Tallent after Nebraska TV showed footage Monday night of prospective jurors waiting to be questioned. The Kearney, Nebraska, station said on its ...

10 years ago
A 2002 Ford Windstar van was stolen from the lot at Abner's Autos, 212 E. Iron sometime between Monday at 8pm and Tuesday morning at 9:30am. The owner told officers the van is valued at $800 and has his dealer tag attached: D 2735 E.   A 2004 Pontiac Grand Am was damaged while parked in the ...

10 years ago
A skid loader was stolen from a tree line in the 6400 block of Old 81 Highway. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a yellow, New Holland LX565 skid loader that was last seen tucked away in a tree line. Deputies were contacted by Keith Buttenhoff of Lincoln, Kansas after he discovered the ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are requesting a warrant for two male suspects in connection to a number of power tools that were stolen from Lowe's Home Improvement, 3035 S. 9th earlier this month. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 4 chain saws, 2 power generators and a 5-gallon bucket of paint were recovered after the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was injured in a motorcycle crash on a Roach Street. Police say 27-year-old Krystopher Roesch-Beem was transported to Salina Regional Health Center around 2am Tuesday with a head injury, broken pelvis and other fractured bones. Police say Roesch-Beem was riding his 2007 Kawasaki at a high rate of speed in the 700 block of ...

10 years ago
The cause of an overnight fire that engulfed three oil tanks is being investigated. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a Salina police officer on patrol spotted a fire burning on the property owned by Johnson Sand Company, 2100 E. Schilling Road. Rural Fire District 5 arrived on the scene around 1:10am and battled the blaze ...