10 years ago
Weekend target practice led to a large grass fire south of Salina. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that about 160 acres of grass and fence posts were burned after target practice ignited and burned a swath of grass from the 3000 block of S. Simpson Road, north to near Magnolia on Saturday around 4pm. Deputies say ...

10 years ago
A Salina man sought in a stabbing at a motel parking lot is now in custody. Sunday, officers arrested 24-year-old Michael D. Georage on multiple charges including aggravated battery and assault. Police allege he stabbed 44-year-old Lonnie Martain in the legs after the two had shared a car ride to the Howard Johnson Inn, 222 E. Diamond ...

10 years ago
An area teen is transported to the hospital after a vehicle rollover. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 14-year-old Madisen Thomason was transported to Salina Regional Hospital after she lost control of the utility vehicle she was driving. Deputies say Thomason and a passenger, Tyler Weems, 17 were both thrown ...

10 years ago
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a man has died in western Kansas mobile home fire. The victim has been identified as 41-year-old Lance Stevens, of Great Bend. Great Bend Fire Chief Mike Napolitano says a 19-year-old escaped through a window and went to a neighbor's house to call 911 on Friday morning. The teen said ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is behind bars after police caught him following a chase early Monday morning. Police say that on Monday morning at 7:19 two uniformed officers were investigating a stabbing case and walking across the 200 block of West Harsh Avenue. A white 1992 Honda Accord turned eastbound onto Harsh from 8th Street. The vehicle was ...

10 years ago
Fire officials say seven Hutchinson school buses were damaged in a fire that apparently was started by a discarded cigarette. The fire was reported Saturday night just south of the Durham School Services in Hutchinson. A nearby tree row was on fire when emergency responders arrived. Battalion Chief Rex Albright says the buses, a storage trailer and ...

10 years ago
Fire officials say they are investigating several fires in Lyon County as possible arsons. The Lyon County Sheriff's Office said in a news release it found 14 starting points to a fire Saturday night. The blaze started just north of Interstate 35 and stretched along the Interstate 35 corridor to the Coffey County line. Authorities are looking ...

10 years ago
Police have asked Wichita officials to consider regulating massage businesses in hopes of reducing human trafficking. It is unclear how many massage businesses actually operate in Wichita or the state, because they are unregulated and don't require licensing. But Wichita police say they've had complaints since 2013 of some massage businesses that sell sexual acts and ...

10 years ago
A long-running school finance case is proving costly for the state of Kansas and four school districts. State Republican leaders argue money spent on the case could be used instead in classrooms. But an attorney for the Wichita school district argues the legal fees are small compared with the money on the line for the districts, ...

10 years ago
HESSTON, Kan. (AP) - Grieving residents of a Kansas town parked riding lawnmowers with American flags beside them on some streets and adorned them with "Hesston Hustler Strong" signs in a reference to the lawn equipment brand from the plant where a gunman killed three co-workers. The Excel Industries factory has long been an economic hub ...

10 years ago
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A Lenexa man has admitted he stabbed two men to death during a burglary at their home. Alex Brune pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of first-degree murder in the July 2014 deaths of 47-year-old Brian Baskind and his stepfather, 79-year-old Clifford Preston at the men's home in Lenexa. Brune was scheduled ...