10 years ago
A group of Salina area law enforcement officers teamed up Wednesday to run through the streets of Salina. The Saline County leg of the Special Olympics Torch Run weaved through town Wednesday afternoon. Saline County Sheriff Deputy Scott Trembley organized the event, in which over 20 runners and volunteers participated. Officers from the Salina Police Department, ...

10 years ago
A former officer at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility has been charged with having sexual contact with an inmate in the prison's medium-security unit. The Hutchinson News reports that Amy D. Hapner, is charged in Reno County with unlawful sexual relations. She remains free on $2,500 bond. It wasn't immediately known if she has an attorney. She is ...

10 years ago
Area lifeguards will be learning about sun safety before kids show up for swimming lessons this summer. "We go to all the Salina pools, and Lindsborg and Marquette this year to train the lifeguards who teach swim lessons, to give them sun safety lessons," said Linda Hinnenkamp RN and Cancer Outreach Coordinator at Tammy Walker Cancer ...

10 years ago
A man is about to learn whether he will be sentenced to death for fatally shooting three adults and an 18-month-old girl on an eastern Kansas farm in 2013. Jurors have recommended the death sentence for 30-year-old Kyle Flack. A Franklin County judge will announce whether he will follow the recommendation at a sentencing hearing Wednesday. Flack ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a pair of revolvers from a garage. Police were notified on Tuesday about two missing pistols and ammunition that were stolen from a detached garage in the 1600 block of Overlook sometime between October of 2015 and May 16th of this year. Police say someone removed a Colt .38 caliber ...

10 years ago
Saline County Commissioners had an active day Tuesday. Among other things, they fired a department head and signed an agreement top help with security at the airport. At around 3:15 in the afternoon,the Saline County Commission returned from an executive session.  Road and Bridge Director Gary Nash's probation period was scheduled to end next week.  In ...

10 years ago
Bill Self isn't paying state taxes on the bulk of his millions of dollars of income as men's basketball coach at Kansas, all legal under 2012 tax reforms. KCUR reports Self earns a taxable salary of $230,000 a year. But he also gets at least $2.75 million annually from the entity that runs the school's intercollegiate sports, ...

10 years ago
Flags will be lowered in Salina to honor three students who were killed in a car crash. Governor Sam Brownback has ordered flags in Saline County to be flown at half-staff from sun-up to sun-down on Thursday this week, to honor the students who were killed in a crash last week. St. John's Military School Cadets Jake ...

10 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Monday that he said is aimed at freeing more people from poverty, but opponents argue the new welfare restrictions leave families without a safety net during financial difficulties. Under the new law Kansans will be limited to 24 months on cash assistance over their lifetime. The previous limit was 36 ...

10 years ago
Registration is now open for a free day of fishing in Salina. "Fishing With a Cop" drew over 100 kids last year, who showed up to throw a line into the water at Lakewood Park. The event was a spin-off from the annual Lakewood Fishing Derby that added the involvement of local law enforcement. Officers were there with ...

10 years ago
No federal charges will be filed against a concealed weapon permit-holder who wounded himself and a bystander when the gun he stuffed into his sock accidentally discharged at a southern Kansas high school graduation ceremony. The Wichita Eagle reports that there's an exception to the federal gun-free school zones law that allows holders of state-issued concealed-carry ...