10 years ago
The Salina Liberty got off to the best start possible in the franchise's first ever regular season game Saturday night at the Bicentennial Center. Liberty returner Jarrel Kelley took the opening kickoff from his own endzone and zig zagged his way down the field to ring the bell for the franchise's first ever touchdown. The Liberty ...

10 years ago
The two front runners from each respective party, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, each both lost big in Saline County in Saturday's Kansas Presidential Caucuses. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz both cruised to big wins. Republicans gathered at Salina Central High School to caucus, while democrats gathered at Salina South. Large, raucous crowds gathered ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will not take over the investigation of an alleged assault on a bus transporting the Great Bend boys swim team. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir had asked the KBI to lead the investigation because of jurisdictional questions. The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/1VYGQ9g) the KBI on Friday declined, citing an excessive caseload caused ...

10 years ago
Data from the Kansas Department of Education indicates reverting to an old public education funding system that would be acceptable to the Kansas Supreme Court would hurt schools in suburban Kansas City. The Kansas Supreme Court told lawmakers in February that restoring the state's old funding formula would address the inequities between school districts. But the ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a 2011 home invasion that left one man dead. The Star newspaper reports that 30-year-old Garron T. Briggs was sentenced Friday for first-degree murder. Court records say a woman was returning to her home in August 2011 ...

10 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for the killing of his girlfriend in the parking lot of a home improvement store in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that George Lingenfelser of Bonner Springs was sentenced Thursday. He was convicted of second-degree murder ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -Marco Rubio is taking quite a risk campaigning in Kansas a day ahead of the state's Republican presidential caucus: He's competing alongside Wichita State basketball. The Florida senator took the stage at a Wichita airport hangar Friday with about three minutes remaining in a tight conference tournament game between the local favorite Shockers ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Both Democrats and Republicans are wondering whether their presidential caucuses in Kansas will be rocky soils for their front-runners. GOP leader Donald Trump was making an appearance Saturday in Wichita just before voting started there. Challenger and Texas Senator Ted Cruz also was visiting and Florida Senator Marco Rubio had three campaign ...

10 years ago
Salina Central's "Brickhouse" is filling up for tonight's cross city boys substate rivalry between the South Cougars and the Central Mustangs. Central students packed the parking lot early with a pre game tailgate in the front lot and flooded into the gym as soon as gates opened. Salina South is led in scoring by 6'7 senior Trace ...

10 years ago
Donald Trump will make a campaign stop in Wichita on Saturday. The Trump campaign announced Friday that it will be in Wichita for a "major rally" on Saturday, prior to the Kansas caucus. The announcement was made via social media on Friday. The Trump rally will be at 9 a.m. at Century II. Doors open at 8 ...

10 years ago
Citing budget concerns as a reason for not providing screening services at the Salina Regional Airport, the Transportation Security Administration has signaled their reluctance to work in Salina until funds can be found to reimburse the agency. "Their Plan B is not acceptable," said Tim Rogers Executive Director of the Salina Airport Authority. "Their Plan B was ...