10 years ago
A man arrested in a series of thefts that led to a nearly four-hour lockdown of the Kansas State University campus has reached a deal with prosecutors. 20-year-old Johnathon Ryan Elliott has pleaded no contest to one charge of aggravated robbery. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop five other counts. Prosecutors also agreed to seek the standard ...

10 years ago
Fourteen dogs have died in a northeast Kansas house fire that their owner narrowly escaped. Kevin Matthews awoke Tuesday morning to smoke filling his room. He broke through a bedroom window of his home near the Douglas County town of Baldwin and jumped out. Matthews says he then flagged down a driver, who helped him call 911. ...

10 years ago
There was no winner of the $500 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, so the estimated prize for this weekend's drawing is the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history. Texas Lottery spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says Saturday's drawing will be worth about $675 million. Wednesday's numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62 and 63, and the Powerball ...

10 years ago
Sunday’s editorial contained “dream headlines” for 2016. Twentieth on the list: “Troublemakers stop showing up at commission meetings, admit they were only doing it for attention.” That provoked a hard swallow. I may resemble that remark. And I won’t apologize. As I sit down at the Saline County Commission meeting, I say hello to fellow troublemakers. We ...

10 years ago
A Kansas education official says using a private vendor for state tests would boost costs. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the issue came up after an interim legislative panel released a draft of its public school recommendations. Among those was a recommendation that the state seek a test provider without ties to federal or state government ...

10 years ago
Authorities say a Manhattan man has died after a jailhouse suicide attempt. The Manhattan Mercury reports that the man died Monday morning after he was removed from life support. Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf said in a news release that the man had attempted suicide in his cell Dec. 31 at the county's detention center. The Kansas ...

10 years ago
The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night's Powerball was at $450 million to begin the day on Wednesday. By mid-day, that number had soared to $500 million. Sally Lunsford from the Kansas Lottery tells KSAL News that the estimate is based on sales and activity across the country. No one has won  Powerball's biggest prize since Nov. 4. ...

10 years ago
Local physicians will be on hand Thursday at the Stiefel Theatre for the screening of a documentary film about the HPV epidemic, and to talk to parents about options to prevent the disease in their preteen children. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a very common virus that nearly ...

10 years ago
A man and woman who attempted to steal $3,000 worth of merchandise at Menards yesterday at 7PM are at large. The couple, who were caught on surveillance camera, entered the business through the front entrance, and attempted to launch various items including tools, home security cameras and other home improvement items over the fence of the ...

10 years ago
The latest list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online Saturday. Since then there have been 9 arrests. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, those arrested include: Heather Wright Caitlyn Jepson Tammy Hyman Paul Douglas Moody Angela Feenstra Kyle Fry Jaleka Rutz Jessica Sonneberger Jami Swanigan Along with the arrests, there have also been three of the warrants cancelled, thus those people are no longer on ...

10 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will begin renovations this month to its grandstands at the newly constructed Graves Family Sports Complex. The renovations include replacing the mill finish aluminum deck system with an anodized aluminum deck system. The aluminum that was delivered for the grandstand project was not anodized. GT Grandstands, the manufacturer, agreed to upgrade the deck ...