10 years ago
A sign supporting local law enforcement appeared Thursday morning in front of the the Saline County Criminal Justice Center. A professionally made vinyl banner reading "God Bless Our Law Enforcement" was erected in a grassy area near the entrance to the Saline County Sheriff's Office and the Salina Police Department. The banner also has both a ...

10 years ago
A church pastor and longtime eastern Kansas homeless shelter director has been charged with sexually molesting a child. 57-year-old Jay Preston was charged Monday in Miami County with felony aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He's jailed on $500,000 bond. It wasn't immediately known if he has an attorney. He had served as pastor of Grace Revolution ...

10 years ago
Court records show that a Kansas agency has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit over the case of a 4-year-old boy fatally beaten by his father in 2013. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Kansas Department for Children and Families has reached the deal with the Naomi Boone, mother of the late Mekhi Boone. The settlement's ...

10 years ago
Authorities say a Wichita sheriff's investigator was briefly hospitalized after being overcome with an unknown substance in a department evidence room. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department says the detective was processing evidence as part of a drug investigation when he opened a plastic bag and was overcome by a strong smell. The investigator then experienced sweating, ...

10 years ago
Kansas’ primary elections will be held Tuesday, August 2.  In Saline County, several races will be decided in the primary, as some offices do not have candidates from both parties. To inform the voters of the Saline County area, the Salina League of Women Voters will hold a candidate forum Thursday night at 6:30 at Kansas Wesleyan’s ...

10 years ago
A federal appeals court has agreed to quickly hear an appeal that could affect the voting rights of thousands of voters in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set on Wednesday an expedited schedule in the case of a U.S. election official who without public notice required documentary ...

10 years ago
Topeka is setting spending limits targeted at keeping the city from raising property taxes next year. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/29CmAHP) reports that a city governing body that consists of the mayor and nine council members made the decision Tuesday night. The vote comes as cities begin preparing for a new state-imposed property tax lid to take ...

10 years ago
A southeast Kansas district is seeking to join a program that waives state laws and regulations for participating schools. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/29EMVs6) reports Fredonia district officials told the Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday why they want to join the Coalition of Innovative School Districts. The program is meant to remove school performance barriers, ...

10 years ago
A Kansas City-based real estate company says it will build a $40 million hospital in Derby. The CBC Real Estate says in a news release that the hospital, to be called Rock Regional Hospital, is expected to open in 2018. The company says the 65,000-square-foot hospital will include 12 inpatient beds, 12 surgical beds and six intensive ...

10 years ago
Flooding that began 65 years ago this week cost 40 Kansas residents their lives. The National Weather Service says the Kansas River reached its highest level on record in Topeka on July 13, 1951. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that high waters caused the river to break through a dike to flood the city's North Topeka business ...

10 years ago
A southeast Kansas district is seeking to join a program that waives state laws and regulations for participating schools. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Fredonia district officials told the Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday why they want to join the Coalition of Innovative School Districts. The program is meant to remove school performance barriers, but ...