10 years ago
A new chief will soon be in charge of the Salina Fire Department. According to the City of Salina, City Manager Jason Gage has appointed Kevin Royse as Fire Chief.  Royse was one of 32 candidates from across the country who applied for the position. Royse is the current Junction City Fire Chief. He comes to Salina ...

10 years ago
For most the thought of running a mile is daunting and setting a record even more challenging. Bethany College Track Coach Aaron Yoder decided to take those challenges and make them just a little bit harder by doing both…backwards. Yoder was recently notified by Guinness World Book of Records that he is the official title holder ...

10 years ago
Two residential thefts were reported in Salina yesterday, one with a very hefty price tag. A theft on the 1100 block of North Fifth Street left a man with a $49,036 loss. Two handguns, assorted jewelry were stolen from the property. No suspects are named yet. Another theft was reported on the 900 block of Somerset. A ...

10 years ago
Three men who were arrested earlier this month in Saline County have been indicted on federal drug charges. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office a grand jury in Topeka returned indictments against: Adrian Ayala-Garcia, 23, a citizen of Mexico who has been living in Abilene, Kan., one count of possessing approximately 18 pounds of methamphetamine with ...

10 years ago
Two different reported cases in Salina land two people in the hospital, and two to the Saline County Jail. 39-year-old Michael Squires is facing an aggravated battery charge after an incident in mid-December. On December 15, a 40-year-old from south Salina was allegedly pulled to the ground causing a head injury and a cut on the ...

10 years ago
The counterfeit bill issue in Salina remains pertinent as two more cases were reported yesterday. The Arena located at 427 South Broadway and Casey's at 1100 East Iron both reported cases of counterfeit $20 bills. The Arena brought theirs to Sunflower Bank who reported it. Both bills were brought in on Tuesday Copyright © Alpha Media, 2016.  ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A coroner says a woman whose body would found in a Kansas creek was strangled. The body of 38-year-old Mary Ann Arnett was found in a creek south of Nickerson in June 2015. Jamie Hatfield, of Hutchinson, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated intimidation of a witness and conspiracy to commit murder ...

10 years ago
Though there was not a grand prize winner in Kansas, there were two million dollar winners in the Sunflower State Wednesday night. According to the Kansas Lottery, two tickets, one sold in southwest Kansas and the other sold in south central Kansas, matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball to each win a $1 ...

10 years ago
The frenzy over the largest Powerball jackpot in history paid off for the state of Kansas. Kansas Lottery officials say sales for the Wednesday's Powerball drawing were a record $9.68 million. The previous record was $6.77 million, set just last Saturday. Lottery spokeswoman Sally Lunsford says the state recorded $5.31 million in sales in Kansas on Wednesday ...

10 years ago
The largest ever lottery jackpot in history has been won. At least one winning ticket was sold for Wednesday night's nearly $1.6 billion Powerball. Shortly after the winning numbers were drawn the California Lottery Tweeted that a winning ticket had been sold in the Chino Hills area of Los Angeles. A few hours later officials said that ...

10 years ago
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) -  Three Junction City men have been arrested in a kidnapping, robbery and shooting. The suspects are jailed in Geary County without bond while awaiting their first appearance. Sheriff Tony Wolf says deputies went to a residence near Milford on Monday night after receiving a report about a kidnapping and robbery. One of ...