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Two reported runaway teens from Salina were arrested for shoplifting at the Central Mall on Thursday. Salina Police arrested 17-year-old Destany Dirksen and 14-year-old Danay Renfro after the two were allegedly found wearing stolen clothing and were carrying backpacks filled with stolen merchandise from five clothing stores inside the mall located at 2259 S. 9th. ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary at a hunting outfitters store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, investigators are reviewing video surveillance of a break in at Vanderbilts, 3005 Enterprise, that occurred Sunday morning between 4am and 6am. Police say someone broke the door glass to enter the business and then shattered several glass displays to steal ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is in custody following a call from a girl's parents who allegedly found him in bed with their daughter. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, officers were sent to an east Salina home on Thursday morning around 10:30am to investigate after a man was found in bed with their early teenage daughter. Police arrested 20-year-old ...

10 years ago
The average price of gasoline has dropped 7 cents over the past three weeks to $2.22 a gallon for regular grade. Locally, it's even a  little cheaper. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday lower oil prices and an abundant gasoline supply caused the decline. She says the price is 60 cents less than it was a ...

10 years ago
A new university study shows that Kansas lost about $110 million annually between 1996 and 2005 in the value of its High Plains aquifer. The study, conducted by a Yale University team, was led by Eli Fenichel, assistant professor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environment Studies. The aquifer is a vast underground water resource. The analysis ...

10 years ago
Law enforcement agencies in Topeka have been taking steps to ensure officer safety after incidents elsewhere that have claimed officers' lives. Police Chief James Brown says the Topeka Police Department is implementing two-person patrols to some extent. The department also is taking other measures that aren't being disclosed. Kansas City, Kansas, police Capt. Robert Melton was killed ...

10 years ago
There were dire warnings for the Boy Scouts of America a year ago when the group's leaders, under intense pressure, voted to end a long-standing blanket ban on participation by openly gay adults. Several of the biggest sponsors of Scout units, including the Roman Catholic, Mormon and Southern Baptist churches, were openly dismayed, raising the ...

10 years ago
A California man was transported to the hospital Saturday night following a single-vehicle crash near Abilene on Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2006 Ford Econoline Van driven by 45-year-old William B Wallett from Senoia, Georgia, was headed east. For a unknown reason he drove into the median and struck a guard rail. ...

10 years ago
A 9-year-old child was hurt in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County Saturday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  a 2013 Toyota truck driven by 44-year-old Matthew Blaine Harting from Olathe, Kansas, was headed west, in the right hand lane. For an unknown reason the truck gradually left the road, and ...

10 years ago
A three-time Paralympics gold medalist from Wichita wants whoever stole the gold ring he received during the 2004 Athens Paralympics to return the ring. Nick Taylor's ring and other items were stolen during a robbery at his Wichita home earlier this month. Taylor told The Wichita Eagle the ring is a symbol of his first Paralympics ...

10 years ago
A facelift of an 80-year-old Central Kansas landmark is nearing completion. A renovation project that began in late May at Coronado Heights will be complete within the next couple of weeks, and the historic castle structure will once again be open. The Smoky Valley Historical Association, and project manager Bill Shipley from Harbin Construction, took KSAL ...