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A burglary and several forgeries highlight Thursday's Salina Police Log. Police arrested 27-year-old Steven Bishop on Wednesday on a warrant. He is accused of stealing a couple of checks, forging them, and cashing them at two different Salina banks. Total loss is $987. Bishop could face charges that include forgery and theft. Police arrested 35-year-old Justin Genua ...

10 years ago
Chemical burns to the mouth and throat of a teenage girl prompt the arrest of a Salina man on child abuse charges. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 43-year-old Edward Miles was arrested on Wednesday. Miles is accused of soaking a piece of cloth in bleach, and shoving it into the mouth of a high school aged ...

10 years ago
A single-vehicle rollover accident has prompted the brief closure of an on-ramp to Interstate 70 in Salina Thursday morning. The on ramp to head east on Interstate 70 from North 9th Street was temporarily closed due to a semi truck rolling over. The name of the driver was not immediately available, but he was not hurt. By about ...

10 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is in favor of a proposed sales that voters in Salina will decide on in a mail-in election this spring. According to the organization, the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has endorsed the proposed special tax initiative by the City of Salina. The initiative will be a ...

10 years ago
Hundreds of pastry lovers lined up in Salina early Thursday morning to get a taste of the hottest new donut craze, Hurts donuts. Hurts Donut is a business that specializes in specialty donuts. The company has locations in Wichita, Springfield, Missouri, and Norman, Oklahoma. Each store has become wildly popular since opening. The Hurts Donut brightly colored ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents says the bulk of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's higher education cuts will come from the state's two largest universities and their affiliated programs. The board released figures Wednesday showing that the University of Kansas and its Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, together will lose almost $7.2 million. Kansas State University, its ...

10 years ago
An attorney for the Quapaw tribe has agreed in federal court documents that the tribe's gambling lawsuit against Kansas should be dismissed. The tribe, which operates Downstream Casino Resort in Oklahoma, sued Kansas in January, asking that a judge order the state to negotiate an agreement with the tribe within 60 days that would allow it ...

10 years ago
Salinans will be listening to the Symphony on Saturday night at the Stiefel Theatre - and looking up as aerialist soar overhead. "Cirque de la Symphonie" is the hybrid of classic music mixed with high flying feats. "This is not a cheesy circus type show at all, it is very classy and they are very, very highly ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Shawnee County sheriff's detective may have falsified information in charging affidavits. The Shawnee County district attorney's office sent a notice to defense attorneys. The notice says the detective stated she had spoken with people with whom she hadn't actually talked and that the information was used in a charging ...

10 years ago
More counterfeit money has surfaced in Salina. Police say that on Tuesday, someone attempted to make a purchase at the McDonald's restaurant at 701 S. Broadway using a counterfeit $20 bill. An employee recognized the bill as counterfeit, and called police. The person trying to pass the counterfeit bill left before officers arrived.

10 years ago
A Salina woman has been bilked out of over $7,000 while trying to secure a $5,000 loan in an online scam. Police say that a 36-year-old female applied for a $5,000 loan online, and was told that she was approved. To receive the loan, though she had to send various amounts of money to cover fees ...