10 years ago
The  Greater Salina Community has announced nine local projects received over $32,000 in grants through the YW Legacy Fund and the generosity of the Elden V. Miller Family Charitable Trust.  The YW Legacy Fund supports initiatives that align with the mission of the former YWCA in Salina, making grants to organizations that support women, children ...

10 years ago
Salina Arts & Humanities has announced details for the 2016 Pre-Festival Workshop, scheduled for Friday, June 3 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Salina Art Center Warehouse, 149 S. Fourth Street. The workshop is connected to one of the River Festival’s commissioned outdoor Artist Installations, entitled Fiber as Place: Home as Land, designed by Wisconsin-based ...

10 years ago
Police in Kansas City, Kansas, say a man is dead after being run over by his own car outside his home. Authorities say the man was getting to leave for work shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday when he tried to adjust something with the engine to get the car running. Police say that's when the vehicle ...

10 years ago
Crews at the Lakewood Discovery Center are preparing for a fishing event that continues to grow. "We add catfish every month from May to September," said Brian Underwood Supervisor of Natural Resources at Lakewood. "We also add a extra stocking at the end of May so there is plenty to catch and plenty to haul in." Underwood and ...

10 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a residential burglary. Lt. Stan Fruits says that between noon and 5:30 on Monday a front door was damaged to gain entry to a home in the 400 block of W. Parsons Road. Items taken include jewelry and prescription medication. Fruits say that a sliding back door was also damaged. Total loss and ...

10 years ago
A Wichita woman has been arrested after allegedly stealing over $9,000 from two Salina companies in a check cashing scheme. Police allege that in April 27-year-old Stormy Garner cashed four fraudulent checks. The checks were generated using account information from Transervice Logistics at 413 E. Berg Road and from Ceeco LLC at 204 S. Santa Fe. ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was arrested Monday evening after his vehicle was burglarized, and police discovered marijuana in his backpack that was later recovered. Police allege that between 8:17 and 9:00 in the evening 15-year-old Kalub Rowson committed two vehicle burglaries, one in the 500 Block of Sunset and one in the 300 Block of W. Beloit. In ...

10 years ago
Police are looking for a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a hotel employee. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that an employee at the Ambassador Hotel at  1616 W. Crawford approached two cars in the parking lot late Sunday afternoon. A white male in a red Nissan 320Z was parked in the lot, talking with a ...

10 years ago
A Kansas woman has been placed on three years of intensive supervised probation for aiding a man convicted of abducting, drugging and raping an 8-year-old girl. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 24-year-old Michelle Lee Harris, of Topeka, was sentenced Monday for attempted kidnapping and obstruction of a felony. She testified at the trial of Jeremy James Lindsey. ...

10 years ago
A white University of Kansas assistant professor who used a racial slur during a class discussion on race will not have her contract renewed after the next academic year. Andrea Quenette, an assistant professor of communication studies, told The Lawrence Journal-World Monday the university notified her last week that she would not be reappointed to her ...

10 years ago
A Bennington woman accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Salina real estate company where she worked has pleaded guilty. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall's office, the Ottawa County woman pleaded guilty Monday. Janetta Marie Buttery, 42, Bennington, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen funds. A criminal information filed ...