10 years ago
The Governor's Water Conference next month aims to focus on implementation of the Kansas water vision plan. The two-day event begins Nov. 18 at the Hilton Garden Inn and Conference Center in Manhattan. Other major topics slated for discussion include the development of additional water supplies for rural communities. Also up for discussion is how to help ...

10 years ago
Mike Montoya, County Counselor, and Sherry Sammons, County Appraiser, updated the Commission on complications created by recent State legislation. Property owners who successfully protest a property tax valuation keep the lower valuation for two additional years before the Assessors’ Office can place a higher valuation on that property, should market values increase. Johnson County has filed ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Republican Party's chairman is demanding that Democrats' last nominee for governor withdraw as an attorney from a federal lawsuit challenging voter registration policies. GOP Chairman Kelly Arnold said Tuesday that former Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis' involvement in the case filed last week violates state law. ...

10 years ago
Two people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested. The new most wanted list went online over the weekend. Since then, according to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Rebecca Serbanich and Andrece Poole have both been arrested. They were wanted for crimes that include theft and felony battery of a law enforcement ...

10 years ago
Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating an injury accident that happened last night on Old Highway 40 and Cunningham Road. A pedestrian, Tammy Stiefel, 49 of Salina, was lying in the middle of the westbound lanes on the highway. A man who was driving eastbound saw her there, and pulled over to attempt to help the ...

10 years ago
Counterfeit $100 bills are circulating in Salina. Two reports over the last two days have been reported. On Sunday, a counterfeit bill was found at Casey's gas station at 725 West Schilling Road. Several hours later, another one surfaced at McDonald's on Planet Avenue. Salina police continue to investigate the issue by using surveillance footage ...

10 years ago
Salina police are looking for a motorcyclist with a white helmet as the individual fled from police pursuing. The suspect was on a white motorcycle when he passed a stationary radar detector on the 2000 block of Centennial Road that alerted the officer that the driver was speeding. After putting on his lights and beginning ...

10 years ago
Another vehicle was stolen on the 1300 block of Ponca yesterday evening. A 1989 gold Chevrolet Silverado was stolen sometime between 7:45PM-11:00PM from the residence. The vehicle was unlocked, but the keys were not inside. The loss is valued at $1,500.

10 years ago
Kansas lawmakers have agreed to pay a firm about $2.6 million to perform a government efficiency study although another firm offered to do the job for less than $1 million. Lawmakers signed a contract Monday with Alvarez & Marsal, which would be paid $2.6 million to perform the study. Another firm, McGladrey, bid the job for less ...

10 years ago
A 29-year-old Topeka man accused of supplying crack cocaine to drug traffickers in Junction City and Manhattan, Kansas, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, Johnny Lee Ivory III was sentenced Monday. He had been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, one count of ...

10 years ago
A Colorado man who flew a plane loaded with marijuana to Iola, Kansas, was sentenced to a year in federal prison. Federal prosecutors say 59-year-old Kenneth E. Weaver, of Denver, was sentenced Monday for one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. He admitted in his plea that he flew a plane carrying 207 pounds ...