10 years ago
Topeka officials say a museum dedicated to daredevil Evel Knievel will open in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Evel Knievel museum will be located at the Topeka Harley Davidson and will house the largest collection of Knievel's possessions. City officials said in an announcement Friday that the Knievel museum will include a dozen jackets, six ...

10 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded seven earthquakes that were spread across Kansas this month. The Hutchinson News reports that the quakes were registered between July 8 and July 14. Two of the earthquakes were recorded south of Coldwater in Comanche County. Another was registered outside Cheney in Sedgwick County. All were below a magnitude of 3.0 ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a forgery case after someone created and forged checks with the IHOP Restaurant logo and bank account information. Captain Chris Trockeck tells KSAL News that thieves used a printer to create and forge 10 checks, made up to look like business checks from the IHOP in Salina located at 2273 S. 9th. Owner, ...

10 years ago
Another Sunflower Bank customer discovers her checking account information was stolen by skimmer thieves. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that a third victim from Salina contacted police this week after reviewing her bank statement. Police say Marjorie Koch's stolen bank card information was used to withdraw cash at ATMs in Oklahoma and Mississippi for a total ...

10 years ago
A dinosaur theme park featuring animatronic life-size dinosaurs is being proposed for the Wichita suburb of Derby. A section of Field Station: Dinosaurs would resemble a dinosaur dig site like the ones where scientists dig up dinosaur bones. The park also would include a museum, a mini golf course and a ropes obstacle course, all under ...

10 years ago
Between 7:00 PM on July 4, 2015 and 10:30 AM on July 5, 2015 a residential burglary was committed at 228 W. Republic. A Glock 21 .45ACP pistol, a Glock 20 10mm pistol and a Benelli Nova pump 12 gauge shotgun were taken. Loss and damage are estimated at $1,400. If you have any information concerning who ...

10 years ago
A child who was locked inside of a hot car in a Wichita grocery store parking lot has been released from the hospital. The girl was released Thursday into the custody of her mother. The Kansas Department of Children as well as the Exploited and Missing Children's Unit are investigating the Wednesday incident. Authorities say fire crews ...

10 years ago
The capital murder trial has been postponed for a 30-year-old Kansas man accused of killing four people. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Franklin County District Judge Eric Godderz on Thursday granted a defense request postponing Kyle Trevor Flack's murder trial from September 2015 to February, 22, 2016. Flack is charged with capital murder in the 2013 slayings ...

10 years ago
An interim manager has been named for the Kansas State Fair about two months before the 2015 fair gets underway. The Hutchison News reports the Kansas State Fair board voted Wednesday to name Assistant Fair Manager Lori Hart as interim manager. The fair, scheduled for September, drew about 350,000 people to the 10-day event last year. Fair manager ...

10 years ago
A central Kansas obstetrician who is seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp outraised the incumbent last quarter and is closing the fundraising gap between the two. Roger Marshall of Great Bend raised nearly $185,000 in the period between April and the end of June, with most of that coming from individual contributors. Huelskamp raised ...

10 years ago
Reports of confirmed mountain lion sightings have increased over the past decade in Kansas and Missouri, but experts say there are no signs that the animals are reproducing in either state. Most of the mountain lions - also known as pumas, panthers, catamounts and cougars - that make their way into the states are males that ...