11 years ago
Deputies conducting a special DUI saturation patrol in Saline County late Friday night stayed busy. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, deputies made a dozen stops, made an arrest, and wrote several citations and warnings. Complete Statistics: 12 Stops 1 DUI 1 Open container 1 Warrant served 1 Speeding 1 Seat belt 10 Warnings There were 5 DUI arrests made over the weekend by ...

11 years ago
A man whose body was found late last week on a frozen creek just outside of Salina died of natural causes. The body of 65-year-old Robert Lloyd Basye was found Thursday evening on the ice on Mulberry Creek near the Bosselman Pilot Truck Stop by a father and daughter on a late afternoon walk. According to the ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is jailed on charges of promoting obscenity. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the parents of a 14-year-old Salina girl, contacted police after a man sent nude pictures of himself to their daughter. Officers arrested 27-year-old Shayne D. Motes on Monday. Police allege that Motes sent nude pictures of himself to the female victim ...

11 years ago
The owners of a Kansas wind farm say in a lawsuit that City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, did not buy the amount of energy required under an agreement. Smoky Hills Wind Project says in its lawsuit that City Utilities bought $1.7 million less energy than the wind farm had expected. Smoky Hills says ...

11 years ago
A program that brings lower airfares to Wichita and Garden City might be grounded in the near future. Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing reducing state funds for the Kansas Affordable Airfares Program. The governor wants to reduce the current $5 million state funding to $4 million in fiscal year 2016 and $3 million the next ...

11 years ago
A government program that helps people pay winter utility bills will begin taking applications this week. The Low Income Energy Assistance Program is offered to those with disabilities, the elderly, or families with children who meet income eligibility standards. The Kansas Department for Children and Families will take applications Tuesday through March 31. More than ...

11 years ago
Wichita police say a teenager stabbed a burglar in his home while his brother alerted authorities. The suspect is hospitalized recovering from the stab wounds he suffered during the attempted burglary Monday. His condition was not released. 17-year-old Austin Schierkolk encountered the burglar early Monday in west Wichita. He says he stabbed the man in the neck ...

11 years ago
Authorities say two people are in the hospital after they were injured in two separate hunting accidents on the same day. According to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, a 15-year-old male was shot in the leg while turkey hunting with three other boys on Sunday. Morse says a shotgun accidentally discharged and hit the teen. He was ...

11 years ago
A 34-year-old homeless man has been arrested for attempted murder after police say he stabbed two people in Kansas last week. The man was booked early Sunday morning in the Shawnee County Jail on charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery. Police officers who arrived Thursday afternoon to the home say they found 54-year-old Sheila Kay ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas students, faculty and staff are getting first dibs on tickets to see President Barack Obama in Lawrence discussing themes from his State of the Union address. The university says students can start picking up their free tickets at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the box office in the Kansas Union. A limited number of ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas has a new high-flying perk for some of its officials. The university is using a new airplane purchased by a gift from the Kansas Endowment. University spokeswoman Errin Barcomb-Peterson says the seven-passenger Cessna Citation CJ4 was delivered Dec. 23 and has already been used on some trips. The exact ...