11 years ago
The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman who it says led officers on a slow-speed chase and ran into a police car. Deputies say the chase began Sunday night after authorities received a call about an unwanted person at a home in Emmett. They say the 43-year-old woman from Topeka left in a van ...

11 years ago
A 64-year-old Salina man has been sentenced to 60 days in prison in the fatal hit-and-run death of a bicyclist. A Saline County judge handed down the punishment to Dennis Grider on Monday. He was also ordered to serve 36 months of probation after the jail time. A jury convicted Grider last month of misdemeanor vehicular homicide ...

11 years ago
Family and friends of a missing Salina woman breathed a sigh of relief Monday night after learning that she was located safe. 20-year-old Amanda Calvin had been missing for over a week. She went missing back on October 11th. Calvin had not returned home yet late Monday night, but police had spoke with her and determined she ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas teenager will spend five years and four months in a juvenile facility for killing his father during a custody exchange. The Kansas City Star reports the Bonner Springs youth was sentenced in Johnson County on Monday, which was his 16th birthday. He pleaded guilty earlier to second-degree murder. The fatal shooting occurred in July ...

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Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has vowed during a debate to defend Kansas' ban on same-sex marriage. His Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, said Monday that he voted against the ban as a legislator because it would give the state an unwelcoming image. But he also said he respects the decision of voters to approve the prohibition. Davis ...

11 years ago
The Oklahoma Air National Guard says two of its fighter jets collided over southeast Kansas during a training exercise, with one ejecting from one of the aircraft. The Oklahoma Guard's Col. Max Moss said neither pilot was seriously injured in the midair collision Monday afternoon. Moss said one of the F-16's returned safely to its base in ...

11 years ago
A central Kansas man is dead after being struck by a Union Pacific freight train over the weekend. The McPherson County sheriff's office told HutchPost.com the body of 36-year-old Joshua Miller was discovered around 2 a.m. Sunday by the crew of a westbound train. Authorities say Miller had been struck by an eastbound train while walking ...

11 years ago
A suspect wanted on warrants eludes officers after a short pursuit. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, just after midnight on Sunday an officer on patrol recognized a suspect wanted on warrants, who was driving a car in the 100 block of E. Prescott. The driver did not pull over but instead led police on a short lived ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has set a hearing this week to hear arguments over whether he should order Kansas to allow same-sex marriages. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree has scheduled a hearing for Friday at the federal courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas. At issue is the request by the American Civil Liberties Union for a temporary injunction ...

11 years ago
Salina Fire crews continue to extinguish hot spots after a suspected arson fire destroyed the former Flamingo Motel at 500 East Pacific. Fire Marshal Roger Williams tells KSAL News the investigation is looking for the possibility of multiple flash points, "We have a good general idea where the fire originated," he said. "We are still trying to ...

11 years ago
Hutchinson police are investigating after officers found a homemade explosive device behind a bar. Sgt. Eric Buller says officers went to Gold Diggers bar after receiving a report of an explosion Sunday afternoon. He says the bar was evacuated as police and fire officials tried to determine what happened. Investigators determined the explosion occurred in a fenced-in ...