11 years ago
A head on crash in McPherson County near Canton killed one person and injured another early Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway patrol, 42-year-old James Schultz from Scott City was driving a 2010 Toyota Corolla headed west on U.S. 56 Highway. He crossed the center line and collided head on with a 2014 Ford ...

11 years ago
Kansas district court clerks' offices aren't seeing heightened activity ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether gay marriage will be permitted in Kansas. No one was in line for a marriage license application midday Wednesday at the court clerk's office in the Shawnee County Courthouse in Topeka. There also was no such activity ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after the rear glass on a 2014 Ford F150 was shattered. The truck, which is owned by Long McArthur Ford, was vandalized sometime between 8pm Sunday and 6:30am Monday morning while it was parked in the 200 block of Greenway. Damage is estimated at $785.   A window ...

11 years ago
A teenage boy is transported to the Junction City Juvenile Detention Center after an alleged incident in a Salina home on Monday evening. According to Police Captain Chris Trocheck, officers arrested a 15-year-old male for one count of attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a 9-year-old boy. Police report the incident occurred at a group foster home in ...

11 years ago
Thieves hit an area cell tower for copper wire. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a copper grounding plate at a cell tower located two miles west of Salina on Stimmel Road. Deputies say the thieves cut the fence to gain access to the property owned by AT&T, then proceeded to cut grounding ...

11 years ago
With cold air settling in the first snow of the season might be be far off. Forecasters anticipate the first measurable snow of the season in much of Central Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, cold air will remain in place Wednesday with afternoon highs in the upper 20s. Overnight lows will remain chilly, especially ...

11 years ago
Federal and industry officials say the government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission. It's a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports to the Federal Aviation Administration were still unusual. The officials say many ...

11 years ago
Authorities in eastern Kansas say two 16-year-old boys have been released from the hospital after being struck by a train on a railroad bridge. Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Steve Lewis said that on Tuesday both teens have been discharged but one will have to return for additional surgery on a broken bone. Lewis says the ...

11 years ago
Fire officials say a child died and two other people were injured in a fire at a Wichita home. Wichita Fire Chief Ron Blackwell says a child believed to be about 9 died in the fire early Wednesday. A woman and a 3-year-old child were taken to a hospital with serious burn injuries. Another person who lived ...

11 years ago
A man is jailed in northeast Kansas after he went to police to report that his uncle had died. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat says 70-year-old Larry Arand, of Belvue, was found dead in his home Monday afternoon. Arand's body was found after his 36-year-old nephew went to the Wamego Police Department Monday to report the death. The ...

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Civil liberties attorneys are telling the U.S. Supreme Court that delaying gay marriage in Kansas will harm same-sex couples and their families. The American Civil Liberties Union responded to a request from Kansas to the court to maintain the state's ban on same-sex marriage. Justice Sonia Sotomayor directed the ACLU to respond by Tuesday afternoon. The state ...