11 years ago
Construction tools are taken from a trailer. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after thieves broke the padlocks on a cargo trailer owned by Reese Construction of Salina and removed numerous power tools including hammer drill and cutoff saw. The burglary occurred between October 17th and October 20th while the trailer was parked at a job ...

11 years ago
Former White House press secretary Jay Carney will speak at Fort Hays State University on the eve of this year's midterm elections. The university says Carney will speak the evening of Nov. 3 as part of the Sebelius Lecture Series on Current Issues. Carney resigned in May after more than three years as President Barack Obama's primary ...

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 ...

11 years ago
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 ...