11 years ago
The Drug Task Force makes four arrests and is expecting to make more after a controlled meth buy. According to Task Force Commander Lt. Bill Cox, a confidential informant made a controlled purchase of methamphetamine inside a room at the Salina Howard Johnson, 222 E. Diamond Drive on Thursday. Agents then used a search warrant and arrested ...

11 years ago
The owners of a corral in Scott County where 75 wild horses died last week defended their work with the animals. A preliminary investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management attributed the deaths of mostly older horses to stress after being moved from their original pastures. BLM spokesman Paul McGuire says some of ...

11 years ago
A blast of dangerous late summer heat will continue through the weekend. According to the National Weather Service, the heat wave will continue across Kansas through the upcoming weekend. Afternoon heat indices of 100 to 104 degrees expected. A heat advisory is in effect for northeast Kansas through Saturday night. Officials urge caution for those who have to ...

11 years ago
Police have arrested the owner of a Wichita home day care where a toddler's leg was partially severed by a lawn mower. The 39-year-old woman was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of one count of aggravated endangering a child. It's unclear if she has been formally charged. Police say the 18-month-old girl was injured ...

11 years ago
A new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy is slowing down in rural areas of 10 states in the Plains and the West. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says falling crop prices have farmers spending less, and crop prices are expected to continue declining this fall. The overall economic index for the region fell into negative ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback says he's not sure the federal government knows the unintended consequences of a planned labor overtime rule that aims to protect domestic service workers. Brownback met Thursday with home health care givers and their charges at the Independent Living Resource Center in Wichita to rally opposition to the regulation. Kansas contends the rule that ...

11 years ago
A Kansas judge has ordered the state to release more documents to people fighting to write a book about the 1959 "In Cold Blood" murders. Judge Larry Hendricks issued the order Thursday after hearing arguments over case files kept at the home of a deceased Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent who was part of the murder ...

11 years ago
A traffic stop leads to a drug related arrest. According to Captain Chris Trocheck, an officer on patrol stopped a driver for a traffic violation near the corner of S. Broadway and Crawford at 1:30am Thursday. Further investigation led to the discovery of 3.1 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle. Police also found a .25 ...

11 years ago
Haysville police say a man was holding a bleeding woman at knife point before an officer shot him to death. Police Chief Jeff Whitfield said in a statement Thursday that officers found 40-year-old Chad Leichhardt holding the woman at a Haysville apartment on Tuesday. One officer shot Leichhardt after he refused commands to drop the knife ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for two suspects who did a home flooring demonstration - while a third person allegedly stole cash from a bedroom. Police report a white male with a scruffy white beard in his 60's or 70's, along with a white male in his late teens knocked on a door in the 2000 block ...

11 years ago
A jailhouse fight will keep a man already serving a life sentence in connection with a Salina murder behind bars a little longer. 26-year-old Joel Heil appeared in Saline County District Court Thursday morning and plead no contest to a charge of disorderly conduct. The charge stems from a fight between Heil and another inmate in ...