11 years ago
Boeing recently auctioned off items from its Wichita hangars as the airplane manufacturer prepares to leave Kansas. At one time Boeing employed as many as 40,000 people in Wichita and for decades was the state's largest private employer. But Boeing Wichita's work has been moved elsewhere and most of its 2,100 Wichita employees have moved with ...

11 years ago
Tea Party challenger Milton Wolf confronted U.S. Senator Pat Roberts as he campaigned in downtown Emporia. Wolf approached the incumbent Senator outside on a sidewalk, as Roberts was making a scheduled stop, and challenged him to debate. Roberts declined to debate, saying "no, this is not the time". A Roberts staffer said "this is not the ...

11 years ago
Burglars hit a new home site in Salina. Police are investigating after someone forced open a door on a home under construction in the 600 block of Quail Hollow and removed items that belong to Barnett Electric of Salina. Police say sometime between Monday evening at 9:30pm and Tuesday morning at 6:30am, someone stole four rolls of ...

11 years ago
Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney has a word of advice for clerks, "They need to educate themselves on the security features of bills," he said. Captain Sweeney's comments came during a media conference on Wednesday as police are now investigating three new incidents of counterfeit bills being used to purchase items at three Salina stores. Police say ...

11 years ago
Eight people on the July list of Salina's Most Wanted are caught. The latest list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line back on July 5th. Since then, 8 have been arrested. The July list looks a little different. In an attempt to clear up numerous outstanding warrants, an expanded list of 44 people is online. Since the Most ...

11 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has been approved by Washington University in St. Louis, MO, to offer the 3 + 2 Engineering Dual Degree. Students accepted into this program will pursue a liberal arts and sciences degree and take pre-engineering courses at Kansas Wesleyan. After three years, they transfer to Washington University in St. Louis for two ...

11 years ago
A man accused of a credit card crime in Salina is caught on video. According to Salina Police, on Tuesday of this week a victim's vehicle was entered, and a wallet containing several credit cards was stolen. One of the credit cards was subsequently used at the Kwik Shop convenience store at 657 Fairdale. The suspect ...

11 years ago
A Kansas mother of a 27-year-old autistic son has joined with three other mothers of special needs children and young adults to create a business where they all can work. MOXI Junction is a coffeehouse, bakery and art gallery that opened Monday in Maize, north of Wichita. It's the idea of Joanna Kilgore, who says ...

11 years ago
Police release video as a search for a man who robbed a Salina convenience store early Tuesday continues. At about 12:20am Tuesday a man with a blue bandana over his face walked into Casey's at 500 North Ohio. He flashed a silver pistol, and demanded money from the register. The robber left the store on foot, with ...

11 years ago
A 3-year-old Wichita boy has died after accidentally shooting himself in the chest with a gun he found while his mom and her boyfriend were taking a nap. The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday and the boy died at a local hospital an hour later. Police say three other children, ages 3, 4 and 5, also ...

11 years ago
The son of a North Carolina-based missionary says his mother is fighting the Ebola virus while in isolation in Liberia. Jeremy Writebol in Wichita, Kansas, told NBC's "Today" show Wednesday he's been able to talk with Nancy Writebol as she fights the illness. He says his mother is able to move around the home where she's in ...