12 years ago
Police are investigating after someone removed Stihl brand lawn tools from a shed at a Salina church. Police report someone forced a door open on a storage shed at Saint John's Lutheran Church, 302 S. 7th, sometime between Friday at 5pm and and Monday at 7:30am and stole two trimmers and a leaf blower. Total ...

12 years ago
Two people on the September list of Salina's Most Wanted are caught. The latest list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line over the weekend. Since then, two have been arrested. They are Stephanie Hewitt, who was wanted for forgery and criminal use of a financial card, and Stephanie Shuler who was wanted for possession of methamphetamine ...

12 years ago
Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly jumped out of a truck and assaulted a man. The unnamed victim told officers he was standing on the sidewalk on South 9th near Brown Mackie College just before 6pm Monday, when a Chevy pickup approached. A white male then jumped out of the truck's passenger side and began ...

12 years ago
With the ethnicity of the Kansas population constantly changing — it's estimated that 1 in 8 Kansans are Latino or Asian — questions are arising about how diversity will affect the state's future. Kansas State University Salina's first Civic Luncheon Lecture of the fall semester will focus on the topic of immigration with an educational ...

12 years ago
A southwest Kansas county attorney says high school students who texted nude photographs of an underage girl will not be heading to court. Finney County Attorney Susan Richmeier says that she will recommend the students enter a deferral program instead of charging the teenagers. She says about 40 students were involved and that they didn't realize ...

12 years ago
After another hot and breezy day on Tuesday, expect big changes for the rest of the week. According to the National Weather Swrvice, A strong cold front will usher in Canadian air driving temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal through the rest of the work-week. The cold front will also bring with it the ...

12 years ago
Kansas higher education officials have sought an annual assessment of student learning, but a first attempt by schools produced a wide-variety of assessment systems. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas universities used six different assessment systems, while community and technical colleges used eight. State higher education officials want the assessment to determine how much students are learning at ...

12 years ago
Emergency management officials in south-central Kansas say there are no reports of damage from a series of small earthquakes that shook Sumner County. The U.S. Geological Survey says two quakes in the magnitude 3 range were centered southeast of Conway Springs. One earthquake struck just before 8 a.m. Monday, followed by another at 10:23 a.m. KWCH-TV reports ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman who pleaded no contest to first degree murder charges in connection with the death of her 3-month-old son is sentenced to life in prison. Judge Patrick Thompson on Monday sentenced 21-year-old Desirah N. Overturf to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. The case stems from the death of ...

12 years ago
Police arrest a Salina woman accused of pointing a knife at an acquaintance. Officers were called to a central Salina home early Sunday morning around 12:15am after a 46-year-old man was threatened with a knife. Police arrested 37-year-old Leslie Keeler after an argument escalated in the home. Police say she tore a shirt that belonged to the man ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a vehicle burglary in the 1800 block of Quincy. Police say on Saturday someone broke the window on a 2001 Mitsubishi Montero that was parked in the driveway and removed the radio after damaging the dash. They also stole $100 in currency. Total loss is listed at $550. An excavation truck is stolen. ...