12 years ago
A judge has refused a media request to open some sealed court documents in a quadruple homicide in southeast Kansas. The Parsons Sun had asked a Labette County judge to allow the newspaper to review probable-cause and search-warrant affidavits in the case of David Bennett Jr., who is charged with killing a Parsons woman and her ...

12 years ago
Democrat Jean Schodorf says Secretary of State Kris Kobach should fire the Sedgwick County election commissioner for her handling of petitions submitted to her office seeking to decriminalize marijuana in Wichita. Schodorf is challenging Kobach in the race for secretary of state. She said Wednesday that election commissioner Tabitha Lehman should be immediately fired for incompetence ...

12 years ago
Federal authorities say they have no plans to file charges against a company that contracted to provide dental services for the Kansas Army National Guard. The U.S. attorney's office in Wichita confirmed Thursday that the FBI has concluded its investigation of Dentrust, a Pennsylvania company that performs dental screenings and treatment for Guard soldiers. Both state and ...

12 years ago
A woman from Nebraska contacts police after her 1958 Cadillac is stolen from a storage garage. Salina Police are investigating after someone cut the lock on a garage in the 900 block of South Santa Fe Ave. and removed a lavender, 4-door 1958 Cadillac DeVille. Owner, Vichi Martin told police that someone allegedly stole the car sometime ...

12 years ago
Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams, who has served in the department for nearly 40 years, says he will resign, effective Sept. 5 Williams announced his resignation Thursday in a news release and police briefing. He began his career as a police officer in Wichita in 1975 and moved up to through the department before becoming chief ...

12 years ago
Police make three arrests in connection to a counterfeit bill operation in Salina. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the public's help aided the investigation. "We were able to identify these individuals through the information received from the public and also from the video footage to help confirm that these were the people who were ...

12 years ago
Some of the world's most historic documents will be on display for a week in September at Benedictine College in Atchison. The exhibition from the Remnant Trust features a rare printing of the Declaration of Independence from 1776, a page from one of the first Gutenberg Bibles from 1455, a copy of the Magna Carta from ...

12 years ago
Update: At approximately 9:01am Thursday morning, officers from the Salina Police Department were sent to a Crescent address reference a domestic violence call.  It was reported that shots may have been fired. Upon arrival, they located a 61-year-old woman outside of the residence bleeding in the facial area. She was taken to an ambulance for her injuries.  ...

12 years ago
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says a bicyclist was killed when he was hit by a car that was trying to pass another vehicle. Deputies say the male cyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon south of Clinton Lake near Lawrence. He was pronounced dead at the scene. They say a car was heading west and attempting to pass ...

12 years ago
The top federal prosecutor in Kansas has told civil rights activists that their complaints are not falling on deaf ears. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom spoke Wednesday in Wichita at a civil rights symposium that drew about 100 law enforcement officials and community advocates. Grissom called the event an opportunity to open a dialogue and talk about things ...

12 years ago
Police investigating a blowgun attack on two children in central Kansas have made two arrests. The incident happened in late July as the girls, ages 12 and 14, were swimming in Sand Creek in Newton. The girls said two people who were fishing became annoyed when they swam too close to the fishing lines. The girls said ...