12 years ago
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has maintained his big fundraising advantage over tea party challenger Milton Wolf in their Republican primary race. Roberts' re-election campaign disclosed Tuesday it had raised nearly $797,000 in cash contributions from April through June. Wolf's campaign reported raising almost $341,000. The three-term incumbent began the quarter with nearly $2.25 million in cash on ...

12 years ago
A national tea party group is backing challenger Milton Wolf's bid to unseat Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts in the state's Republican primary. The Atlanta-based Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund announced Tuesday that it has endorsed Wolf. The group described Wolf as the right conservative candidate to fight Democratic President Barack Obama's agenda in Washington. Spokesman Kevin Broughton ...

12 years ago
Authorities say an inmate who was mistakenly released from the Sedgwick County jail has been recaptured. The county sheriff's office says 33-year-old Chad Engel was arrested Friday at Kanopolis Lake. He was arrested by Ellsworth County authorities after a tip to the McPherson County Crime Stoppers. Further details about the arrest were not released. The Sedgwick County ...

12 years ago
An Abilene man is hurt in a motorcycle crash involving a deer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 52-year-old Mark Longbine was riding a 2096 Harley Davidson motorcycl headed south on a highway in rural Clay County. He collided with a deer in the road. Longbine, who was wearing a helmet, was hurt. He was transported by ...

12 years ago
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and more than 100 other Republicans are endorsing the presumed Democratic nominee for governor. Democratic challenger Paul Davis had a news conference Tuesday to announce the formation of Republicans for Kansas Values. The list of participating Republicans was led by Praeger, who has clashed with Gov. Sam Brownback on health ...

12 years ago
Officials say two more cases of measles have been reported in Sedgwick County, bringing the total number of measles cases in Kansas this year to 11. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said in a release Tuesday that one of the new Sedgwick County cases was in an infant too young to be vaccinated ...

12 years ago
A western Kansas woman has died from injuries she suffered in a house explosion that also claimed her two sons. KWCH-TV reports Via Christi Hospital in Wichita confirmed Tuesday Kelly Unruh has died. She was injured when her family's home in Plymell, near Garden City, exploded on June 28. Her 17-year-old son, Spencer, died in the blast. ...

12 years ago
A Salina man leads police on a high speed chase after allegedly kicking a woman. Monday night around 9pm officers were called to the area of North Street and Idlewilde after an argument turned violent. Police say 25-year-old Alan Salgado walked up to a Chevy Suburban driven by a 22-year-old woman he is acquainted with and pulled ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a break in at a Salina auto shop. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, someone broke a window to gain entry into Del's Mufflers at 622 E. Iron sometime between Saturday at 5:30pm and Monday morning at 7am. Police say multiple shop tools were taken as well as $1,500 welder and welder stands. Total loss and ...

12 years ago
Salina Police unveiled the new line of street cruisers approved by the City during a media conference Tuesday. Chief Brad Nelson says the 8 new Ford Explorers will provide more room for officers and their gear - plus better traction. "The all-wheel drive you almost have to have it," he said. "The rear-wheel drive vehicle is very tough ...

12 years ago
The Peterson farm brothers have released a new video. The brothers, who farm with their family in rural Saline County, have released a variety of parodies in the last two years. The most popular so far has been their very first video, "I'm Farming and I Grow It". It received more than a million views in ...