12 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed legislation pushed by fellow Republicans making it harder for voters to switch parties before primary elections.  The bill signed Tuesday bars voters who register with one party from switching their affiliation from June 1 in an election year until after results from August party primaries are certified. June 1 is ...

12 years ago
Jurors heard a full day of testimony Tuesday in a trial stemming from a Salina murder. Prosecutors said they would prove how 33-year-old Dane DeWeese helped in the murder of 27-year-old Kristin Tyler, saying they would provide testimony on how she was beaten with a chain and her face was held underwater. Last Spring Tyler went missing. ...

12 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is optimistic legislators are getting closer to a school funding solution to satisfy a Kansas Supreme Court ruling, though he would like to see more of the new spending directed toward classrooms. A plan emerged Monday night that would increase spending by $129 million in two areas identified as unconstitutional by ...

12 years ago
A woman pleaded no contest to planning the shooting death of a former Kansas high school football player. Twenty-two-year-old Ebony Nguyen entered the plea Monday to felony first-degree murder. She was scheduled to go on trial this week for premeditated first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 2013 death of former Wichita South ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Lottery says that someone is holding a Powerball ticket worth $1 million. The ticket for Saturday night's drawing in the multistate game was sold in the northeastern part of Kansas. Lottery officials said Monday it matched the first five numbers in the drawing, but not the Powerball. Saturday's numbers were 13-28-31-55-58, Powerball 15. A single ...

12 years ago
Scant rain across most of Kansas has led to declining soil moisture levels as the condition of the winter wheat crop continues to decline. In its weekly update, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that less than half of Kansas is reporting adequate soil moisture supplies. The agency rated the condition of the emerging winter wheat ...

12 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo was a popular place to be last week. According to the organization, a record number of visitors passed through the gates. The zoo says that from Saturday, March 15th through Sunday, March 23rd they welcomed 5,633 visitors to the Zoo and Wildlife Museum. Many area students were on Spring break during the time ...

12 years ago
A man smuggles pills inside the jail using his prosthetic leg. Slurred speech and a urine test showed an inmate inside the Saline County Jail was taking drugs. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, 33-year-old Christopher L. Jones smuggled prescription drugs and meth into the facility - hiding the contraband inside his artificial leg. Deputies became concerned when ...

12 years ago
A man is arrested on multiple charges after failing to return a rented drain auger. Salina Police were contacted by staff at Waters True Value, 460 S. Ohio, on Saturday after a customer failed to bring back some plumbing equipment he rented for a 3-hour period on March 13th. Police went to interview the man and found ...

12 years ago
A Saline County man is facing multiple charges after being arrested twice. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, deputies were called to 4720 W. Pleasant Hill Rd on Saturday night at about 8:30pm after a concerned female called to report a possible domestic disturbance. The woman said 62-year-old Robert Brown had told her he shot out his ...

12 years ago
Burglars hit a mini storage business. Salina Police are investigating after someone stole a loaded trailer from the lot at Broadway Mini Storage, 3335 S.9th. Police say sometime between 9pm on March 20th and 8:45am March 21st, someone entered through the gate and stole a 14-foot by 7-foot enclosed trailer which was loaded with a Polaris 4x4 ...