12 years ago
A toddler is in protective custody after excessive spankings. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, officers went to a home in southwest Salina after being contacted by the relative of a young female who was being punished with spanking. Police arrested 30-year-old Adam Pritchard of Salina after medical personal at Salina Regional Health Center examined the toddler ...

12 years ago
Some law enforcement officers say a Kansas law against texting-and-driving is difficult to enforce because it is too vague. The 3-year-old law requires officers to ticket drivers who are writing or sending a text while driving or any time the phone is transmitting any type of data. A bill that would have clarified that the ...

12 years ago
A 65-year-old City of Lucas employee has died after being electrocuted Wednesday morning. His name has not yet officially been released due to the process of notifying the family. The man was severely shocked Wednesday morning while working on power lines in the 500 Block of South Wolf Street in Lucas. He was transported by Russell County ...

12 years ago
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will judge the upcoming state Cowboy Poetry Contest. The annual contest is scheduled for Friday in Alma. Those who compete at Alma will have survived regional qualifying rounds in Wichita, Dodge City and Strong City. The top cowboy poets will be recognized at Saturday's Symphony in the Flint Hills ...

12 years ago
Severe thunderstorms that rumbled across the area produced damaging wind and heavy rain late Wednesday into early Thursday. Rush County authorities say wind that blew through LaCrosse was strong enough to knock over train cars sitting at a lumberyard. The sheriff's department says the strong wind Wednesday night pushed over six empty train cars near Main Street ...

12 years ago
A Salina teen is headed to compete in a national scholarship competition. Rhianna Jordan of Salina will travel to Mobile, Alabama, on Sunday to participate in the 57th Distinguished Young Women National Finals. The event itself will be held June 26th, 27th and 28th at the Mobile Civic Center Theater. Jordan is one of 50 state ...

12 years ago
Kansas wildlife officials are hoping a day spent shocking carp and removing them from a south-central Kansas lake will ease conditions for other fish to thrive. Four boats staffed by members of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism set out Tuesday to remove 1,000 pounds of carp from East Lake in Harvey County. ...

12 years ago
Salina's Oakdale Park is undergoing a transformation in preparation of the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival. The official opening event of the 38th annual party in the park is Thursday night's Festival Jam. Entertainment this year includes several traditional favorite acts, along with some new ones. Following Thursday night's jam session, the Friday headliner on ...

12 years ago
The latest government snapshot shows the Agriculture Department has revised downward its forecast for the nation's drought-stricken winter wheat crop. The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated on Wednesday that farmers will bring in 2.38 billion bushels of winter wheat. Their forecast is down 2 percent from a month ago and 10 percent from last year. An even ...

12 years ago
Billy Taylor loves a good mystery, but is still a bit mystified by the media attention his family has received this week after finding the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion. "They told me after we won some of the media might contact me and I thought who's going to call me - but this has ...

12 years ago
A woman from Beloit reports that her phone was stolen at a Salina store. Police are investigating after Donna Ruckert left her phone in the ladies restroom at the Wal-Mart located at 2900 S. Broadway on Tuesday evening around 6pm. She told officers when she returned about 30-minutes later, the Samsung Galaxy 3 Note phone was gone. The ...