12 years ago
A new leader is set to take over the Salina based Coronado Area Council Boy Scout Organization, and for the first time it will be a woman. According to the organization, Wendy A. Shaw is the new Scout Executive/Chief Executive Officer of the council. Shaw began her scouting career at Pikes Peak Council in Colorado Springs s ...

12 years ago
A federal judge has issued an order shielding disclosure of government's evidence against a man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot on Friday granted the prosecution's request in the case of Terry Loewen, a 58-year-old avionics technician facing terror-related charges for the alleged plan to attack ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary. Officers were called to a home in the 300 block of South 10th on Thursday after someone walked through an unlocked door and took numerous electronics. Police say someone entered the house sometime between 3:30pm and 5pm and stole a PlayStation 3 game console, 12 PS3 games and an IPod ...

12 years ago
A traffic stop leads to 4 drug related arrests. According to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney, an officer on patrol saw a group of people riding in a car who were not buckled up and pulled them over in the 700 block of S. Broadway at about 2:14am Thursday. Police say the driver was arrested at ...

12 years ago
A Salina man and Concordia man as honored as drivers of the year. According to the Kansas Aggregate Producers’ Association and Kansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Earl Krug and James Ball are their Drivers of the Year. The men were awarded a $250 cash prize, recognition at the KAPA-KRMCA 46th Annual Joint Convention Awards Program, personal ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman wins an "Ultimate Chiefs Experience" from the Kansas Lottery. According to the lottery, Kimberly Knott of Salina is one of five grand prize winner who will get to experience the fun and excitement this fall after winning an "Ultimate Chiefs Experience" in the Kansas Lottery's Kansas City Chiefs second-chance drawing. The winners are: 1. ...

12 years ago
A basketball game between Sterling and Tabor colleges was postponed until Monday after a fire broke out at Sterling's gym. The college says about 300 to 400 people were evacuated from the gym when the fire began Thursday evening at the Gleason Center gymnasium. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A damage ...

12 years ago
The final personal journals of novelist William S. Burroughs have been donated to the University of Kansas. Burroughs lived in Lawrence from 1982 until his death in 1997. Besides the journals, the donation to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library includes typescripts and editing materials. The materials were the source for "Last Words: The Final Journals of ...

12 years ago
Douglas County sheriff's deputies are investigating after two older horses that got loose were found shot to death. The horses apparently had been wandering south of Stull for several days before being found dead this week. Darrel Harden says he owned one horse and was keeping the other for an acquaintance. He doesn't live ...

12 years ago
A nationally known politician and commentator spent a little time in Salina Thursday. Former governor, and potential future presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee was in town as the keynote speaker for the 103rd Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting. Huckabee is the former Arkansas Governor, and currently is a nationally known television and ...

12 years ago
A northeast Kansas teenager who braved this week's winter storm to pull dozens of cars out of the snow has been recognized for his good deeds. 19-year-old Andrew Flood headed out from his Lenexa home in a pickup truck Tuesday night amid snow blanketing the Kansas City metro region. One by one, he hooked up his ...