12 years ago
Fort Riley is planning a tribute this week to five soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan a week before Christmas. According to the Army post, a memorial ceremony for the five soldiers assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Combat Aviation Brigade who died in a UH-60 Black Hawk crash Dec. 17 in southern Afghanistan is ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a quick change artist tries to trick a local clerk. Police are looking for a known suspect that reportedly asked a clerk at the Petro 2 Gas Station, 2125 N. 9th, for a $100 bill in exchange for five $20 bills. Staff contacted police on Monday morning after the man claimed the ...

12 years ago
A $50,000 reward has yielded no new information about a southeast Kansas boy who has been missing since 1999. An anonymous donor put up the reward in late December in an effort to solve the disappearance of 11-year-old Adam Herrman, who was last seen at his family's home in Towanda. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says by ...

12 years ago
The son of a Kansas sheriff pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of a central Kansas man. Scott Weigel entered the plea Monday in the September death of 21-year-old Keith Ancell of Lincoln. His trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 24. Weigel is being held in a jail outside of Lincoln County. He ...

12 years ago
State health officials have confirmed the cause of an illness that struck patrons of a southwest Kansas restaurant last month. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday the gastrointestinal upset among people who ate food from a Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches in Garden City was caused by norovirus. County and state agencies began investigating the ...

12 years ago
The Department of Defense has awarded the Geary County school district $16 million for construction of a new elementary school at Fort Riley. The Geary County district maintains buildings on the northeast Kansas Army post. The grant announced Monday is for a 500-student school that will relieve overcrowding and improve facility conditions. Fort Riley was placed on ...

12 years ago
Kansas farmers are coping with frigid conditions as they look after cattle herds. Most Kansas ranchers have not begun calving yet. But the lack of snow on the ground means cattle can stay dry and better weather the subzero weather. But it also means there is little protective cover for exposed winter wheat ...

12 years ago
A woman is scammed out of $500 over the telephone. Salina Police report that a 33-year-old woman contacted them after she realized she had been fooled by thieves. Police say back on New Year's Day she was contacted by a person who said they were with a firm called, "Fair Wind Financial Services." The person went on ...

12 years ago
A gun is stolen from an unlocked truck. Salina Police are investigating the theft of a Browning BAR .7mm rifle from a 1997 Ford F150 that was parked in the 1300 block of Prospect. Police say the rifle was outfitted with a scope as well when someone stole the pair sometime between midnight on Sunday and 8am ...

12 years ago
Each year, Members of Congress have the opportunity to nominate outstanding young men and women to attend the nation's military service academies. Following in-person interviews with candidates and rigorous evaluation by a board of Kansans, 1st District Congressman Tim Huelskamp announced that he would recommend the following individuals: Caulan Brooks, of Larned, son of Ronald ...

12 years ago
A former Kansas secretary of agriculture says water supply issues and the depletion of the Ogallala aquifer aren't just a western Kansas problem. Former secretary Josh Svaty told environmentalists with the group Lawrence Ecology Teams United for Sustainability on Sunday that the agriculture economy in western Kansas flows toward the eastern part of state. Roughly ...