12 years ago
The Defense Department says a soldier from northeast Kansas has died after his patrol came under fire in Afghanistan. The soldier was identified Monday as 35-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Forrest W. Robertson, of Westmoreland. The Pentagon says Robertson's unit was attacked Sunday by small-arms fire in Afghanistan's Logar province. Robertson was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters ...

12 years ago
A standing room only crowd showed up for a townhall meeting on the topic of fluoride and Salina water Monday evening. Pro-fluoridation and anti-fluoridation panels each had 30 minutes each for presentations. They then took questions and comments from the public. The anti-fluoridation panel consisted of a Dr. from Wichita, a chiropractor from Wichita, a political activist ...

12 years ago
Salina City Commissioners approve on first reading the Kansas Wesleyan University Sports Complex Addition. The action paves the way for a new $7.5 million sports complex project to begin. The project includes a new football stadium, track, practice field, and locker room facility. KWU President Matt Thompson told commissioners this project will not only benefit the school, ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is honored by AARP with its highest volunteer award. The organization honored 90-year-old Frank McBride with its 2013 outstanding community service volunteer award during a luncheon banquet in Salina on Monday. Each year, AARP, the nonprofit membership organization for people 50 and over, presents its most prestigious award, the Ethel Percy Andrus Award ...

12 years ago
A former roommate is arrested after a stolen bike is located. Police arrested 27-year-old Justin Charlton of Salina, after his former roomate found his stolen "Gary Fisher Bicycle" listed for sale online at a Salina pawn shop. Police say back on August 25th, the bike, valued at $850 was taken from a residence in the 800 block ...

12 years ago
Police arrest a suspect that was sought in a mid-October assault. Police arrested 34-year-old Christopher Clark, 917 N. 13th, after he allegedly threatened a woman with a handgun in north Salina. Police say back on October 13th, a neighborhood dispute began over some dogs with a 34-year-old woman - and escalated when Clark allegedly pointed a gun ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary and theft near the Saline/Ottawa County border. Deputies say someone entered a storage shed on a property in the 1400 block of E. Ottawa Road and removed numerous items. The owner told officers that a Honeywell 5500 watt generator was stolen as well as a Stihl brand chain ...

12 years ago
A motorcycle is stolen from a Salina residence. Police say a 2004 Yamaha Y2FR6 motorcycle was taken from a side yard at a residence in the 400 block of S. College over the weekend. The owner told officers the bike was parked on the west side of his house with no key in the ignition. The theft ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a robbery at a Salina fast food shop. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen an undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from the Subway restaurant, 1014 E. Crawford, after a robbery on Saturday night just after closing at 10:15pm. A 23-year-old female employee told officers that a suspect, described as a black male with a ...

12 years ago
It’s been a record year for Darius Rucker. Arguably one of the most applauded singles of the year, “Wagon Wheel” has helped the platinum-selling entertainer earn multiple nominations from the CMA and ACA Awards. Fans of his third chart-topping country album, True Believers, can catch Rucker at the Salina Bicentennial Center on Saturday, March 8 ...

12 years ago
An ancient insect-eating mammal has been named after a University of Kansas professor. The university says in a news release that researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Denver Museum of Nature & Science recently have published a description of a fossilized 50-million-year-old creature. They named the shrew-sized mammal after Leonard Krishtalka, director of the Biodiversity ...