12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary. Staff at Lorenson Welding, 218 W. Elm, contacted SPD after an inventory revealed that a Snap-On Tool box was missing. The red tool box which is valued at $900, 38-inches by 4-foot by 2-feet, was kept in a store room and had no tools in the drawers. Police say there was ...

12 years ago
Salina Police arrest a woman in connection to a miscellaneous theft case. Multiple items were stolen from the 1400 block of Osborne on December 12th, including gold jewelry and various collectables. The property also sustained damage to a storm window. Total loss and damage is estimated at over $1000. Police arrested 44 year old Kaylene Denise Sheffield of ...

12 years ago
Police arrest a man after he allegedly stole a jewelry collection from his grandmother. Salina Police arrested 34-year-old James Curtis Walle, 1716 Summers Rd, after he allegedly removed numerous pieces of gold jewelry from his grandmother's home in the 600 block of Huehl Circle, and sold it without her permission. Police say he sold over $4,000 worth ...

12 years ago
Salina Police arrest a woman who had been writing and passing counterfeit checks. Christine Elizabeth Rice faces charges on 14 counts of forgery, one count misdemeanor theft and one count felony theft from forging checks between November 1st and January 16th. The checks were stolen from Steven Jacobs of Salina, and written in town. Checks were also ...

12 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after a vehicle was damaged in the Central Mall parking lot. Officers were called after someone damaged an SUV. Police say sometime between 2-4 p.m. Friday someone vandalized a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer at 2259 S. 9th St. The vehicle was dented at the passenger rear near the wheel well. Total ...

12 years ago
Weather experts in Kansas say people should not trust in myths to keep them safe during severe weather. A legend called the Tonganoxie Split, for example, purports the hills divert severe weather away from the Kansas City metropolitan area, Lawrence and Tonganoxie. But in fact, a tornado hit Tonganoxie in 2000, causing $2.1 million in damage ...

12 years ago
The Salina Police Department is investigating after a car is broken into Saturday morning. Between the hours of 2-7 a.m. a 2002 Honda Accord was compromised in the 500 block of Camden Dr. Deputies say a backpack, eye glasses, billfold and three textbooks were taken from the vehicle. There was no sign of forced entry. Total loss is ...

12 years ago
A father is facing charges after taking his 7-year-old son with him on a burglary. Salina Police responded to a burglary in progress call on Friday at about 1:45pm in the 1600 block of E. Cloud. Police arrested 32-year-old Adam Branstetter of Salina after he emerged from the home with an electronic cable in his hand and ...

12 years ago
Kansas legislators are resuming discussions of education funding in the wake of a state Supreme Court decision that faulted the way certain funds are distributed to school districts. The court on Friday ruled the state's funding of schools unconstitutional, and pointed to two specific areas related to aid for poor districts as needing immediate attention. Legislators have ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas Student Senate will vote this week on whether to eliminate a fee students have paid to the athletics department for more than 30 years. Students pay $25 in the fall and spring and $10 in the summer, with the revenue going to women's and non-revenue sports. The fee raised $1.1 million for ...

12 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee plans to review a proposal this week to change the dates of local elections so they occur on the same schedule as legislative and statewide contests. The bill on the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee's agenda Wednesday is a modified version of a proposal from the Kansas Republican Party. The GOP argues ...