12 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Wednesday issued an executive order authorizing a $5,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of fugitive Kevin Robert Welsh. Welsh is wanted in connection with the deaths of two individuals and shooting of a third in Eureka, Kan., on Oct. 2. He is believed to be armed and dangerous. “I ...

12 years ago
Three Salina-based organizations have been awarded grants totaling $131,000 for victims service programs. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidts Office, Ashby House, Child Advocacy & Parenting Services, and the Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas are all receiving funding. Ashby House was awarded a $5,000 grant to plan for a safe exchange and visitation program for ...

12 years ago
The  Saline County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of some welding equipment from a work truck. Deputies were checking the parking lot at the Wild Wild West Club on Old 40 Highway around 11:30pm Tuesday night and noticed a welding truck in the lot with an open tool box and hoses strewn on the ground. Deputies ...

12 years ago
A medical condition contributes to a crash north of Salina early Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, shortly after a noon a car crashed on US 81 Highway. A medical condition caused the driver to lose control. The driver veered of the road, and crashed into a culvert. Troopers say that other than the medical ...

12 years ago
An intense fire destroys a large amount of hay early Wednesday morning. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, deputies and rural firefighters were sent to the 1800 Block of West Coronado Heights Road at about 1:30 Wednesday morning. The hay was fully engulfed when they arrived. The fire destroyed nearly 170 bales of hay. Total loss ...

12 years ago
A two-day animal disease emergency preparedness exercise is going on at K-State. The Kansas Department of Agriculture is leading the event Wednesday and Thursday this week in Manhattan to practice the state’s response plan to a foreign animal disease. According to the department, the two-day functional exercise is based out of the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) on ...

12 years ago
Interim Chief of Police Carson Mansfield held a media conference Wednesday morning to break down a YouTube video that captured an arrest made outside a Salina bar last week. The video clip, which has been viewed over 21,000 times, shows an arrest in progress, and then a second officer forcing another individual to the ground. Chief Mansfield ...

12 years ago
A Lawrence resident who's been a fossil hunter for nearly three decades wants the state of Kansas to recognize a state fossil. Alan Detrich has been trying for 12 years to get the state to authorize a state fossil. And now he's dedicating one last year to the cause before giving up. Kansas is one ...

12 years ago
A dozen new West Nile virus cases are reported in Kansas along with two deaths. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, twelve additional cases of West Nile virus were reported in the past week, bringing the total number of 2013 cases to 32. Of the 32 total cases reported in Kansas, two patients ...

12 years ago
A Lyons couple are killed when their car makes a u-turn in front of a semi. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 80-year-old Gordon L. Zahradnik was merging onto K156 Highway eastbound from K4 Highway. He was attempting to make a u-turn in the path of a semi when the two vehicles collided. The car was ...

12 years ago
A preliminary hearing in a second-degree murder case involving the son of a Kansas sheriff has been postponed. The hearing for Scott Weigel was scheduled Tuesday in Lincoln County District but it was rescheduled to Nov. 25. The 33-year-old Weigel is charged in the Sept. 9 shooting death of 21-year-old Keith Ancell of Lincoln. Lincoln County Attorney ...