12 years ago
A man has been sentenced to probation for stealing a statue from Wichita State more than 25 years ago. Mitchel R. Potter of Lamar, Mo., has pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property in connection with the 1987 theft of a bronze bust of poet Robert Frost from WSU. Potter, who was not a student at ...

12 years ago
A seller on Craigslist falls victim to a fraudulent check. Salina Police are investigating a theft by deception case after 19-year-old Amethyst Travelbee of Salina sold a lift chair recliner on the website Craigslist. Police say the chair was listed for $250, and the buyer sent a check to the woman for $1,450. The buyer ...

12 years ago
Three soldiers, two of them from Salina, are being called heroes after they jumped into action earlier this month. One while a man was being attacked and stabbed, two others after they found four people injured. On August 10th, four people were stabbed after a night out near the intersection of 6th & Jackson. 21-year-old Colin ...

12 years ago
Police say a 12-year-old boy told them he was driving a car to get his dad and a friend, who were both drunk, something to eat. Wichita police pulled the boy over early Sunday because the car was being driven erratically. A passenger, who police say appeared to be intoxicated, was with him. Police spokesman Sgt. Bart ...

12 years ago
A former police officer accused of conspiring to bribe a car-theft victim in hopes of saving her job is due back in court. Thirty-four-year-old ex-Wichita police officer Joletta Vallejo and her co-defendants have a hearing Monday in federal court in Wichita. She was indicted in May on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy. Also charged are ...

12 years ago
Lawrence city leaders are putting the brakes on plans to purchase new buses for their public transportation fleet to give another look at using compressed natural gas as a power source. The city had planned to buy three diesel and diesel-electric hybrid buses, but the lower cost of natural gas is prompting a second look. The Lawrence ...

12 years ago
A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the slaying of another man who was held down as his throat was slashed. The Wichita Eagle reports Caesar K. Louis pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary in the Aug. 4, 2012, death of Phem Xiong. Louis, who was scheduled to go on trial Monday ...

12 years ago
A Kansas lawyer challenging the state's Sexual Predator Act says a lot has changed in the law since the Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that it was constitutional. Attorney Michael Whalen lost a bid Friday to keep the state from using his client's medical and prison records against him. Whalen argued that forcing his client, ...

12 years ago
A three vehicle rear-end crash on Interstate 70 near Salina Sunday morning sends an elderly Manhattan couple to the hospital. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 89-year-old Maureen Woellhof was driving a Toyota SUV west on the interstate. As she appoached an area where traffic was being rerouted due to a wreck, she rear-ended a car, ...

12 years ago
A Kansas couple has combined their passion for storm chasing and a love of customizing cars by building what they call a tornado-hunting tank. Steve Worthington and Stacy Valentine enjoy driving straight into thunderstorms to see what's happening. But Worthington says they got tired of having their cars damaged by large hail and high winds. After years ...

12 years ago
A crash involving two semis caused a stretch of Interstate 70 in Saline and Ellsworth Counties to close for several hours Sunday morning. KHP Lt.JL Riedel tells KSAL News that the crash happened in Lincoln County. One semi rear-ended another. Riedel says that the trucks were so entangled that it took about two hours to get one ...