12 years ago
Authorities in northeast Kansas say a small alligator spotted in a lake was shot and wounded in the snout before it could be rescued. Fishermen spotted the 3-foot-long alligator on Saturday in Atchison County Lake. Sheriff's deputies monitored the animal until the Atchison County Humane Society helped catch it Monday using a dog kennel and other ...

12 years ago
A special committee of Kansas lawmakers will meet Aug. 26 to consider proposals for rewriting a state law allowing judges to sentence convicted murderers to at least 50 years in prison. House Republican Lance Kinzer, the panel's chairman, said Wednesday the 14-member committee will draft recommendations on repairing the "Hard 50" law at the meeting. A U.S. ...

12 years ago
A day after the county expressed little interest in seeing a written proposal for a joint city-county health department, Salina City Commissioners met in a special meeting Wednesday afternoon and agreed to draft one. City commissioners voted to draft specific language of a plan for an interlocal agreement with the county to jointly operate the health ...

12 years ago
A former Solomon teacher pleads to sex charges. According to Dickinson County court officials, 28-year-old Amber Stroda on Wednesday pleaded to three felony counts of unlawful sexual relations. Stroda was arrested back in February of this year. She was accused of having sex with two different male Solomon High School students. The students at the time were ...

12 years ago
[caption id="attachment_2198" align="alignnone" width="300"] Brooks Garretson, 14, puts some finishing last touches on his handcrafted dinosaur sculpture. The sculpture has a chicken wire skeleton with a paper mache and gauze outer body. Nearly 100 hours went in to its creation.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2199" align="alignnone" width="300"] Stony Pony, a 13-year-old miniature horse stands by a towering combine outside ...

12 years ago
A Bonner Springs woman has filed the paperwork to run for the 2014 Kansas gubernatorial race, running as a Libertarian in a third-party challenge to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. Tresa McAlhaney announced Wednesday that she filed the necessary documents to form a committee with the state to begin her campaign. She is joined on the ticket ...

12 years ago
Two trucks are stolen from a car dealer's detail shop. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, one of the trucks has been recovered after thieves drove off with two Ford trucks from the Long McArthur Ford detail building at 2820 Foxborough, sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning. Police say the investigation is ongoing after a 2012, F150, ...

12 years ago
A Missouri couple is turning to the Tri Rivers Fair's talent contest in search of someone who might have what it takes to help save their four sons' lives. Tim and Maggie Murry are looking for bone marrow matches to help their sons fight a rare form of blood cancer called Diamond-Blackfan anemia. On ...

12 years ago
Three storage units are broken into on Copper Court. Police report that sometime between Sunday at 4pm and Monday at 8am, someone removed the locks on three storage units at Access Storage, 1640 Copper Court. Thieves did not remove any possessions from two of the units, but stole numerous items from a third. Police say a collection of ...

12 years ago
A day after the county rejected an offer of a joint city-county health department Salina City Commissioners call a special meeting. Saline County Commissioners reaffirmed late Tuesday afternoon that they do not want to enter into a new interlocal agreement with the City of Salina in regard to the operation of the Salina-Saline County Health Department. About ...

12 years ago
Cleanup continues at the El Dorado Reservoir where winds earlier this week caused a fuel spill and damaged several boats and docks at the Shady Creek Marina. El Dorado State Park manager Seth Turner said Tuesday that the fuel spill is contained and crews were pumping water from a houseboat that was largely under water ...