12 years ago
A Kansas inmate who walked away from his work release assignment last week has been caught in Oklahoma, and state corrections officials are trying to figure out how got there. Chad Alan Leichhardt was reported missing Friday afternoon from a Newton fabrication plant where he worked. The 39-year-old Hutchinson Correctional Facility inmate was taken into custody ...

12 years ago
A return to normal temperatures could mean a significant rise in heating costs this winter as historically low natural gas prices also move higher. Kansas Gas Service, with 630,000 customers across the state, expects customer bills to rise about 6 percent from November to May, compared with last year's costs. Black Hills Energy, with more than 600,000 ...

12 years ago
One man and one juvenile were injured early Saturday afternoon in a one vehicle rollover wreck near Wilson Lake. According to the Russell County Sheriff's Office, the rollover occurred just to the south of Land Road on 203rd Street at about 12:50 PM Saturday. A 1996 Isuzu Trooper driven by 34-year-old Brandon Boutte was southbound on 203rd ...

12 years ago
Tools stolen in Saline county are recovered, and a couple of arrests are made. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, between 11:30 PM on October 8th and 12:15 AM October 9th about $1,728.00 worth of welding tools were taken from the back of a flatbed truck while it was parked at the Wild ...

12 years ago
Saturday was a day of disruption for shoppers using food stamps in 17 states across the country. Shoppers from Maine to Oklahoma had to abandon baskets of groceries on Saturday because they couldn't access their benefits via debit card. Debit-style cards used by the recipients wouldn't work for hours. The electronics benefits system is run by Xerox, which ...

12 years ago
The partial government shutdown is squeezing a number of programs that help people in need. So, across the country, donors big and small are opening their wallets to help keep some of those programs afloat. A pair of Texas philanthropists pledged up to $10 million to help Head Start programs affected by the shutdown. A university in ...

12 years ago
The federal government shutdown that has idled hundreds of thousands of workers is starting to have ripple effects in states. Across the nation, around a dozen states already have furloughed hundreds of employees whose paychecks depend on federal money. State officials say thousands of additional employees could be furloughed if the federal budget stalemate isn't resolved ...

12 years ago
An appeals court has affirmed the conviction of a man accused of molesting a 4-year-old girl at a rural Lawrence day care center. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that a Kansas Court of Appeals panel found that there was sufficient evidence to sentence 71-year-old Richard Gonzalez to two sentences of 25 years to life for aggravated criminal ...

12 years ago
A disagreement lands a Salina man in Jail. Salina Police were called to the 700 block of S. Santa Fe, after a dispute between two men turned into a damage to property case. Police arrested 28-year-old Randy Rice early Friday, after he allegedly kicked the passenger side of a 2005 Chevy Malibu and then poured a can ...

12 years ago
The Kansas adjutant general says that each day the federal government remains partially shut down, the Kansas National Guard loses some of its readiness. Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli says that every day the shutdown goes on "we lose a little bit of readiness." Congress hasn't approved a budget for this fiscal year, prompting a partial ...

12 years ago
A couple of retired police cruisers are damaged. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, 2 SPD patrol cars were damaged in a lot where they are stored at the city's central garage, 420 E. Ash sometime between Tuesday night at 9pm and Wednesday morning around 7am. Police say the windshield on one vehicle was broken the other unit's ...