12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback promises to move "aggressively" to nominate a new Kansas Court of Appeals judge, but he won't pin down a date. The Republican governor responded Monday to a call from Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley to name the new judge this week. Brownback isn't legally required to make the appointment until Aug. 29. But a ...

12 years ago
The chief of the National Guard Bureau says units should be able to maintain their readiness and deployment capabilities indefinitely despite a murky federal military budget outlook. Gen. Frank Grass told soldiers and airmen of the Kansas National Guard on Monday that the 460,000-member force is capable of continuing missions both overseas and domestically. Grass is a ...

12 years ago
A Manhattan man who took part in an armed robbery that ultimately led to a deadly arson fire has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison. Twenty-year-old Dennis James Denzien pleaded guilty in May to aiding and abetting a robbery. The U.S. Attorney's office says he was sentenced Monday in federal court in Topeka. Denzien was ...

12 years ago
Salina City Commissioners send the same offer to Saline County Commissioners that was sent last week in regard to the Salina-Saline County Health Department. Last Monday city commissioners drafted a proposal to send to the county that included among other things: 1. $500,000 city funding for the building 2. $500,000 in health department reserve funds to be used ...

12 years ago
The first meeting of the Smoky Valley Historical Association for the fall and winter season will feature a program on the history of Kansas Weather by Andy Kleinsasser, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wichita. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13 in the Bethany Home activities center, 321 North Chestnut in ...

12 years ago
Rain-swollen rivers in southeast and northeastern Kansas have claimed one life and nearly took another. Crews in Allen County recovered the body of 23-year-old Iola resident Zane Forbis-Burgardt in Elm Creek around 9 a.m. Sunday. The sheriff's department says three men on inner tubes went over a small dam on the creek Saturday afternoon. ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman who was put in jail to serve a weekend term for a failed urinalysis test was charged with three new felony crimes after being admitted into jail. Inmates were quick to call out Bridget Fleming, 38, who decided to smuggle drugs into her cell by way of a body crevice; they knew they ...

12 years ago
A defiant former Kansas police instructor has been sentenced to life in prison for the April 2011 shooting death of his wife. Before he was sentenced Monday, Brett Seacat accused the judge of helping to convict him by hiding evidence that proves Seacat's innocence. The 37-year-old Kingman man told Judge Larry Solomon in a rambling courtroom statement ...

12 years ago
While riding his motorcycle last Saturday night, Keaton Hale, 17, was was struck by a woman in a Ford Focus who failed to stop at a stop sign between State St. and Highway 40. Becky Karabinas, 43, fled the scene and was found by police dogs later that night hiding in a ditch. Hale suffered a fractured ...

12 years ago
On the night of Aug. 2, multiple vehicles were damaged by extensive scratching. It was reported to police that 16 vehicles sitting on the side of the road on South 8 and on Highland were all damaged on their driver's side, the side of the car facing the street. The damage done to the cars was estimated ...

12 years ago
Last week proved to be a tough week for Salina motorcycle owners. There were three different cases reported to police between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 involving the theft of local motorcycles. Brian Shultz, 53, was thefted of his 2006 Suzuki C50, right off of his business parking lot, Pack Rat Smokes. The estimated value of the ...