7 years ago
A man was arrested after choking his wife unconscious in their south Salina home. Police arrested 33-year-old Alexander M. Cochran late Friday night after an argument turned violent in the 600 block of S. 3rd. Police allege at one point Cochran wrapped his forearm around the 30-year-old woman's throat to choke her until she passed out. The victim ...

7 years ago
The Powerball jackpot is now the highest amount since the run that produced the world record jackpot of $1.586 billion in January 2016.  If the jackpot is hit Wednesday, it will be the 2nd largest jackpot in Powerball game history and the 3rd largest among lottery jackpots in North America. Any player who matches all five ...

7 years ago
The League of Women Voters’ 2017 Fall Issues Forum brings one of Kansas’ foremost advocates for universal health care to Salina. Sheldon Weisgrau, Director of the Health Reform Resource Project, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, in the Prescott Room of Salina Public Library, 301 E. Elm St., Salina. “Sheldon is passionate about access to health ...

7 years ago
Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer's legislative voting record gives insight into the course of policy action he's certain to sustain if he wins the governor's race. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Colyer generally has avoided hefty policy pronouncements in recent weeks to focus on explaining what type of governor he would be. Colyer launched a state Legislature career ...

7 years ago
A top Democratic lawmaker says he is joining the crowded race to replace Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. House Minority Leader Jim Ward of Wichita announced his candidacy Saturday. He had named former Democratic Party chairman Lee Kinch as his campaign treasurer earlier this week. Brownback is serving his second term and is expected to leave office ...

7 years ago
Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes Monday's eclipse so special is that it will cut diagonally across the entire United States. The path of totality - where day briefly becomes night - will pass over Oregon, continuing through ...

7 years ago
A company that manufactures a part of wind turbines is laying off employees at its Hutchinson plant. Officials with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on Friday announced 140 employees would lose their jobs at its Hutchinson plant in late September. The Spain-based company says the layoffs were prompted by a reduction in orders. The Hutchinson News reports the company ...

7 years ago
Six horses at a Finney County facility will be euthanized after becoming infected with equine infectious anemia. The Kansas Department of Agriculture said in a news release Friday that it was contacted this month about a positive test for the disease. All the exposed horses were tested and five other horses tested positive. Because the disease ...

7 years ago
A Kansas couple was sentenced to three years of probation for laundering millions of dollars in suspected drug money through their small town bank. The Hutchinson News reports 71-year-old George Enns and his 69-year-old wife, Agatha Enns, both of Meade, were sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to money laundering conspiracy. George Enns was ordered to pay ...

7 years ago
The family of a mother and daughter killed in a double murder-suicide near Lawrence is planning a celebration of life for the two. The Lawrence Journal-World reports 36-year-old Erin Berg and her 3-year-old daughter Mazey Berg were found dead Sunday. Police say Mazey's father, 41-year-old Peter Sander, fatally shot them and himself. Berg's family is planning a ...

7 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has announced pay raises at state prisons in the wake of inmate disturbances that have drawn public attention to staff shortages. Uniformed officers across the state would receive about a 5 percent raise. Officers at El Dorado Correctional Facility will see raises of about 10 percent. The increase would kick in later this ...