8 years ago
A near head-on collision northeast of Brookville sends two drivers to the hospital on Tuesday evening. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, 18-year-old Kyle Came of rural Salina and 30-year-old Ashley Sterns of Brookville were both transported to Salina Regional Health Center after a crash on Schilling Road just east of Brownhill Road at 6:50pm. Deputies ...

8 years ago
A contractor in Abilene has been banned from doing business in Kansas for allegedly accepting payment for roofing work, and then not performing the work. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt the contractor has been prohibited by temporary court order from doing business for violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act and Kansas Roofing Registration ...

8 years ago
Authorities say a man who apparently was sleeping in a dumpster in Wichita was injured when the large metal trash bin was emptied into a garbage truck. The man was sent to the hospital after the accident shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday outside an apartment complex. Television station KSN reported that the truck began to compact the ...

8 years ago
Airport management and unmanned aircraft systems students from the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus are receiving national recognition for their interdisciplinary research on a current airport industry challenge. The Airport Cooperative Research Program, which is managed by the Transportation Research Board and sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, has selected the team of Kansas State Polytechnic ...

8 years ago
Searchers of Lake Coldwater in southern Kansas' Comanche County have found a 12-year-old drowning victim. Searchers with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism found the girl's body shortly after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, more than two hours after the girl went missing while swimming. The girl's name was not immediately released. Coldwater Lake is about 130 miles ...

8 years ago
It started with a patriotic set of songs with the Salina Municipal Band, and it ended with a spectacular fireworks display. In between, Bill Fekas prepared 4,700 hotdogs. From fun in the park, to food, fellowship, and fireworks, Salina let freedom ring on Tuesday. For the 42nd year in a row Salina celebrated an old fashioned 4th ...

8 years ago
A federal appeals court is refusing to revive a former Kansas attorney general's lawsuit against the state Supreme Court over its indefinite suspension of his state law license. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Monday against ex-Attorney General Phill Kline. The anti-abortion Republican was disciplined over allegations of misconduct ...

8 years ago
School districts suing Kansas over education funding argue that an increase approved by legislators this year is as much as $1.5 billion short of what's needed for the next school year. They're also asking the state Supreme Court to order lawmakers to provide more money by Sept. 1. The four local districts' attorneys detailed their objections to ...

8 years ago
Two federal lawsuits alleging violations of civil rights have been filed against Valley Falls Police Chief Bronson Campbell. The Topeka Capital Journal reported that the lawsuit filed by Jamie Petitt alleges Campbell has harassed her and the council has backed his actions. A second lawsuit filed by Clayton Conser alleges his rights were violated in June 2015 ...

8 years ago
A man who drowned at a southern Kansas lake has been identified. Authorities say 21-year-old Javon Barber of Wichita drowned Saturday night in Lake Afton. Divers found his body more than two hours later. Officials say Barber and an acquaintance had been swimming out to a buoy when they decided to turn around and swim back to ...

8 years ago
A loaded semi-automatic handgun was seized in a traffic stop Sunday morning after threats were made in a Salina home. Police officers were called to 131 S. 10th Street around 8am after 32-year-old Rafael D. Milton allegedly got into an argument with Yolanda Cathey, 27 and Jerry Hurde, 26 - and then threatened to shoot the ...