8 years ago
A man from Mexico is facing a federal gun charge in a Lincoln County case. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 28-year-old Cesar Humberto Melandez-Morales, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm while in the United States. The crime is alleged to have occurred April 5th in Lincoln County. If convicted, Melandez-Morales ...

8 years ago
A Lindsborg man accused in an international sex case is facing more charges. A federal grand jury has returned additional charges against 54-year-old Anthony Shultz, who allegedly traveled to a foreign country to have sex with minors. Shultz is accused of traveling to the Philippines, where he engaged in sex with minors, produced videos of sex ...

8 years ago
A search is underway in southern Kansas for a 53-year-old priest who went missing from a nursing home. Thursday's search for Marvin Reif near Protection in Comanche County was involving more than 100 people, some on horseback and all-terrain vehicles. Reif went missing 10 days earlier from Protection Valley Manor, a nursing home where he had been ...

8 years ago
A Salina tradition that gives area theatre students a boost for college is back for the 31st year. The Salina Community Theatre Guild, Geranium and Plant Sale is Friday and Saturday. “We give two $1,000 scholarships to a Saline County senior who is going to major in something theatre related,” said Florence Jester with the SCT Theatre ...

8 years ago
Firefighters in Kansas rescued a cat from a tree. They also rescued its owner. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the woman climbed the tree Wednesday trying to get to her cat but she wasn't able to get back down. Topeka Fire Department Shift Commander Todd Williams says the woman and her cat were about 16 feet up ...

8 years ago
A Gypsum man was sent to the hospital after failing to stop at a stop sign and hitting a light pole on South 9th in Salina. The accident happened back on April 10th at 3:18 P.M. Tyson Dahl, 35, was driving eastbound on Sullivan Dr. when a medical episode occurred. Due to his condition, Dahl failed to stop ...

8 years ago
Nebraska officials say they'll complain to Kansas about smoke from its agriculture burning that sometimes makes it unhealthy to breathe in some parts of Nebraska. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department issued a health warning Wednesday, warning people to stay indoors. Gov. Pete Ricketts' spokesman Taylor Gage says Nebraska officials will follow up with their counterparts in Kansas. ...

8 years ago
Kansas could sign a contract this fall with a private company to build a new prison to replace its oldest and largest one in Lansing. Documents show that the state is limiting the search for the $155 million project to firms that already have built multiple prisons. The Department of Corrections is telling potential bidders they would ...

8 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has announced his first known prosecution of a non-citizen voting illegally since lawmakers in 2015 gave him the authority to prosecute voter fraud. Kobach says in a news release Wednesday that Victor David Garcia Bebek pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of voting unlawfully in 2012 and 2014. The plea deal ...

8 years ago
A Kansas woman is accused of decapitating her ex-boyfriend's mother when the victim went to collect her son's belongings. Thirty-five-year-old Rachael Hilyard of Wichita was charged Wednesday with one count of first-degree murder in the death Sunday of 63-year-old Micki Davis. During a brief court appearance, a Sedgwick County judge assigned Hilyard to be represented by ...

8 years ago
Two sisters injured in a Kansas waterslide accident that killed a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son have reached a settlement with the water park's owner. Attorney Lynn Johnson on Wednesday confirmed the out-of-court deal with the Schlitterbahn park over the "Verruckt" slide accident last summer. Johnson wouldn't reveal details of the settlement. The sisters' names haven't been publicly ...