8 years ago
The search has ended for the body of a man who disappeared during flooding in north-central Kansas. Norton County Emergency Management says the body of 58-year-old Bobby Morris was found Monday morning near Lenora, where he lived. The discovery was made about a quarter mile from where his vehicle was found one day earlier near the ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a trailer southeast of Salina. Deputies say a 15-foot, single axle trailer with a wooden deck was stolen from a property in the 6900 block of S. Simpson Road over the weekend. Thieves lifted the gate off the fence post hinges to gain access to the property, ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after a disturbance at a home led to allegations of indecent liberties. According to Captain Chirs Trocheck with Salina Police, 31-year-old Juan Carlos Cruz-Vergara was arrested on Sunday evening after officers were called to a home in north Salina. Police say the mother of a 12-year-old girl discovered that Cruz-Vergara ...

8 years ago
A couple of country comedians are headed to Salina to make people laugh. Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy are coming to the Salina Bicentennial Center. RFD -TV is teaming up with the comedians for the We’ve Been Thinking Tour. Both comedians will deliver a laughter-packed evening of all new material before they come ...

8 years ago
Local candidates on the ballot for the upcoming November general election gathered in Salina Monday night to answer questions. A large crowd converged at Ad Astra Books and Coffee House for a candidate forum, hosted by the Salina Area Workers Coalition. To begin the evening, seven state house of Representative candidates answered questions. Topics included Kansas ...

8 years ago
Officials are investigating after a small plane wa forced to make an emergency landing. The aircraft landed safely in a field near Wichita, at Woodlawn and 101st Street, about 4:00 Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt in the incident. Officials believe the plane ran out of fuel. --- Story from Metro Source News / KWCH

8 years ago
Damage cleanup and recovery efforts are underway after weekend heavy rain impacted parts of Kansas. Parts of the state received five to seven inches of rain on Saturday leading to water rescues near the town of Edmond in Norton County. The Norton County Sheriff's Office also found a vehicle that was washed away by floodwaters near ...

8 years ago
A teen was hurt when a car he was riding in rear-ended a semi on Interstate 70 west of Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 18-year-old Mitchell Travis from St. Louis, Missouri, was driving a Chrysler 200,  headed west. He came up at a high rate of speed behind a semi in the right hand ...

8 years ago
Kansas Libertarians say the growing popularity of their party's presidential candidate could help them land enough votes two years from now to gain major party status in the state. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Kansas Libertarian Party leaders acknowledge none of their candidates in state and federal races has much of a chance of winning this year. ...

8 years ago
A teen driver, and a horse, were killed in a multi vehicle crash Saturday night in McPherson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Dodge Ram pickup truck pulling a horse trailer was traveling west on Comanche Road. It stopped at the stop sign at K61 Highway, then attempted to proceed across the highway after ...

8 years ago
Lennox International has chosen Salina Area Technical College to test a new educational initiative the company is launching to reverse a growing shortage of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) technicians across North America. At 10 a.m. Sept. 7, several representatives of the company will be at Salina Tech to tour the facility, meet instructors and students, ...