8 years ago
A week after two County Commissioners lost their bid to return to their seats in 2017, and a third County Commissioner failed to gain his party’s nomination for a State race, will the Commission adopt the 2017 budget as it had drafted prior to the elections? Commissioner Dave Smith said that “there could be a long ...

8 years ago
A man has admitted to his role in a shooting death at Fort Riley. According to the U.S. Attorney Tom Beall's office, a 19-year-old defendant pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy on Fort Riley. Juwuan D. Jackson, 19, who lived on the Fort Riley base at ...

8 years ago
Three Salina men have been arrested for allegedly plotting a murder. Kansas Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Doug Younger says that multiple officers from multiple agencies worked together late Sunday night and early Monday morning to make the arrests at locations throughout Salina. Those arrested include: Alex Karcher, 22, of 1616 Tanglewood Lane Xavier McCray, 22, 1012 Pershing Xavier ...

8 years ago
A Junction City man hurt in a crash near Salina last week has died. Saline County Sheriff Lt. Mike Ascher says that his agency was notified Sunday that 69-year-old Joe Grimes had died. Grimes was involved in a crash last Wednesday afternoon. His semi truck hauling scrap metal and an SUV collided at Crawford and Burma Road. First ...

8 years ago
Authorities are again asking for the public's help in a case involving the unsolved murder of a Saline County woman. Just before 8pm on June 25th, deputies were sent to 10525 S. Hopkins Road in rural Saline County in reference to a death at the residence. Lori J Heimer, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. ...

8 years ago
A three-time Indy 500 starter who was badly injured in a crash at the Belleville High Banks Speedway Saturday night has died. Bryan Clauson died Sunday, after he was airlifted to a hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, after a violent accident in Saturday night's 39th annual Belleville Nationals midget race. The 27-year-old's car went into a series ...

8 years ago
A Kansas man who has spent 22 years in prison for a double homicide that witnesses swear he didn't do hopes more than 40 affidavits supporting his innocence will help set him free. Lamonte McIntyre was 17 in 1994 when he was accused of fatally shooting two men who were sitting in a car in a ...

8 years ago
A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to probation for growing psychedelic mushrooms at a Hutchinson business. A Reno County judge on Friday sentenced Carlyeon Moore to three years of probation. He faces 18 years in prison if he violates the probation. District Judge Trish Rose agreed to depart from state sentencing guidelines in granting the probation after ...

8 years ago
A 10-year-old boy who died Sunday afternoon at a water park in Kansas City, Kansas was the son of a Kansas legislator. Caleb Schwab, son of State Rep. Scott Schwab, of Olathe, was killed on a water slide at Schlitterbahn. Scott Schwab released the following statement through Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick: "Michele and I want to thank ...

8 years ago
Walmart is planning a new 3,000-square foot training center in Topeka. Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg says the new Topeka facility is part of a nationwide plan that includes 200 centers located in stores across the country. Lundberg says the centers are dedicated facilities for some supervisors to get hands-on training. In paperwork filed in June with the ...

8 years ago
It will be a silver anniversary season this year for the K-State football team. The 2016 season will mark Bill Snyder's 25th year as head coach. K-State had one of the worst college football programs in the country when coach Snyder took over in 1989. The now 76-year-old coach turned the program into what it is ...