8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspected arson fire set early Thursday morning. According to Lt. Mike Smith, a fire that consumed a shed, over 720 bales of alfalfa hay plus farm equipment has been deemed suspicious. Lt. Smith tells KSAL News that the State Fire Marshal is also joining the investigation into the fire ...

8 years ago
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a former Haskell Indian Nations University student accused of rape. The Lawrence Journal-World that a Douglas County jury couldn't reach a verdict in the case. District Court Judge Paula Martin on Wednesday declared a mistrial, the second such result in the reported rape of a Haskell Indian ...

8 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback assured constituents that the income tax cuts he championed would stimulate the Kansas economy and supply plenty of money for public schools. But voters, including many Republicans, appear to have rejected that idea in the face of the state's budget woes and court battles over education funding. On Tuesday, they ousted 11 of ...

8 years ago
Authorities say several shots were fired into an unoccupied patrol car belonging to the Wyandotte County Sheriff's office. The sheriff's department says the patrol car was parked in an off-duty deputy's driveway in Kansas City, Kansas, when the shots were fired early Wednesday. The Kansas City Star reports that no one was hurt. Someone who lives nearby ...

8 years ago
A pit bull is quarantined after attacking a U.S. postal carrier at a south Wichita home and leaving him with 26 stitches. The Wichita Eagle reports that the 53-year-old carrier was bitten Friday morning after the dog pushed through a fence weakened by wet soil. Wichita police Lt. Joe Schroeder, who oversees the city's animal control operations, ...

8 years ago
A Girl Scout got to close to a parade float during Tuesday night's march down Santa Fe. Police say the 14-year-old girl sustained a broken bone on her right foot after the tire on a trailer/float rolled over her big toe.   Police are investigating a forgery case after an audit revealed a woman's checking account number ...

8 years ago
A student who was sexually battered in the bathroom of a Wichita high school is suing the principal and school board for negligence. The Wichita Eagle reports that the suit filed in Sedgwick County District Court cites unsafe security practices at Wichita East High School, where the student was assaulted in September. The Eagle and The ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred sometime between July 17 and August 2, at a home in the 400 block of S. Connecticut. Angela Collins told police she found a broken window and then discovered someone had taken her Takamine G series guitar, plus a 32-inch TV. Loss and damage is estimated at $950. ...

8 years ago
A Kansas Lottery scratch ticket winner is jailed in Salina. Police arrested 20-year-old Nicholas Rodish of Denver on Tuesday morning after a clerk at Rod's Travel Center #8, 2140 W. Crawford, contacted authorities about a man's suspicious behavior. Police say Rodish entered the store around 1am and made multiple attempts to purchase lottery tickets and cigarettes with ...

8 years ago
A top Senate leader and at least 10 other conservative Kansas legislators have lost their seats as moderate Republicans made GOP primary races a referendum on education funding and the state’s persistent budget woes. Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce was among the lawmakers ousted amid a backlash against Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his allies. The voting ...

8 years ago
Salinans gathered along Santa Fe Tuesday evening to watch their neighbors, family and friends ride by on floats, tractors and bikes in the marquee parade that officially opens the Tri-Rivers Fair for 2016. Participants and bystanders enjoyed temperatures in the lower 90's as the parade began at 7pm. Wednesday events schedule includes: 8:00 am -H Bake Sale, 4-H ...