9 years ago
Two men were caught after leading law enforcement on a chase reaching speeds of 110 miles-per-hour, and then running from their vehicle and leaving a child behind. It happened at around 10:30 Thursday morning when a sheriff deputy attempted to serve a warrant in north Salina. A white 2008 Mazda CX7 SUV was moving on the ...

9 years ago
The city of Pittsburg plans to issue $6.5 million in bonds to fund construction costs for utilities at its new state-owned casino. The Joplin Globe reports that the Pittsburg City Commission approved a development agreement Tuesday that says the Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel will initially pay for necessary improvements to bring sewer and water service ...

9 years ago
An effort to get a new trial for a former middle school counselor serving nearly 14 years in prison in a sex case involving a student is underway in Saline County District Court. In June of 2014 Brooke Dinkel was found guilty of sex crimes involving a 13-year-old student. A jury found the now 35-year-old former ...

9 years ago
A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in September in an appeal that could affect the voting rights of thousands of voters in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama in upcoming elections. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Thursday set a Sept. 8 hearing date in the case of a U.S. election ...

9 years ago
Strong winds sweeping across Kansas have overturned a tractor-trailer, blown down a fireworks tent, toppled trees and caused electrical outages. The National Weather Service reported hurricane-force winds of more than 80 mph Thursday in the Wichita area. The storms followed another round of severe weather Wednesday. In Sedgwick County, emergency crews rescued the tractor-trailer driver who became ...

9 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier has died in a motorcycle crash. According to the Army, a 1st Infantry Division soldier was found dead July 8th following an apparent motorcycle accident near Vinita, Oklahoma. Pvt. Kaleb Ryan Davis, a combat engineer, was on leave at the time of the incident. "Soldiers of the 1st Engineer Battalion are mourning the loss ...

9 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Deputies are looking for a person who threw a rock and shattered a window on a moving road grader. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says that a  county John Deer road grader was working in the 3500 block of W. Water Well on Wednesday afternoon. The driver observed a pickup truck approaching. As the ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman this week. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a man driving a black Ford Taurus slowed down, and summoned a female pedestrian over to the car to ask for directions.  When the woman came up to the vehicle the man exposed himself ...

9 years ago
A sign supporting local law enforcement appeared Thursday morning in front of the the Saline County Criminal Justice Center. A professionally made vinyl banner reading "God Bless Our Law Enforcement" was erected in a grassy area near the entrance to the Saline County Sheriff's Office and the Salina Police Department. The banner also has both a ...

9 years ago
A church pastor and longtime eastern Kansas homeless shelter director has been charged with sexually molesting a child. 57-year-old Jay Preston was charged Monday in Miami County with felony aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He's jailed on $500,000 bond. It wasn't immediately known if he has an attorney. He had served as pastor of Grace Revolution ...

9 years ago
Court records show that a Kansas agency has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit over the case of a 4-year-old boy fatally beaten by his father in 2013. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Kansas Department for Children and Families has reached the deal with the Naomi Boone, mother of the late Mekhi Boone. The settlement's ...