9 years ago
The Salina Police Department is warning citizens about phone scams after a man in his 60's was swindled out of $1,700. Police say the caller told the victim he had won $8.8 million plus a new Mercedes Benz in the 'Golden Nugget Cash Giveaway." Over the course of several days the caller convinced the man ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was injured in a single vehicle crash on Sunday. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that 67-year-old Edwin Anderes was driving a 1999 Ford Ranger and swerved off Soloman Road, briefly going airborne over a box culvert. Deputies say Anderes was injured and transported to the hospital in Salina to be treated for a ...

9 years ago
Relatives of Dwight D. Eisenhower have dropped their objections to the design of a long-planned memorial for the 34th president in Washington. The Eisenhower Memorial Commission announced Monday that Ike's relatives now support the memorial designed by esteemed architect Frank Gehry after negotiations "yielded a compromise on several design elements." Former Secretary of State James Baker ...

9 years ago
Police arrest a Salina man who was sought in connection to assaulting a female acquaintance in an east Salina home. Officers arrested 36-year-old Brian W. Luebbert on Friday after  he allegedly strangled a woman and threatened to kill her during a domestic dispute last week. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the woman who is in ...

9 years ago
Three teens are removed from a home after allegations of child abuse send a Saline County man to jail. Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 47-year-old Mark Alan Pettijohn was arrested on Saturday after deputies visited a home at 2608 N. Donmyer Road. A family member told authorities that a 16-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl had ...

9 years ago
A southern Kansas teacher is suing after she was terminated without due process. Janet Decker alleges breach of contract in a lawsuit filed last week in Sedgwick County. The suit says she was issued a notice in April that her contract with the Valley Center district wouldn't be renewed. The Valley Center school board later voted ...

9 years ago
Reno County authorities are investigating reports of inappropriate photos being circulated at Reno Valley Middle School and Nickerson High School. Sheriff Capt. Steve Lutz says authorities questioned students and confiscated phones at the schools. He said Friday the investigation is still open. Someone notified law enforcement about the problem Wednesday, and investigators spent Thursday interviewing students and ...

9 years ago
Kansas budget woes haven't touched the state's executive aircraft, which is getting a new paint job, a spruced up interior and upgraded avionics this year. Along with regular operating costs, the improvements will cost taxpayers nearly $900,000. The Kansas Highway Patrol, which oversees aircraft operations, says the work on the 15-year-old plane is needed for aesthetic and ...

9 years ago
Victim advocates are criticizing a Kansas judge's recent reference to the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" in an alleged rape case. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://j.mp/2cVqna7) that Jacob C. Ewing faces sex crime charges that include rape, criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14. A woman testified Wednesday that Ewing ...

9 years ago
More than a dozen small earthquakes have been recorded in northern Oklahoma, and there have been and two in south-central Kansas. No injuries or damage are reported. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded 13 quakes Oklahoma between 6:55 p.m. Friday and 2:21 a.m. Saturday, including a magnitude 3.5 temblor near Fairview and a 3.2 magnitude quake near Cherokee, ...

9 years ago
A Kansas man whose fighter plane was shot down in North Vietnam in 1965 is finally laid to rest in his native state. Family and friends gathered in Pilsen Saturday to bury Maj. Dean Klenda. The Wichita Eagle reports Klenda's sister, Deanna Klenda, worked relentlessly with The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency until recovery teams from the U.S. ...