9 years ago
An Indiana-based company says its ITT Technical Institute campuses in Overland Park, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, have permanently closed. ITT Educational Services blamed the closings on a federal ruling last month that banned the company from enrolling any students who relied on federal financial aid. The Kansas City Star reports the action reflects concerns by the ...

9 years ago
Four former Kansas governors have launched a bipartisan campaign to retain Kansas Supreme Court justices in November's election. The first of three invitation-only events featuring former Republican Govs. Mike Hayden and Bill Graves and former Democratic Govs. John Carlin and Kathleen Sebelius took place Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri, and are sponsored by Kansans for Fair ...

9 years ago
A former city clerk in southeast Kansas has been charged with misusing public funds and several other felonies. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that Doug Sellars, of Frontenac, was arrested Friday morning. Other felonies he is facing include official misconduct and theft. He has been released on $10,000 bond. His attorney, Rick Smith, declined to comment. Sellars ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating a vehicle burglary after someone forced open a 2006 Honda Civic that was parked in the 700 S. 11th Street sometime between midnight and 8:25am on Friday. Police say someone stole a bag full of text books, a wallet and purse. Loss and damage is listed at $520. Police are looking for a ...

9 years ago
A McPherson man is jailed after an argument turned violent in a grocery store parking lot. Police arrested 31-year-old Dustin J. Phillips on Sunday morning at the Dillons Supermarket at 1201 W. Crawford. Police say Phillips took a knife and cut a tire on his girlfriend's car and then threatened to kill her as the two argued ...

9 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 ...

9 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, ...

9 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 ...

9 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 ...

9 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 ...

9 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