9 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City woman who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The Kansas City Star reports that 37-year-old Marie Chishahayo was sentenced Friday. Chishahayo had also pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, armed criminal action and abuse or ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A federal indictment in southern Kansas accuses 13 people of roles in an identity-theft ring involving more than $3.5 million of thievery. The 50-count indictment unsealed Thursday in Wichita alleges the conspirators divided up the work of stealing from mailboxes, forging identification documents, obtaining fraudulent credit cards and shopping with stolen identities. Authorities ...

9 years ago
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - A man charged in the 2014 fatal shooting of a Dodge City woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder. Victor Gutierrez Jr. was found guilty Wednesday in the death of 30-year-old Natasha Pruitt. Authorities say Pruitt was found dead in her home on Sept. 22, 2014. Gutierrez was arrested after authorities ...

9 years ago
CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) - Residents in northern Kansas are cleaning up the damage from an EF4 tornado that ripped through the rural area earlier this week. Tom and Janet Whitehair's Dickinson County home was among about 20 homes damaged or destroyed by the half-mile-wide tornado that was on the ground for about 90 minutes Wednesday night. ...

9 years ago
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A 70-year-old cab driver faces charges accusing him of raping a female passenger in Johnson County. The Kansas City Star reports Abdul S. Sayed, of Olathe, is charged in Johnson County District Court with rape and aggravated criminal sodomy. A criminal complaint filed Thursday says the alleged assault occurred Dec. 13. The complaint ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is threatening again to close the state's public schools and has rejected some education funding changes enacted by legislators earlier this year. The court ruled Friday on a law that revised parts of the state's funding formula but resulted in no change in total funds for most of the state's 286 school ...

9 years ago
A motorcycle rider was injured Friday afternoon when he slid his bike underneath a flatbed trailer attached to a tractor-trailer truck, and came to rest between two sets of wheels. Salina Police Officer David Villanueva told KSAL News at the scene that the truck and trailer were headed west on Gold Road, making a left hand ...

9 years ago
Wichita police say a man is charged with stealing props and costumes of the Blue Man Group while the performance artists were in that south-central Kansas city last week. Thirty-three-year-old Freddy Gonzalez-Gonzalez of Wichita was arrested Tuesday and charged two days later with aggravated burglary and felony theft. Police have said the theft involved items worth more ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating after another counterfeit bill was used at a Salina business. Police report staff at Bennington State Bank, 200 S. Santa Fe discovered a fake $20 bill in a deposit from Rod's Convenience Store #5 located at 680 S. Phillips. Someone passed the bill at the store sometime during business hours between May 19th and ...

9 years ago
The 2016 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest is underway. Just before 1:00 Friday afternoon, at a live event in Oakdale Park, officials released the first clue. The clue is: "A Dutch Expedient". There will be only 1 clue released on the first day. After the first clue is announced Friday, beginning Saturday two clues will ...

9 years ago
As severe weather has continued throughout Central Kansas this week, the Abilene Pizza Hut at 1703 N. Buckeye has made an offer to help those in need. The restaurant is offering free buffets to EMS technicians, firefighters, and other emergency responders. General Manager Shawna Boller tells KSAL News the idea to help those in need initially ...