9 years ago
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) —The American Civil Liberties Union says a Kansas City suburb violated the free speech rights of a man by telling him he would be ticketed or fined if he continued carrying signs reading "Smile God Loves You" and "Junk It All But Jesus." The ACLU's Kansas affiliate notified Olathe Thursday that a city ...

9 years ago
Derby, Kan. (AP) - A former Derby Public Schools paraprofessional has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful sexual relations with a student. Derby Police Chief Robert Lee said the woman was arrested Thursday. Authorities believe the incident happened between April and May at Derby High School. According to Lee, the suspect is currently not employed by ...

9 years ago
That rumble coming from the Downtown Salina area Thursday night wasn't thunder. It was the rumble of the Small Town America Tour. The Christian rock tour rolled into town Thursday morning. By early evening the City of Salina parking lot across the street from the City Teen Center had been transformed into an outdoor concert venue. The ...

9 years ago
The death of a soldier at Fort Riley is under investigation. According to the Army, at about 5:50 in the evening on Wednesday of this week, a 1st Infantry Division Soldier died of a gunshot wound in his residence on the installation. No one else was hurt. The name of the Soldier is being withheld at this ...

9 years ago
A Hutchinson man has been arrested in connection with a year old shooting incident in Salina. According to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney, 34-year-old Chauncey Brownfield of Hutchinson was arrested on a warrant in Salina. Sweeney says that on May 11th, 2014, officers were sent to 2363 Chapel Ridge in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival they ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The last defendant in the deaths of a Kansas couple has been sentenced to prison. Twenty-year-old Braden Smith was sentenced Thursday to 24½ years in prison for providing guns he knew would be used to kill Roger and Melissa Bluml of Valley Center. The couple was shot outside their home in November 2013. Smith was ...

9 years ago
State regulators are keeping limits on a practice associated with fracking until at least mid-March 2016 as part of their efforts to decrease the frequency and size of earthquakes in south-central Kansas. The Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order Thursday to extend restrictions on the injection of wastewater into the ground by oil and natural gas ...

9 years ago
A lawyer says an Olathe Air Force veteran and his wife who are accused of voter fraud made a mistake while they were involved in a move to Arkansas. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office recently filed charges against Steven Gaedtke and his wife, Betty Gaedtke. They were charged in Johnson County with misdemeanors for ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a house fire that burnt the home to the ground on the 7900 block of Whitmore, between Salina and Gypsum. Jimmy Andrew of Salina was caring for the home Tuesday night around 6:00PM, taking care of the property for his son who owns the house. When Andrew came back ...

9 years ago
If you hear a rumble coming from the Downtown Salina area tonight, it won't be thunder. It will be the sounds of the Small Town America Tour. The tour is making a Salina stop, and will perform a free outdoor concert. The show will be in the City of Salina parking lot, across the street from ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A 20-year-old woman has been charged in the death of a Wichita State University student. Eboni Fingal was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and aggravated robbery in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Rayan Ibrahim Baba. ...