9 years ago
Topeka police are investigating after a body was found in a car in a grocery store parking lot. Police say officers were called to the store on a report of a suspicious vehicle Monday and found the man's body inside. Police have not released the victim's identity or cause of death and say the investigation is ongoing. Cpl. ...

9 years ago
Three people have been injured after a boat and Jet Ski collided near Hobie Beach at Cheney Reservoir. Dennis Zehr with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says a group of people were partying at the lake around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when a Jet Ski collided with the back of the boat. Zehr said ...

9 years ago
Five earthquakes shook portions of Oklahoma and Kansas Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.5 magnitude quake at 1:12 p.m. Monday and a 4.0 magnitude quake at 12:49 p.m. Both were about 3 miles northeast of Crescent, or about 35 miles north of Oklahoma City. Another 4.5 magnitude earthquake was measured in the same area at ...

9 years ago
The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion because of their faith. The new policy, aimed at easing a controversy that embroiled the Boy Scouts for years and threatened the organization with lawsuits, takes effect immediately. It was approved Monday by ...

9 years ago
A 28-year-old Wichita man accused of trying to kill his girlfriend also is being investigated for possible animal abuse after video surfaced of the woman's kitten being thrown against a wall. The Wichita Eagle reports the man, whose case will be presented to prosecutors on Tuesday, was jailed Friday on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder. He ...

9 years ago
Republicans and Democrats in Kansas both hope March 5 caucuses will lure serious contenders for their parties' 2016 presidential nominations into the state. Each party's executive director said Monday that it picked a Saturday for its contest to lessen the chances that prospective voters would have to miss work to participate. The date also is only four ...

9 years ago
There were no serious injuries when a fire destroyed a boat on Tuttle Creek Reservoir over the weekend. On its Facebook page,  the Kansas Wildlife, Parks & Tourism says that game wardens are looking into what caused a boat to catch fire. One person suffered burns in the incident. The injuries are not considered life-threatening.     ...

9 years ago
A hay cutting swather is damaged by thieves. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a Case swather was damaged last week. Owner Brent Laas of Brookville told deputies on Friday he had left his machine in the 600 block of Reese and was cutting hay in the area of Fairchilds Road and Cloud when he ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of unrelated assaults. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 21-year-old Dominic Grogans was walking up to his apartment early Monday morning around 3:15am when he was attacked by two men. The victim told officers he was hit in the head by a black man and another man described ...

9 years ago
Reno County health officials are taking steps to help stall the spread of a whooping cough outbreak before school starts. The county has more than 70 suspected whooping cough cases. And The Hutchinson News reports that as of Friday, Reno County had 41 confirmed or probable cases of whooping cough, which accounts for 20 percent of all ...

9 years ago
A number of tools are stolen from a trailer parked at a Salina store. Salina Police are investigating after someone cut a padlock on an equipment trailer at Harbor Freight, 1808 S.9th sometime between Thursday at 9:30pm and 6am Friday morning. Police report that a metal cutting band saw, two pneumatic air compressors, 3 miter saws and ...