10 years ago
A man nearly drowned in a backyard pool in rural Saline County Monday evening. According to Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, 39-year-old Matthew Upshaw and his 18-year-old son Zachary were cleaning their pool in their backyard at 873 E. Frisbie Way at around 6:00 in the evening. The Sheriff says that Matthew went inside the house. When ...

10 years ago
Taiwan is pledging $1 million to help build a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington as the memorial project begins a fundraising campaign to complete the monument. The gift being announced Tuesday marks a critical phase for the Eisenhower Memorial. Organizers must determine whether they can raise the money needed to build the monument. ...

10 years ago
A tornado touched down during a severe thunderstorm that moved through south-central Kansas Monday evening. Reno County emergency specialist Evan Seiwert says the tornado was reported three miles southeast of Nickerson on Monday evening. He said there were reports of a cabin and a farm house being destroyed. Todd Strain with Reno County Emergency Management says power ...

10 years ago
A federal investigation into the University of Kansas for its handling of a sexual assault complaint is still unresolved amid a national backlog of cases. The U.S. Education Department released a list in May 2014 that showed colleges that were under investigation. At that time, there were 55 open investigations nationwide. The number has since increased ...

10 years ago
A federal judge says a Kansas agency must release the results of its internal investigation into the death of a 4-year-old northeast Kansas boy. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth Gale rejected an argument from the Department for Children and Families that its investigative report and other documents should be kept secret. The ruling ...

10 years ago
A measure that would allow some Kansas school districts to hire unlicensed people to fill teaching positions is set to go before the state education board this week. Supporters of the measure say that it would help address teacher shortages, but opponents say that opening classrooms to unlicensed teachers would be bad for students and a ...

10 years ago
An email from a Kansas Department of Revenue official says the department hasn't started accepting joint tax returns from same-sex couples, despite earlier comments from the attorney general's office. The Wichita Eagle reports Monday that Richard Cram, policy director for the Revenue Department, said in an email the department's waiting for instructions from Gov. Sam Brownback's ...

10 years ago
Online enrollment for Salina USD 305 Schools begins this week. According to the district, online enrollment opens Tuesday, July 14th for returning students. You can enroll from the convenience of your own home computer. If you do not enroll online, you will need to enroll at your school building on July 28. Please be aware that enrollment ...

10 years ago
Power briefly  went out for a large portion of South Salina early Monday afternoon. According to Westar energy, power went out to 1,594 customers at 1:12 pm. Power was restored to most customers by 1:40.  

10 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the person responsible for attaching a device used to steal personal information onto a drive up bank cash machines. On Thursday of last week, devices known as "skimmers" were found at drive up ATMs at two Sunflower Bank locations; 2450 S. 9th and 2070 S. Ohio. ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating an alleged theft of services case. Police say that three months of electrical service was reported stolen from a duplex at 700 N. 4th Street. A breaker box in a shed was illegally tapped into to obtain service from it. Loss is estimate at $750. --- Salina Police are investigating a jewelry theft. Police say ...