10 years ago
A former Fort Riley soldier accused of sexually abusing a girl has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Fifty-two-year-old James Duke was sentenced Monday. He had pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, the investigation into Duke began in 2013 when the FBI discovered he was trading ...

10 years ago
The government is asking a court for more time to prosecute an alleged conspiracy to launder drug money for a Mexican cartel in Kansas. Prosecutors asked the court on Monday to designate as complex the case against former Plains State Bank President James Kirk Friend and two of his customers, George and Agatha Enns of Meade. ...

10 years ago
You may have noticed a bit of a change regarding the daily Saline County Jail booking photos last week here on this website. We have always published the booking photos daily, and will continue to do so. But last week we tried something a little different, and put them in a prominent location at the ...

10 years ago
Police officers interrupt a burglary in progress. Officers responded to a call after someone reported seeing a man break a window on a a home in the 700 block of W. Prescott on Sunday evening around 9:05pm. The suspect then drove away in a maroon van. Police attempted to stop the van after spotting the vehicle which led ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for allegedly pulling a knife on a neighbor. Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that 51-year-old Jerry A. Huff was involved in an altercation after he reportedly made verbal comments about the girlfriend of a 17-year-old male who was walking past with her in the 200 block of E. Mulberry ...

10 years ago
Shots are fired into an unoccupied Salina business. Police report that several gunshots were fired into Tony's Services at 736 N. Santa Fe sometime between 7pm on Thursday and Friday morning at 8:35am. Police say glass on the front door was shattered by bullets and the shots hit a microwave oven and refrigerator inside the building. Damage is ...

10 years ago
A second harvest is now under way over the stubble left in some western Kansas fields after wheat is cut. That straw represents an added income source for farmers. The Hutchinson News reports that some farmers burn the stubble after wheat harvest. Some disk it. Some plant the next crop right into it. But Courtney Wilson, harvest ...

10 years ago
Guns are taken from an unlocked safe during a residential burglary. Salina Police are investigating after someone broke a window to gain access into a home in the 200 block of W. Republic sometime between 7pm Saturday and 10:30am Sunday morning. Police report that two handguns, a Glock .10mm pistol and a Glock .45 were taken along ...

10 years ago
A Minneapolis man will spend time in federal prison in connection with a pollution case. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, the owner of a metal plating company in Minneapolis was sentenced Monday to four months in federal prison followed by six months home confinement for violating the federal Clean Water Act. His company was ...

10 years ago
Salina Police credit a stepped up effort to remind the public about fireworks safety and restrictions as a key in an overall safe holiday weekend. According to Captain Chis Trocheck, police received 201 calls to complain about fireworks being discharged between June 27th and July 4th. "There were some citations issued this year," Trocheck said. "I think the ...

10 years ago
State employees who are married to someone of the same sex can't yet put their spouses on their health insurance policies, but local government workers in Lawrence have been doing it for years. The city of Lawrence, Douglas County and the Lawrence School district all offer family benefits to employees, their spouses and domestic partners, regardless ...