10 years ago
Colorado is defending its pot law for the first time Friday in a filing due to the U.S. Supreme Court. Friday is the deadline for Colorado to respond to a legal challenge from Oklahoma and Nebraska. The lawsuit challenges Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana and is one of four lawsuits that aim to dismantle the young industry. Colorado's ...

10 years ago
Between 4:00 PM on March 20, 2015 and 3:00 PM on March 22, 2015 a residential burglary was committed at 529 S. College. A 55” Phillips LCD TV, 32” Sanyo LCD TV, Onkyo surround sound receiver, unknown brand DVD player, HP desktop computer with a 17” monitor, wireless keyboard/mouse, $450 dollars and six DVD’ were taken. Loss ...

10 years ago
A science experiment gone awry has injured three high school students in Topeka. Liquid from the experiment spilled onto the floor and ignited during class Wednesday afternoon at Highland Park High School. District spokesman Ron Harbaugh said in an email Thursday that the fire spread to the feet of three students. Harbaugh said the students were taken ...

10 years ago
Officers have shot and killed a woman in eastern Kansas after her boyfriend called for help. Olathe police said in a news release that the shooting happened Thursday night after the boyfriend told dispatch that his girlfriend had fired a handgun inside a Gardner home. The release said two Gardner officers fired at the woman upon ...

10 years ago
Bel Aire police say some residents were evacuated for several hours and others told to stay indoors after a grenade was discovered at a home damaged last week by a fire. Police Chief Darrell Atteberry says a construction crew was tearing into the home's ceiling Thursday when the grenade dropped from the attic. The crew backed ...

10 years ago
Police have solved the mystery of a stolen casket that was found earlier this month along a Wichita road. The casket was dug up in February because a family member wanted to have the body cremated. Lt. James Espinoza says the cemetery where the grave was doesn't accept used caskets, so the family made arrangements to ...

10 years ago
The Minneapolis Police Department is looking for a stolen truck. According to the agency, at around 7:30 Wednesday night a red Dodge Ram pickup truck was stolen from the area of the Minneapolis grade school. A subject was seen on video walking toward the area of the truck, and never returning to any camera frames after the ...

10 years ago
A concert that was cancelled, then rescheduled, is now cancelled for good. According to the Stiefel Theatre, the May 30th Marc Cohn show has been cancelled, and will not be rescheduled. The cancellation is due to circumstances beyond anyone's control. All tickets will be refunded.

10 years ago
The plaintiffs in a school funding lawsuit have filed a motion to block the governor's new school funding plan. The motion was filed Thursday and calls on the court to bar the state from enacting the law overhauling the way the state distributes aid to schools. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed the plan into law Wednesday. ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of tool box and tools. Police say a large Jobsite tool chest, full of power tools and hand tools was stolen off a front porch in the 500 block of East Elm sometime Wednesday between midnight and 5am. Total loss is listed at $1,630.

10 years ago
Reno County is buying equipment that will vacuum-seal clothing used by inmates to keep the county's new jail smelling good. County commissioners on Tuesday approved spending more than $10,000 to buy the CPI Guardian Inmate Clothing Storage System. Sheriff Randy Henderson says the machine will seal clothing people are wearing when they arrive at the jail before ...