10 years ago
A drug purchase in Salina by an I 135 / I 70 Drug Task Force confidential informant leads to the arrest of an an Abilene man. Drug Task Force Commander Lt. Bill Cox says that 25-year-old Joel Anthony Hensley sold a bag of marijuana to a confidential informant. According to Cox, shortly after the sale Hensley ...

10 years ago
More counterfeit money has surfaced in Salina, including at a government office. According to Salina Police, a counterfeit $20 bill was passed on Tuesday of this week at the Casey's convenience store at 1100 East Iron. It was discovered in a bank deposit. On Tuesday, and on Wednesday of this week, a pair of counterfeit $10 bills ...

10 years ago
A Salina USD 305 school bus was involved in a minor crash on a slick street early Thursday morning. The bus, and a pickup truck pulling a trailer loaded with snow removal equipment, were both headed west on Iron Avenue. The bus slid into the back of the trailer, and partially onto it. There was no major ...

10 years ago
A blanket of light snow that fell across a wide area of Kansas late Wednesday into early Thursday is making things look a lot like Christmas, but not causing a lot of problems. Snowfall amounts range from a trace to up 5 inches in some areas. The Salina area received 2 to 3 inches. A little ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation is considering a safety improvement after two men were killed in a highway crash. Spokeswoman Kim Qualls told the Topeka Capital-Journal on Wednesday that officials are considering installing a flashing beacon or an interchange at the intersection of N.W. 62nd and U.S. Route 75. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 62-year-old driver Steven ...

10 years ago
Residents in Wichita can now track the location of the city's snow plows on a new interactive website. The city on Wednesday unveiled the site that provides citizens with real-time data from all 50 of the city's GPS-equipped snow plows. That allows people to determine which streets and areas have been treated. Public works director Alan King ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas has ordered two years of probation for a fraternity that was the focus of a sexual assault investigation. Kappa Sigma is barred from having alcohol in its chapter house and must turn over materials to investigators and offer sexual assault prevention training. The Kansas City Star reports that the university imposed the sanctions ...

10 years ago
Kansas officials say bedbugs have been found inside a state office building near the Statehouse targeted for demolition. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the pests were discovered on the third floor of the Docking State Office Building, west of the Capitol. The floor houses Department of Revenue offices. Department spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said it has brought in ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved a rate increase for natural gas customers of Black Hills Energy. The Wichita Eagle reports the KCC on Tuesday approved an increase that will cost the average customer about of $3 a year. The settlement gives Black Hills an overall increase of $5.23 million. Customers were already paying about $4.5 million ...

10 years ago
A Pomeranian dog is stolen from a Salina backyard. Police are investigating after a male dog was taken from a fenced in yard in the 3100 block of Foxboro on Tuesday afternoon between 4:30pm and 5pm. Police say two dogs were in the yard when the owner left - and returned 30-minutes later to find the gate ...

10 years ago
More counterfeit bills pop up around Salina. According to Sergeant James Feldman, a 62-year-old woman contacted police after her bank told her a $20 bill that she tried to deposit was a fake. The woman told officers she was given the counterfeit $20 in return for babysitting. Police also report a Salina woman got a counterfeit $10 ...