10 years ago
An SUV that was stolen in Salina was involved in a high speed pursuit with law enforcement before crashing in Russell County. According to KRSL Radio in Russell, A Russell man and a Topeka woman were injured in a rollover wreck Friday afternoon in rural Russell County following a high-speed police chase. According to the Russell Police ...

10 years ago
A Salina man took home “Santa’s Stash” Saturday morning, while a Manhattan woman's Christmas will be a little brighter after she took home the "Sunny Christmas Cash". Pat Taylor from Salina won $2,049.86 and Delores Worthington of Manhattan won $1,545.19 Both were among finalists who gathered at Central Mall Salina and at Dick Edwards Hyundai in ...

10 years ago
Several civic and business leaders in Leavenworth are asking Army officials to spare the community from thousands of potential job cuts. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the military is considering where to make reductions required by law. Federal officials must cut the Army from 490,000 to 450,000 people by 2020. A commission has already announced a potential ...

10 years ago
A gorilla was able to slip from her cage at a Kansas zoo after someone accidentally left a door open, but zoo officials say she never had access to public areas or visitors. The city of Topeka says in a news release the gorilla, Tiffany, made it into a service area off her exhibit around 9:10 ...

10 years ago
A Kansas jury has convicted one of three men accused of stealing a wedding ring and other items from a dying woman after she suffered a brain aneurysm at a Taco Bell drive-thru. The Kansas City Star reports the Sedgwick County jury on Thursday convicted 20-year-old Wichita resident Daquantrius S. Johnson of aggravated burglary, robbery and ...

10 years ago
A police investigation that began in September leads to an arrest on Thursday. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 31-year-old Jerry Huckabey of Salina was arrested on burglary and theft charges in connection to a stolen trailer. Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies found a utility trailer valued at $2,800 that was reported stolen from 1006 Johnstown in Salina sometime ...

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The two people most seriously injured in a railcar explosion in northeast Kansas are improving at a Kansas hospital. The men were among at least seven people hurt when the railcar exploded Thursday at GBW Rail Services west of Atchison. A spokesman for the University of Kansas Hospital said early Friday that the men's condition had been ...

10 years ago
Police arrest a Salina man who led officers on a short car chase with an infant in the vehicle. Drug Task Force Commander Bill Cox tells KSAL News that police got a tip about suspected drug activity in the 300 block of N. 10th. Officers in unmarked cars watched as 34-year-old Robert Davis parked in a driveway ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman is stabbed in the neck during a downtown robbery on Thursday. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a man armed with a knife walked into the Iron Street Coffee Roastery, 119 E. Iron, at 2:55pm and told the female employee to open the cash register. Police say the suspect stabbed her in ...

10 years ago
Between 10:00 AM on November 28, 2014 and 6:00 AM on December 1, 2014 a theft was committed at 1631 E. North St. Unknown person or persons broke a receiver lock to take a 2013 H&H 12’ enclosed trailer, KS Tag 673FPK. The trailer is black with maroon and silver stripes and was loaded with ...

10 years ago
Kansas has started issuing gender-neutral marriage forms amid ongoing litigation over its same-sex marriage ban. Copies of the new forms were included in a motion that seeks to have former Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Robert Moser dismissed from the litigation. The motion, which was filed Wednesday, notes that Moser has resigned and that new ...