10 years ago
Volunteers gathered Saturday morning to help make Salina a better place to live. Volunteers of all ages gathered to tackle a variety of community service projects during the annual Fall Fix-Up project. Activities began at Founders' Park, behind the Salina Community Theatre. Volunteers then spread out to work on projects. Projects included construction and distributing rain barrels, ...

10 years ago
Salina firefighters fight a second fire within the span of several hours. According to he department, crews were called just after 5:30 Saturday morning to a fire at 917 N. 13th Street. First responders discovered a trailer house on fire. The fire caused considerable damage to the home before crews were able to get it extinguished. ...

10 years ago
A fire that began Friday evening has destroyed the former Flamingo Motel at 500 East Pacific in Salina. According to the Salina Fire Department, the structure was fully involved when the first crews arrived. The fire was the latest of several in and around the Flamingo structure, with arson being suspected. On July 3rd a fire damaged ...

10 years ago
Police are searching for a suspect in the deaths of a couple in their south Wichita home. The victims were identified Friday as 72-year-old Godofredo Moreno and his wife, 70-year-old Martha Moreno. They were found dead in their home Thursday. Wichita police Lt. Jeff Gilmore says the couple's vehicle was found Thursday afternoon engulfed in flames in ...

10 years ago
Police recover a stolen laptop computer and iPad and make an arrest. A Salina Police investigation led officers to use a search warrant at the home of 19-year-old Jeremy Cullen, 1404 S. 11th Street, on Thursday. Police found a Toshiba laptop computer, an iPad plus a wireless mouse and dongle that were reported stolen from a Toyota ...

10 years ago
Salina Police make an arrest after finding a man wanted for beating and choking a female acquaintance. Police arrested 44-year-old David D. Poole on Thursday in connection to a violent incident that took place inside a southwest Salina home on June 24th. Police allege Poole hit the woman in the face multiple times and used his hands ...

10 years ago
Despite scientific recommendations against it, a Kansas commission voted to remove a snake species from the state's threatened species list. The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission voted unanimously Thursday to remove the redbelly snake from the list. The vote came after developers in northeast Kansas complained the species' threatened status had caused costly delays ...

10 years ago
Between 8:00 AM on September 30, 2014 and 10:00 AM on October 6, 2014 a burglary occurred at Ferco Rental, 264 S. Broadway. Tires and rims were taken off of a 20’ enclosed trailer, as well as two padlocks cut and taken from the side doors. Taken from inside the trailer were six ...

10 years ago
A manufacturer of pipe fixtures says it will expand its warehouse in McPherson and add 100 jobs to the operation. Viega plans to break ground in November on an 80,000-square-foot addition to its 439,000-square-foot warehouse and manufacturing operation. The company is a German-based manufacturer of pipe fixtures for plumbing, heating and industrial use. Its U.S. ...

10 years ago
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says a commercial biofuels plant opening in southwest Kansas represents the future of ethanol production. Moniz spoke to The Associated Press ahead of Friday's grand opening of Abengoa's second-generation cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas. The plant has a capacity to produce 25 million gallons of ethanol per year. The $500 million ...

10 years ago
A federal jury has awarded nearly $1 million in wages and damages to a former McPherson police officer who was fired after being found asleep on duty. Jurors found the city of McPherson discriminated against Matthew B. Michaels on account of a disability of sleep apnea. A court judgment filed Wednesday orders the city to pay $921,657 ...