10 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is bringing another high profile speaker to town. 1984 Olympic Gold medalist figure skater, and cancer survivor, Scott Hamilton will speak at the organization's annual banquet and membership meeting February 5th. Hamilton is one of the most recognized male figure skating star in the world. He has won 70 titles, ...

10 years ago
Wichita police say they've charged four teenagers in the armed robbery of a party bus and the beating of its driver. Lt. James Espinoza says the boys are 14-17 years old. He says they robbed four people of cellphones, wallets and money on Sept. 5 and that one boy was armed with a shotgun. The driver was ...

10 years ago
The Bel Aire police chief has called for tougher animal control regulations after a teenager was hospitalized in a bull terrier attack. Chief Darrell Atteberry says the dog bit the 13-year-old boy last week on the arms, stomach and genitals while visiting a friend. He says police previously responded to two separate attacks by the same ...

10 years ago
Kansas officials are holding a public hearing this week on proposed signs to be placed on buildings where firearms are prohibited. A state law that took effect July 1 legalized the open carry of guns across the state. But building owners may ban concealed firearms, openly carried guns or both from their premises if they post ...

10 years ago
Topeka police have released the name of an 85-year-old motorcycle rider who was killed in a chain-reaction crash. The man was identified Monday as Harold Eulert, of Topeka. Eulert was riding a motorcycle on a Topeka bridge Friday afternoon when it was hit from behind by a pickup truck. The impact pushed the motorcycle into another truck. Eulert ...

10 years ago
Police in a southern Kansas community say a 34-year-old man was electrocuted when a boom on a truck touched an overhead power line. The accident happened Monday morning at the Arkansas City headquarters of KanPak, an international maker of cold and frozen beverages, containers and dispensers. The Arkansas City Traveler reports the man worked for a local ...

10 years ago
A Salina man wins a $22,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, last Friday Mike Lagerman of Salina started off his weekend by purchasing a Kansas Lottery Fast 5 sampler, which gave him a $1 Quick Pick ticket on each of five different lottery games, Powerball, Mega Millions, Hot Lotto, Super Kansas Cash and 2by2. ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating after a fake $50 bill shows up in a restaurant's deposit. Salina Police report a counterfeit $50 was passed at Wendy's, 1940 S. Ohio, sometime Friday evening between 8:30pm and 11:30pm. Police say the bogus bill had no security features and the ink smeared when it got wet.

10 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for indecent liberties with a child. Police arrested 44-year-old Wilmo Haake, 423 S. 9th, on Sunday after being contacted by the Department of Children and Families in August about two incidents that allegedly took place inside Haake's home. Police say their investigation revealed a grade school aged girl was molested on two ...

10 years ago
A northeast Kansas dairy that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012 is rebounding. The Iwig Dairy Farm now has 100 cows near Tecumseh and sells its milk, ice cream and butter at stores on the farm, in Lawrence and in Topeka. The family farm, which has been raising cows since 1910, expanded into processing and bottling milk ...

10 years ago
A crop sprayer is destroyed by fire. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a crop sprayer on the lot at Straub International, 3637 S. 9th, caught on fire around 2am on Sunday morning. Fire District # 2 responded to blaze which totally destroyed the sprayer that was on the property awaiting repairs. Authorities say two tractors ...