10 years ago
A suspected thief is caught on video. According to police, on September 8th a white male entered the Salina Walmart store and removed multiple items. Images of the suspect were caught on store security video. If you can identif the man in the video, or if you have any information concerning who committed this crime, call Crimestoppers ...

10 years ago
Republican Senator Pat Roberts' re-election campaign has posted an online ad attacking independent candidate Greg Orman as a liberal pretending to be conservative. But Orman's campaign demanded Friday that Roberts' team remove the ad because it edits audio from their recent debate at the Kansas State Fair. The ad accuses Orman of pretending to be conservative like ...

10 years ago
A new store is coming to the Central Mall in Salina. According to the mall, Aksent Boutique will open a location in Salina. Aksent Boutique offers clothing for women small to plus size, handmade custom and costume jewelry, handbags, and other accessories. Aksent Boutique will open a 1,862 square foot store located near Finish Line in Fall ...

10 years ago
A Kansas courthouse is open again after being evacuated when an employee found a couple of liquid-filled bottles taped together near a handicapped entrance. Douglas County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Steve Lewis says investigators decided not to take any chances after the suspicious bottles were found around 8:30 a.m. Friday at the old courthouse in Lawrence. Lewis says ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman is chased into a bathroom by a man with a baseball bat. Police arrested 25-year-old Timothy Sellers on Thursday after officers were called to a home in central Salina just after 7pm. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, Sellers kicked in the front door on a residence of a 24-year-old female acquaintance - sending her ...

10 years ago
Sometime between Sunday, September 7th and Wednesday, September 10th, unknown person(s) entered property belonging to Salina Speedway, 2841 S. Burma Road, rural Saline County, and took the following items: a red Polaris ATV with red and blue lights on the front and back, a white EZ golf cart with a tan roof, a black 5’x8’ ...

10 years ago
Fort Hays State University's reputation as a national leader in the quality of its Virtual College programs was bolstered again this week when it was ranked the best college in Kansas for online education. TheBestSchools.org ranked FHSU No. 1 in an article, "The Best Online College in Each of America’s Fifty States." "We believe that ...

10 years ago
When the Swedish retail giant IKEA wanted to add Swedish flavor to the opening ceremony of its newest store in Kansas, it just made sense that it would reach out to Lindsborg and Bethany College. The Bethany Chamber Choir performed the Swedish national anthem, "Du Gamla, Du Fria," during the flag raising ceremony to open the ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas will create a task force and require training in response to criticism of its handling of sexual assault complaints. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announced Thursday that the task force will review the university's current policies and practices and recommend improvements. In a message on her website, Gray-Little said she wants to ensure that students, ...

10 years ago
A Saline County Sheriff's Deputy is injured after a Salina Firefighter's truck is stolen and wrecked in a fiery crash. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, a 1999 Dodge 1500 pickup was stolen sometime between 4pm Thursday and 3am Friday morning from a parking lot at Salina Fire Station 1, 222 W. Elm. Ottawa County authorities tell ...

10 years ago
Ideas for sustaining the Ogallala Aquifer will be discussed this weekend at the Kansas State Fair. A Kansas State University group called the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy is organizing round-table discussions Sunday afternoon at the fairgrounds. The Ogallala is an underground source of water locked inside gravel and sand hundreds of feet below the surface. ...