11 years ago
A Wichita woman who worked as a civilian at McConnell Air Force Base has admitted embezzling more than $54,000 in public funds. The U.S. Attorney's office says 44-year-old Deidra Sanders pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of theft of government money. Sanders worked at the Wichita installation as a deputy dispersing officer for the Air Force. She ...

11 years ago
A woman and small boy were killed when the vehicle they were in rolled over on Interstate 35. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the accident happened Tuesday evening four miles north of Waverly in Coffey County. The patrol says a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Krystal Smith of New Strawn went onto a median in the interstate and ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation says more than $10 million in state funds will be spent on 77 rural bridges listed as deficient. The Wichita Eagle reports the bridges, rated deficient because they aren't able to handle legal load limits, are in 75 counties. State funds will be used to fix or replace the passages. According to ...

11 years ago
Thieves empty a trailer full of construction tools. Salina Police are investigating a burglary after someone stole numerous tools from a trailer owned by Wayne Holmes Basement Inc. while it was parked at a job site at 2580 S.9th Street sometime between October 5th and October 6th. Police report that a Stihl cutoff saw plus 2 blades, ...

11 years ago
Suspicious behavior leads to an arrest. Salina Police were called to a home in the 900 block of North 13th Street at about 10:45pm on Tuesday, after neighbors heard yelling from inside. Officers interviewed the owner and were leaving the residence when they saw a man walking in the area. Officers identified themselves as they illuminated the man ...

11 years ago
Conservationists are concerned that a Kansas commission's vote on the status of a snake species could be the first time in 40 years that a threatened species' future is determined by politics rather than science. The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission will decide Thursday whether the redbelly snake should continue to be listed as a ...

11 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education has added three school districts to a program that allows them to operate with less regulation in hopes of boosting student performance. The board approved innovative-district applications from the Hugoton, Blue Valley and Kansas City, Kansas, districts. The board previously approved applications from the McPherson and Concordia districts under a 2013 ...

11 years ago
Topeka police are searching for whoever stole a century-old bronze urn from an area cemetery. Police say the 3-foot tall and 3-foot wide urn was taken Sunday night or Monday morning. It was placed at the cemetery between 1912 and 1917 to mark the grave of Bell Hurley. The urn stood on top of a hill next ...

11 years ago
The Kansas State University Police Department is warning about a scam. According to the organization, a possible phone scam is aactive in the area. Callers claim to be police officers from the university. They tell the potential victim they are calling to collect for past fines, or owed money. The Kansas State University Police Department will never ...

11 years ago
A country music legend is coming to Salina. Wynonna Judd, and friends, are coming to the Stiefel Theatre. Wyonna wil perform at the Stiefel Theatre on Thursday, February 19th. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 24th. Everyone has a story to tell. And, for Wynonna Judd, those stories have been told through song with one of the most ...

11 years ago
University of Kansas Hospital officials say preliminary tests show a patient who arrived Monday with Ebola-like symptoms does not have the deadly disease. Chief medical officer Dr. Lee Norman said Tuesday the man is believed instead to have another tropical disease common in central and western Africa, although doctors haven't determined which one. Norman says the patient ...