10 years ago
Four wheeled beauties - with plenty of horses under the hood will be roaming the streets of Downtown Salina Thursday evening, as merchants hand out cotton candy and good deals. Penny Bettles with Salina Downtown Inc., joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at the 2014 Sidewalk Sale, Block Party and Sunset Cruise. ...

10 years ago
Burglars enter a vehicle stranded on the side of the road. The owner of the vehicle, a 29-year old male of Salina, told Police he let a 38-year old female acquaintance borrow his car on July 20th to go to the laundromat. On the way back home the car ran out of gas and was left unattended. Tuesday ...

10 years ago
An eastern Kansas man is charged with first-degree murder after an abduction and police chase ended in the death of a 5-year-old girl. Thirty-year-old Marcus McGowan, of Atchison, was charged Wednesday with aggravated assault, two counts of criminal possession of a firearm, aggravated endangering of a child and trying to elude law enforcement officers. Leavenworth County prosecutor ...

10 years ago
A district court judge candidate in western Kansas paid a fine to settle a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge filed against him in Michigan nine years ago. Attorney Michael Giardine says he flew to Michigan to settle the case Monday. Giardine, a Republican seeking the 16th Judicial District seat, says the possession charge was dismissed and he ...

10 years ago
A 21-year-old Junction City man is being held without bond after a shootout at a fast food restaurant. Police Lt. Jeff Childs says the victim suffered injuries that were not life-threatening during an exchange of gunfire at a Wendy's restaurant Tuesday night. Everyone involved was gone from the area when police arrived. But Childs says a short ...

10 years ago
Three more cases of measles have been confirmed in Sedgwick County, and officials say they expect more cases to emerge through August. The Wichita Eagle reports the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced the new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total in the county to 11. Preston Goering, director of the county's Preventative Health division, told ...

10 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach's opponent in the Republican primary predicts that a "dual" voting system for helping Kansas enforce a proof-of-citizenship rule will confuse voters and suppress turnout. Challenger Scott Morgan's criticism of the Kobach-designed system Tuesday came a day after the secretary of state's office began mailing notices to dozens of voters about it. ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Humane Society euthanized about 4,000 animals last year but an official says the number of animals saved continues to improve. Spokeswoman Melissa Houston says the society provided services for 17,000 animals last year, with about 13,000 homeless. Of those, more than 9,000 were adopted but the other 4,000 had to be euthanized. Houston says decisions ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a theft from a business. Police say an internal audit at Jim's Country Style Chicken, 649 S. Broadway, revealed money missing from the business. Police report that $1,400 was stolen from the restaurant sometime between July 1st and July 18th.

11 years ago
Police announce more charges against a man who is already in jail for his role in stealing over 100 guns from Cleve's Marine & Sporting Goods Store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 32-year-old Matthew Hewitt is now facing 16 counts of criminal use of a financial card, forgery and theft charges after an investigation revealed Hewitt ...

11 years ago
For more than seven decades, farmers and other industries have depended on the Ogallala Aquifer to provide the lifeblood of the western Kansas economy. There has been concern that irrigation and other uses have depleted the aquifer faster than it can be recharged. It's been declining each year since irrigation began in the 1940s and 1950s. The ...