11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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. ...

11 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.

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 years ago
A Salina Police officer is suspended after being arrested for DUI. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 29-year-old Austin Hardin was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly hit a power pole on South 9th and left the scene. Police say Hardin was driving northbound in a 2006 Dodge Dakota truck when he veered into the median and ...

11 years ago
A scooter rider was hurt in a crash early Monday morning in South Salina. First responders were called at around 7:30 in the morning to the crash, near the intersection of Magnolia and Markley Road. Traffic was being rerouted as officers and EMS worked the scene. The scooter rider was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health ...

11 years ago
Hutchinson police say a 4-year-old boy has died after being pinned under a flatbed trailer. The accident was reported Sunday afternoon at a home on the city's southeast side. Police say the trailer was not attached to a vehicle and was in the home's front yard. They say the trailer's ramp fell on the boy. The child ...