11 years ago
A teen is arrested for vandalism and theft after equipment is stolen from a Union Pacific vehicle. Samuel Johannes, 16, of 2363 Chapel Ridge was arrested July 6th for allegedly removing items from the vehicle. Johannes is being charged with vehicular burglary, theft and damage to property for the incident that occurred in a motel parking lot ...

11 years ago
Salina Police Department is investigating a scam on Craigslist. A 31-year old female employee of Salina Dental Arts reported she had listed dental chairs on Craigslist. She received several text messages from a man using the name of Matt Baker, who stated he was interested in purchasing the chairs for $800. Baker sent a check to the ...

11 years ago
A 26-foot U-Haul truck is reported stolen. Salina Police are investigating the theft of a moving truck that has not been seen since March 13th. A recent fleet inventory revealed the truck was checked out at the City Wide Storage Center, 440 N. Ohio, in March and was to be returned to a center in ...

11 years ago
A New Hampshire man is arrested in a Saline County soybean field after a 43-minute chase ends on Saturday. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a deputy on patrol was pulling over to assist a motorist on I-70 just before 8am on Saturday morning when a driver in a 2004 Volkwagen Passat sped past going 91-mph. A chase ...

11 years ago
An Abilene resident will fulfill his dream at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo. Ever since he was a little boy, Ethan McDonald has been coming to the rodeo in Abilene every summer. And now that he is a bullfighter, he gets to work it. McDonald, age 25, has been hired as one of two bullfighters for the ...

11 years ago
Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is urging Kansans who smoke or chew tobacco to check if their insurance plans cover programs to help them quit. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in May that insurance companies and employer group health plans must cover counseling and other programs that help people quit smoking. The companies are not ...

11 years ago
Gambling revenues at the Kansas Star Casino south of Wichita are lagging behind figures recorded a year ago soon after the permanent casino started operating. The casino's June report to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission showed that it has won $167 million from gamblers so far this year, compared to $176.3 million a year ago ...

11 years ago
The next leg of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole's homecoming tour is scheduled to take him to nine communities in eastern Kansas. The visits next week are the latest in a series of trips Dole is making this year from his home in Washington, D.C., year to greet old friends and supporters throughout Kansas. He spends ...

11 years ago
People from as far away as Oklahoma spent part of their holiday weekend at a 5-year-old southwest Kansas reservoir that got a big boost from steady rainfall last week. HorseThief Reservoir near Jetmore is about 65 percent full after gaining 7 feet last week, drawing people from all around to the few big bodies of water ...

11 years ago
A group of Wichita marijuana advocates is counting petition signatures to see if there are enough to force a citywide vote on decriminalizing pot in the community. Petitioners are trying to gather nearly 3,000 valid signatures on a petition that would give voters a chance in November to ask for sharply lower punishments for marijuana possession. The ...

11 years ago
One person is hurt in a two vehicle crash on Interstae 70 west of Salina late Sunday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patol, two cars were both headed east when one of them collided with the back of the other. One car came to rest in then ditch, the other in the median. One person, a ...