11 years ago
Two more people on the June list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The latest list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line back on June 7th. Since then, six now have been arrested. The latest arrests include Alex Cook-Myher and John Poole. They were wanted for crimes that include felony drug crimes. Since the Most Wanted ...

11 years ago
A 16-year-old Lawrence girl is hospitalized with serious injuries after she was hit by a car while trying to help a turtle get off a road. The Douglas County Sheriff's office says the accident happened Thursday afternoon in Douglas County southeast of Lawrence. Lt. Steve Lewis says the girl was flown to Overland Park Regional ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and legislative leaders have taken a formal step needed to give a promised $250 bonus to full-time state government workers in December. Brownback and eight top lawmakers on Thursday approved the distribution of $4.5 million in state funds to various agencies for the bonuses. Legislators included the bonuses in the budget ...

11 years ago
Russell County authorities say a Kansas woman is in jail after three of her four foster children tested positive for marijuana. According to the Russell County Sheriff's Office, 54-year-old Pam Pertl from Bunker Hill was arrested Thursday and jailed on drug charges and three counts of aggravated child endangerment. Deputies were called to the Russell County ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman will be sentenced Sept. 8 after pleading no contest to first-degree murder in the death of her 3-month-old son. Twenty-one-year-old Desirah N. Overturf is expected to be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Police were called to the couple's home in December because of an unresponsive ...

11 years ago
The 1-108th and the Army Aviation Support Facility # 2 located at the Salina Regional Airport in Salina will be integrating new aircraft into their fleet, replacing approximately 80 percent of their current fleet of helicopters with the latest model. Built in 2013, the UH-60M Model will replace the 35-year-old UH-60A models allowing for numerous ...

11 years ago
A man is arrested after allegedly stealing items for the Salina Goodwill store and then selling them. Police say that back on June 13th two aluminum ramps were stolen from the Goodwill Store at 2640 Planet Avenue. On June 14th, the stolen ramps were sold to Salina Iron and Metal at 312 North 5th Street. The ramps ...

11 years ago
An elderly woman in Salina narrowly avoids becoming a scam victim Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a 92-year-old woman received a phone call Wednesday between 10:30 and 11:00 in the morning. She was told that she had won $3 million from Publisher's Clearing House, and also a new BMW vehicle. To collect her prizes, the ...

11 years ago
The kindness of Kansas farmers was on display again this week, when some in Harper County delayed harvesting their own crops to help an ailing 85-year-old neighbor. The harvest Wednesday on Jim Wene's farm was necessary after he was found lying on his floor at home a few weeks ago. He was hospitalized for more ...

11 years ago
The Liberty Bell 7 space capsule is on its way from the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson to Germany. The Mercury space capsule used by Gus Grissom in 1961 was moved out of the Cosmosphere Wednesday to the museum's SpaceWorks division. Once it's prepared for movement, the capsule will be taken to a Houston port, and then ...

11 years ago
Visitors will be allowed to bring concealed guns into the Kansas Statehouse beginning in July unless legislative leaders intervene. Top lawmakers were reviewing the issue at a meeting Thursday. If they don't act this month, holders of concealed carry permits will be able to enter the building with their weapons. The Republican-dominated Legislature enacted a law last ...