11 years ago
Salinans gathered Monday to remember, and honor, those who have died so that we might all be free. Following brief cemetery services, events culminated with a large gathering at the Saline County War Memorial in Sunset Park. Salina Mayor Aaron Householter spoke. Householter spoke about his uncle Terry Householter, who was killed in action in Vietnam ...

11 years ago
Police in Wichita are looking for a burglar who made off with nearly $10,000 worth of stringed instruments from a music store. KAKE-TV reports the break-in at Jim Starkey Music Center happened just before 6 a.m. Saturday. The suspect broke a front window, setting off an alarm. Owner Dee Starkey says the burglar stole three student violins, ...

11 years ago
One of Garden City's biggest attractions is open for the summer. KSNW-TV reports the city's Big Pool is filled with more than 2 million gallons of water and ready to accommodate swimmers - hundreds of them, more than the populations of some Kansas towns. Monica Colborn, aquatics director for the Garden City Recreation Commission, says the pool ...

11 years ago
One person is dead and another is in custody following an early-morning shooting south of downtown Topeka. Police say the victim was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle following the shooting around 1:40 a.m. Sunday. The person was pronounced dead at 3:15 p.m. A 30-year-old man was arrested Sunday afternoon on suspicion of first-degree murder. No ...

11 years ago
Kansas City fire departments on both sides of the state line say they aren't having much success in their efforts to diversify their ranks. The Kansas City Star reports the most recent graduation of new Kansas City, Kansas, firefighters had only one woman and no African-Americans in a class of 26. That bothered Mayor Mark Holland, ...

11 years ago
The Wichita aircraft parts maker created when Boeing Co. spun off its commercial airplane business is looking to expand its work for the military. Spirit Aerosystems is a major supplier of fuselages and other components for planes built by Boeing and Airbus. The Wichita Eagle reports the company is now working to market its expertise with metals ...

11 years ago
A south-central Kansas man has found an unusual way to help veterans and honor fallen soldiers. Philip Crabtree, of Clearwater, carved an intricately detailed fallen soldier sculpture out of red cedar. He takes the 4-foot sculpture enclosed in a glass case to funerals for military veterans, where he collects donations help retired veterans trying to make ...

11 years ago
Some makers of the liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes are using notable brand names like Thin Mint, Tootsie Roll and Cinnamon Toast Crunch to sell their wares. Now the owners of those trademarks are fighting back to make sure their brands aren't being used to sell an addictive drug or make it appealing to to ...

11 years ago
Salina is preparing to graduate its first drug court class. According to Saline County District Court Officials, the Saline County Drug Court will hold a graduation ceremony on June 9, 2014 at 2:00 PM at the Saline County Courthouse, courtroom 301. The Hon. Jared Johnson, District Court Judge, will deliver the keynote address. This ceremony is ...

11 years ago
A former Wichita police officer died after an accident at Table Rock Lake in southwest Missouri. Southern Stone County fire officials say 36-year-old Shane Little died Friday afternoon after a fall near the Aunts Creek campground on the lake. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Little and another man were walking on a trail near Oswalt Bluff ...

11 years ago
A conservative Republican state senator from northeast Kansas is launching an exploratory committee to consider challenging incumbent Sen. Pat Roberts in the August primary. Sen. Dennis Pyle of Hiawatha said Friday he is asking residents to help him decide in the next 10 days if he should join Leawood radiologist Milton Wolf in challenging Roberts. Pyle says ...