11 years ago
A rural Saline County man returns home to find tires and rims missing from his garage. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, Adam Branstetter returned to his house in the 5000 block of N. Leisure Road to discover someone had entered the locked garage and removed four Typhoon brand silver, aluminum rims plus a pair of tires. ...

11 years ago
Police are searching for two suspects involved in a residential burglary that occurred on Saturday morning. Willis Brull, 86, of 803 E. Minneapolis reported that two Hispanic males knocked on his door around 9 am asking to be shown where his property line ends. Brull and his wife walked with the males out back to discuss the ...

11 years ago
A concerned citizen's call to police leads to an arrest in a string of vehicle burglaries. Officers were sent to the area of Santa Fe and Wilson Friday morning around 5:30am after a person told police they saw a man was acting suspicious and going through cars. Police arrested 20-year-old Tyler Base in the 2000 block of ...

11 years ago
A new barbecue restaurant is planning to build a Salina location. According to Salina Area Chamber of Commerce President Dennis Lauver, Rib Crib plans to expand into Salina. Rib Crib is a restaurant specializing in barbecue and smoked meats. All locations share a common theme of rustic lodge-like surroundings. The first Rib Crib opened in Tulsa, Oklahoma in ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Turnpike Authority is considering building a scenic outlook along Interstate 35 to allow travelers to stop and appreciate the Flint Hills. The turnpike authority is considering improvements to on and off ramps south of Emporia that currently serve cattle owners, who truck in their cattle to graze in the spring and then retrieve ...

11 years ago
Former Sen. Bob Dole plans to visit his Kansas hometown Wednesday to dedicate a new mobile unit for use by the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center. A spokeswoman says the dedication will take place at 10:30 a.m. at Russell's VFW Post 6240, located on Bob Dole Drive. The Dole Medical Center in Wichita serves 59 Kansas ...

11 years ago
Five teenagers are accused of stealing a goat from a popular suburban Kansas City children's farm and taking it into a McDonald's restaurant. The Kansas City Star reports the goat was stolen from Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead in Overland Park, Kansas, and spotted around 2 a.m. Sunday in a McDonald's parking lot in Olathe. Olathe police say ...

11 years ago
A home explosion in southwest Kansas has killed a 17-year-old boy and critically injured two others in the residence. Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue says the explosion leveled the home at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Plymell, about 12 miles south of Garden City, and damaged a neighboring home. KWCH-TV identifies the victims as Spencer Unruh, who was ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court says University of Kansas Hospital will have to pick up the $140,000 tab for treating a man who broke his hip after jumping out of a jailhouse window. Alberto Contreras Gonzalez was arrested in March 2006 on drug-related charges but entered a diversion agreement with Wabaunsee County before being transferred to Shawnee ...

11 years ago
Kansas City's municipal animal shelter has taken in more than 900 animals since the start of the month and currently has more animals than ever before, forcing it to convert bathrooms, closets, locker rooms, the basement and the employee break room to find enough space for them all. The No-Kill Advocacy Center says the KC Pet ...

11 years ago
Tea party challenger Milton Wolf says he's reserved $250,000 in television advertising time for his U.S. Senate race, but Republican incumbent Pat Roberts' camp says it has spent twice that in recent weeks. Wolf announced Friday that he's reserved time on cable and broadcast stations throughout Kansas starting Wednesday and running through the Aug. 5 GOP ...