11 years ago
A woman pleaded no contest to planning the shooting death of a former Kansas high school football player. Twenty-two-year-old Ebony Nguyen entered the plea Monday to felony first-degree murder. She was scheduled to go on trial this week for premeditated first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 2013 death of former Wichita South ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Lottery says that someone is holding a Powerball ticket worth $1 million. The ticket for Saturday night's drawing in the multistate game was sold in the northeastern part of Kansas. Lottery officials said Monday it matched the first five numbers in the drawing, but not the Powerball. Saturday's numbers were 13-28-31-55-58, Powerball 15. A single ...

11 years ago
Scant rain across most of Kansas has led to declining soil moisture levels as the condition of the winter wheat crop continues to decline. In its weekly update, the National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that less than half of Kansas is reporting adequate soil moisture supplies. The agency rated the condition of the emerging winter wheat ...

11 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo was a popular place to be last week. According to the organization, a record number of visitors passed through the gates. The zoo says that from Saturday, March 15th through Sunday, March 23rd they welcomed 5,633 visitors to the Zoo and Wildlife Museum. Many area students were on Spring break during the time ...

11 years ago
A man smuggles pills inside the jail using his prosthetic leg. Slurred speech and a urine test showed an inmate inside the Saline County Jail was taking drugs. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, 33-year-old Christopher L. Jones smuggled prescription drugs and meth into the facility - hiding the contraband inside his artificial leg. Deputies became concerned when ...

11 years ago
A man is arrested on multiple charges after failing to return a rented drain auger. Salina Police were contacted by staff at Waters True Value, 460 S. Ohio, on Saturday after a customer failed to bring back some plumbing equipment he rented for a 3-hour period on March 13th. Police went to interview the man and found ...

11 years ago
A Saline County man is facing multiple charges after being arrested twice. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, deputies were called to 4720 W. Pleasant Hill Rd on Saturday night at about 8:30pm after a concerned female called to report a possible domestic disturbance. The woman said 62-year-old Robert Brown had told her he shot out his ...

11 years ago
Burglars hit a mini storage business. Salina Police are investigating after someone stole a loaded trailer from the lot at Broadway Mini Storage, 3335 S.9th. Police say sometime between 9pm on March 20th and 8:45am March 21st, someone entered through the gate and stole a 14-foot by 7-foot enclosed trailer which was loaded with a Polaris 4x4 ...

11 years ago
An early morning fire damages a Salina home. According to the Salina Fire Department, Sunday morning at 3:18 crews were dispatched to a reported house fire at 511 N. 13th St. Heavy smoke could be seen in the area from 9th St. and Pine. First responders reported heavy smoke coming from the attic and attached garage ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has until March 31 to decide the fate of the Kansas GOP's plan to make it harder for voters to switch parties before primary elections. The Legislature delivered a bill containing the GOP plan to Brownback on Friday. He has 10 days under the state Constitution to sign the measure, veto it ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Corrections has been looking for an inmate who was mistakenly released from a southwest Missouri jail. The KDOC handed 35-year-old Sean P. McKenzie over late last year to authorities in Vernon County, Mo., so he could stand trial on theft charges there. When those charges were dropped Feb. 25, Vernon County officials ...