11 years ago
Kansas House Republicans are forming a committee to study Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to increase funding for all-day kindergarten. House Speaker Ray Merrick announced Tuesday that he had asked a group of legislators to review the plan before the chamber acts on it. Brownback announced in December that he wanted to increase funding for all-day kindergarten over ...

11 years ago
A burglar enters a Salina home while a family sleeps. According to Lt. Sean Morton, someone opened an unlocked sliding glass door and walked into a house in the 300 block of Tulane during the overnight hours of Sunday into Monday. Police say sometime between 10:30pm and 4:30am, the burglar removed a purse, pair of jeans with ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Commission reorganized for 2014 Tuesday, and it will look exactly the same as 2013. Randy Duncan will remain chairman for a second consecutive year. Jim Gile will remain vice-chair, while John Price will remain secretary. Commissioners were also assigned boards and committees to serve on in 2014. The county also is discussing moving the ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing store video of a 'quick change artist.' According to Lt. Sean Morton, a suspect described as a black male, turned a $3.95 purchase at Wal-Mart into a $170 loss for the store. The man began his transaction at the checkout lane with a $50 bill - and after a series of requests walked ...

11 years ago
A Salina business is broken into. Police are investigating a burglary at Safelite Auto Glass, 304 S. Santa Fe, that occurred on Monday sometime between 5am and 5:30pm. Police say an exterior window on a door was damaged as well as glass inside the business was broken, as thieves took an undisclosed amount of money from a ...

11 years ago
Congress is considering a $1.1 trillion appropriations bill that contains funding for projects in Kansas with implications for the next several decades. The bill, which has been agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators, contains $404 million for the next round of construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility near Kansas State University in ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle. According to Lt. Sean Morton, police were contacted by Joni Alberts-Plumer of Brookville, on Monday after realizing her truck was missing. Police say sometime between Friday evening at 5pm and Monday morning around 8am, someone stole her 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup that was parked on the street in ...

11 years ago
An embattled Salina military boarding school will have to go to trial over a lawsuit filed by 11 ex-cadets alleging a culture of abuse. U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum ruled Monday that former students at St. John's Military School in Salina cited enough evidence that a reasonable jury would find the school's conduct "exceeded ...

11 years ago
The reward has doubled for return of a wedding ring stolen from a dying woman last month in Wichita. The Wichita Crime Commission says it is now offering $4,255 for information leading to recovery of the ring belonging to 43-year-old Danielle Zimmerman. She died in December after suffering an aneurysm at a fast-food restaurant. While she ...

11 years ago
Police say the body of a woman found in a west Wichita home apparently had been there for months. Lt. Todd Ojile says officers went to the home Friday after a neighbor reported she hadn't seen the people in the home for several days. Officers found a 69-year-old man dead, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. While ...

11 years ago
A man is killed in a single vehicle crash in Lincoln County late Monday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 63-year-old Kenneth Wacker was driving a Ford Ranger pickup truck norh on K 14 Highway. He drifted off the east shoulder, overcorrected, and then veered back across both lanes of traffic. The truck entered the ...