11 years ago
Police are searching for whoever abandoned a truck that rolled down a hill and into a Topeka home. Topeka Police Lt. Jana Harden says the truck was empty when it hit the house Wednesday evening. She says the truck was involved in a hit-and-run crash earlier in the day. Harden says someone drove the truck up the ...

11 years ago
Attorneys sparring over investigation materials from the 1959 "In Cold Blood" murders in southwest Kansas are headed to court. A motions hearing was scheduled Thursday in Shawnee County District Court to discuss what evidence the attorneys will exchange. At issue are case files kept at the home of a deceased Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent who was ...

11 years ago
A Kansas state agency has shuttered a Wichita group home after regulators say they found improperly stored medications, rodent infestations and unlicensed staff members. The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services on Tuesday ordered the immediate closure of the Atishwin Institute. The state also revoked the license for the substance abuse treatment group home. The facility ...

11 years ago
Kansas regulators have filed a complaint against Westar Energy Inc., alleging the utility is charging unjust and unreasonable electric transmission rates. The Kansas Corporation Commission filed the complaint Wednesday with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against the state's largest electric utility. The agency is objecting to what it called Westar's unreasonably high return on equity in a ...

11 years ago
Winter's going to be colder than usual and next summer hotter. So says the Old Farmer's Almanac, the familiar, 223-year-old chronicler of climate, folksy advice and fun facts. Published Wednesday, the almanac predicts a "super-cold" winter in two-thirds of the country, or what Editor Janice Stillman calls "a refriger-nation." Before unpacking the parka, remember "colder than ...

11 years ago
Federal prosecutors say they have indicted a Derby man who created dozens of false identities so he could buy discounted DVD and Blue-ray movies and then resell them. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday that 45-year-old Harvey C. Self is charged with nine counts of mail fraud, one count of money laundering and two counts of ...

11 years ago
A man with a Honduran passport and driver license is detained in Salina on a warrant from immigration officials. Police say an officer made a traffic stop in the 400 block of N. 9th Wednesday morning around 2:20am. The driver, 44-year-old Abrahan Turcios-Macias handed the officer his Honduran identification - which was then checked through the FBI's  ...

11 years ago
A gun is stolen after a Salina couple reaches out to help a hitchhiker. Police say a 62-year-old man and his wife picked up a Hispanic male who was hitchhiking north of Park City on I-135 Monday afternoon and drove back to Salina. The couple fed the man at Coyote Canyon then allowed him to clean up ...

11 years ago
Three days of booths, exhibits, and activities focusing on the outdoors, a concert, and a dinner featuring reality TV stars are all part of a first-of-its-kind event this weekend at the Salina Bicentennial Center. The three day Smoky Hills Sportsman Expo is this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. American Country Awards nominee Craig Campbell takes the stage ...

11 years ago
A judge familiar to Saline County District Court is stepping down. According to the Office of Judicial Administration, Chief Judge Jerome P. Hellmer announced Wednesday that he is retiring, effective January 12th. Judge Hellmer has served 18 years on the bench in the 28th judicial district. "It has been an honor and privilege to serve ...

11 years ago
Several astronauts will touch down this weekend in Hutchinson, as part of a fundraiser for the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke and Apollo 13 astronauts Fred Haise and Jim Lovell will be among those attending the annual Fly Around, Dine Around event at the center. Others attending include shuttle astronauts Catherine Coleman, ...