11 years ago
A recent incident at Lakewood Park in Salina highlight the danger of icy lakes and ponds. On January 19th a fisherman fell through ice. Police and firefighters responded, and the fisherman safely made it back to shore. Officials say to use caution in and around rivers, lakes, and ponds that appear to be frozen. The U.S. ...

11 years ago
A Salina military boarding school embroiled in a lawsuit alleging widespread abuse of its cadets is asking a federal judge to keep any mention about prior arrests or criminal convictions of its employees away from jurors at next month's trial. The request comes amid 21 sealed motions filed on Wednesday by St. John's Military School ...

11 years ago
Police say a body found in rural Geary County matches the description of a missing Junction City woman. Junction City police say in a news release Thursday that the body matches the description of 24-year-old Amanda Clemons, although a positive identification has not been confirmed. Authorities went to the scene late Wednesday after serving a ...

11 years ago
Wichita police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a communications company employee earlier this week. Police arrested the suspect Wednesday night after receiving an anonymous tip in the death of 25-year-old Daniel Flores. His body was found early Monday at Steckline Communications. Police say when they stopped the suspect's car the driver ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman runs to her neighbor's home after being hurt by a male acquaintance. Police officers were called to a central Salina home on Wednesday at 1:38pm. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, medics treated a female in her late 30's for a small cut on her face. Police say she also had a black eye, swollen ...

11 years ago
The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a budget bill that would spend more than $390 million for prisons in the next fiscal year. The bill includes more than $360 million from general revenue and restores funding that was vetoed last year by Gov. Sam Brownback. Lawmakers amended the bill Wednesday to place restrictions on where ...

11 years ago
A federal judge has put off this month's scheduled trial in the case of an avionics technician accused in a suicide bomb plot at a Wichita airport. The court's docket included a notation Wednesday indicating the Feb. 18 trial for Terry Loewen has been canceled with no new trial date set. Such delays are routine given ...

11 years ago
Kansas senators have advanced a bill shortening the time limits for inmates sentenced to death to complete their appeals to the state Supreme Court. The measure received first-round approval Wednesday on a voice vote. A second vote that would send the bill to the House is set for Thursday. Senate Vice President Jeff King says the bill ...

11 years ago
Minneapolis is mourning the loss of a longtime teacher and coach. Jeff Giles passed away on Tuesday. Giles was the head high school football coach, junior and senior high head wrestling coach, and he coached junior and senior high track all at the Minneapolis Junior Senior High School. Coach Giles began teaching and coaching in the Minneapolis ...

11 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a bill that would increase the campaign contribution limits for candidates, including those for statewide offices and legislators. The changes approved Wednesday by the Ethics and Elections Committee would apply to contributions in primary and general elections. The bill would increase the limit from $2,000 to $3,000 for governor, attorney ...

11 years ago
An evidentiary hearing in a quadruple homicide in eastern Kansas has been pushed back a month and will be open to the public after the state determined it wasn't allowed to close the proceedings. The hearing for 28-year-old Kyle Flack initially was scheduled for Thursday, but in an order recently made public, Franklin County District Judge ...