11 years ago
A Kansas judge won't summarily dismiss the case against an abortion protester accused of harassing the woman who opened Wichita's first abortion clinic since Dr. George Tiller's 2009 murder. Sedgwick County Judge James Beasley says in a ruling released Saturday that only a trial can determine whether a Wichita pastor's statements and acts are protected under ...

11 years ago
Three students at Hutchinson High School are accused of forcibly branding other students on school property. Police told The Hutchinson News the students are accused of branding four other students on their abdomens with wire hangers. All of the students, including the victims, are on the football team. Hutchinson Police Detective Paul Sack says police learned of ...

11 years ago
Authorities say a football coach was shot outside a theater and later died. Joplin police said Saturday that 37-year old Derek Moore of Joplin was shot Friday night as he was leaving the Northstar 14 Theatres. He died later at a hospital. Moore was in his first year on the Missouri Southern football staff as the offensive ...

11 years ago
A Kansas judge has refused to quickly strike down a sweeping anti-abortion law enacted this year by the Legislature. Shawnee County District Judge Rebecca Crotty this week rejected arguments that lawmakers violated a provision in the Kansas Constitution requiring most legislation to address only one subject. Crotty's ruling did not resolve other issues in the lawsuit filed ...

11 years ago
A new chief will take command of the Salina Police Department. According to the City of Salina, City Manager Jason Gage has appointed Brad Nelson as Chief of Police. This position generated 38 candidates from across the country. Nelson currently resides in Columbia, Missouri. He comes to Salina with 29 years of law enforcement experience, including ...

11 years ago
Greenwood County officials say a person is dead and another is in custody after an overnight shooting in Eureka. Sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a shooting early Friday. They found 25-year-old Michael L. Mefford dead at a Eureka home. A suspect was taken into custody a short time later. No other details have been released. ...

11 years ago
Two men are detained in Nebraska, in connection to a van that was stolen from a Salina church. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, police is Hastings, Nebraska contacted SPD on Thursday morning after finding a 2001 Ford Econoline E350 van - registered to the Church of Christ 1646 N. 9th at about 9:40am. Lt. Siemsen tells KSAL ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after waving a knife at a female acquaintance. Officers were called to a home in central-Salina on Thursday at 9:15am, after an argument turned violent. Police arrested 48-year-old Daniel Walker of Salina, on charges of aggravated assault and criminal threat for allegedly waving a kitchen filet knife at a 44-year-old woman in ...

11 years ago
A a bag of candy and cell phone are stolen from a Trick-or-Treater. Salina Police tell KSAL News that about 8:15pm on Halloween, two girls ages 12 and 13 were walking in the 300 block of W. Republic when they were approached by two older teens. The girls told police a skinny, white female about 16-or 17-years ...

11 years ago
An 82-year-old man died after an apparent farming accident this week in east-central Kansas. Marion County authorities say Eldon Andres was working on a tractor Tuesday near Peabody when it moved forward, knocked him to the ground and stopped on top of him. Marion County authorities had received a report that Andres was missing. While on their ...

11 years ago
A consumer advocacy agency's top attorney says he'll petition the Kansas Corporation Commission to rethink new policies that would let it continue holding some discussions in private. David Springe of the Citizens' Utility Ratepayers Board says the new KCC policies wouldn't comply with the Kansas Open Meetings Act. CURB is a state agency that represents small businesses ...