11 years ago
Another motorcycle is stolen in Salina. Police on Tuesday would not say if they believe a 2004 Kawasaki Ninja 250, stolen from a front yard in the 500 block on N. 12th on Monday, is connected to three other motorcycles that have been reported stolen over the last five days. The owner told officers the yellow, motorcycle ...

11 years ago
A man wanted for attempted first degree murder - turns himself into police. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, 32-year-old Reginald Easterwood walked into the Salina Police Department on Monday and surrendered to authorities. Police had an active warrant for the Kansas City, Kansas man who allegedly used a small caliber handgun to shoot a Salina man in ...

11 years ago
Kansas State fans have a new, comfortable way to show their support for the university. Victoria's Secret is introducing a line of women's clothing bearing the Wildcat logo Tuesday as part of its PINK Collegiate Collection. The collection includes comfortable clothing such as T-shirts, sweatshirts and yoga pants. Tami Breymeyer, Kansas State's licensing director, ...

11 years ago
A man accused of making secret video recordings of people undressing in downtown Lawrence stores will be back in court in September to hear evidence against him. A Douglas County judge set the Sept. 30 hearing during a brief court appearance Monday by 35-year-old Orion M. Graf, a University of Kansas graduate student. Orion is ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback promises to move "aggressively" to nominate a new Kansas Court of Appeals judge, but he won't pin down a date. The Republican governor responded Monday to a call from Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley to name the new judge this week. Brownback isn't legally required to make the appointment until Aug. 29. But a ...

11 years ago
The chief of the National Guard Bureau says units should be able to maintain their readiness and deployment capabilities indefinitely despite a murky federal military budget outlook. Gen. Frank Grass told soldiers and airmen of the Kansas National Guard on Monday that the 460,000-member force is capable of continuing missions both overseas and domestically. Grass is a ...

11 years ago
A Manhattan man who took part in an armed robbery that ultimately led to a deadly arson fire has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison. Twenty-year-old Dennis James Denzien pleaded guilty in May to aiding and abetting a robbery. The U.S. Attorney's office says he was sentenced Monday in federal court in Topeka. Denzien was ...

11 years ago
Salina City Commissioners send the same offer to Saline County Commissioners that was sent last week in regard to the Salina-Saline County Health Department. Last Monday city commissioners drafted a proposal to send to the county that included among other things: 1. $500,000 city funding for the building 2. $500,000 in health department reserve funds to be used ...

11 years ago
The first meeting of the Smoky Valley Historical Association for the fall and winter season will feature a program on the history of Kansas Weather by Andy Kleinsasser, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wichita. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13 in the Bethany Home activities center, 321 North Chestnut in ...

11 years ago
Rain-swollen rivers in southeast and northeastern Kansas have claimed one life and nearly took another. Crews in Allen County recovered the body of 23-year-old Iola resident Zane Forbis-Burgardt in Elm Creek around 9 a.m. Sunday. The sheriff's department says three men on inner tubes went over a small dam on the creek Saturday afternoon. ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman who was put in jail to serve a weekend term for a failed urinalysis test was charged with three new felony crimes after being admitted into jail. Inmates were quick to call out Bridget Fleming, 38, who decided to smuggle drugs into her cell by way of a body crevice; they knew they ...