11 years ago
A new executive director will take over leadership of the Salina Area United Way. According to the organization, Amanda Michaelis will be the new person in charge. Michaelis earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Healthcare Administration from the University of Missouri. For the ...

11 years ago
Miami County authorities have charged two teenagers in connection with an ATV crash that killed a 17-year-old student. Miami County Attorney Elizabeth Sweeney-Reeder said Friday that 18-year-old William Mahaffy Sutherland of Overland Park has been charged with aggravated endangering a child and unlawfully hosting minors consuming alcohol. Sweeney-Reeder says another person who was 17 at the ...

11 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is close to winning legislative approval for new power for his office to investigate and prosecute election fraud cases. Kobach said Friday he's optimistic lawmakers will approve the bill when they reconvene next week to wrap up their business for the year. The House and Senate have approved different versions of ...

11 years ago
A Dickinson County couple married 36 years wins a $730,484 lottery jackpot. According to the Kansas Lottery, the couple's Super Kansas Cash $2 Quick Pick ticket matched all numbers in Wednesday's drawing “We were dumbfounded,” said the lucky winners. “In one word, we would describe it as ‘surreal.’” Claiming the ticket at Lottery headquarters, the husband described how ...

11 years ago
A Salina man discovers that his detached garage is broken into, and his tools are stolen. Salina Police are investigating a burglary in the 800 block of Merrill that occurred sometime between Sunday night at 8pm and Tuesday night at 11pm. Police say someone forced open the walk-in door on the garage and removed multiple tools including ...

11 years ago
A small Mennonite Church that opened in 1915 in central Kansas will close in June and then be torn down. Bergthal Mennonite Church near Pawnee Rock in Barton County will hold its final service June 30. Before that, the congregation is planning a memorial gathering on May 26. Membership peaked at 260 in 1953 but only about ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a residential burglary in Gypsum. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a couple who lives in the 100 block of W. 5th Street, returned home from a vacation on April 29th and discovered some of their property was missing. Deputies say there was no sign of forced entry but report that ...

11 years ago
Two Topeka police officers who died in the line of duty last year will be honored at a ceremony honoring Kansas law enforcement officers at the Statehouse. The 31st annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial service will be held Friday at the Statehouse. It will include the unveiling of a memorial that adds the names of Cpl. ...

11 years ago
Kansas is teaming up with other states as part an effort to get drivers along historic Route 66 to wear their seat belts. The crackdown begins Friday and will last 24 hours. The effort started in 2010 with a handful of law enforcement agencies in central Oklahoma. It has now expanded to include highway patrol troopers, state ...

11 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's considering an appeal of a federal court order requiring Kansas to cover $389,000 worth of attorneys' fees and expenses for parties in a lawsuit over political redistricting. Kobach said Thursday that it's "ridiculous" that taxpayers would have to foot such a bill. The lawsuit stemmed from the Legislature's impasse last ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has told U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder a new Kansas gun law aimed at reining in the federal government has broad support in the state. Brownback sent a letter Thursday to Holder defending the law, which took effect last week. He said Kansans hold dear their right to bear arms. It declares that the federal ...