DICKINSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a stolen pickup. Just after 1p.m. Sunday, a 38-year-old Salina man reported his black 2010 Ford F150 stolen from the parking lot at Lowe’s, 3035 S. Ninth, at 1:05 p.m. Sunday, according to Police Captain Paul Forrester Shortly before 2 p.m Sunday, Salina […]

RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a burglary and have a suspect in custody. Just after noon Saturday, police filed a report for aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary in the 300 block of N Park Street in Ogden, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report. A 62-year-old man, a 37-year-old woman […]

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Crime Stoppers of Wichita-Sedgwick County announced a campaign Friday to seek tips for unsolved Wichita bank robberies. In partnership with the Wichita Police Department and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, Crime Stoppers is offering cash rewards of up to $1,000 and the FBI is matching that reward for a total of up […]

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Gary Woodland of Topeka captured the U.S. Open, overcoming the back-nine pressure at Pebble Beach to hold off two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka for a three-shot victory.  The social media world exploded celebrating Woodland’s win. From the President of the United States and Kansas Governor and many others sent their […]

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography was sentenced Thursday to 70 months in federal prison, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay $5,000 to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act Fund and $3,000 to each of 15 victims who […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Organizers have cancelled this year’s annual Symphony in the Flint Hills performance because storms did extensive damage to the tents and other equipment for the event. The group that planned the performance doesn’t plan to offer refunds for the tickets that sold for between $50 and $95. Past events attracted roughly […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. illegally has declined so sharply over the past decade that for the first time, they no longer make up the majority of that category, according to an estimate by the Pew Research Center Wednesday.But the number of Central Americans in the country illegally is increasing — […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to nearly 18 years in prison for the July shooting death of another man. Tony Lee Foster, 33, Topeka, was sentenced Friday. A Shawnee County jury found him guilty in March of second-degree murder and a weapons count in the July 9 fatal shooting of […]

GEARY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect after finding a meth lab in Geary County. Early Saturday morning the Junction City – Geary County Drug Operations Group conducted a search warrant in the 300 block of North Washington Street for a methamphetamine manufacturing investigation. A clandestine methamphetamine lab was located and processed, according […]

LAKE OF THE OZARKS — Five people were injured in an accident just before 2:30p.m. Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1993 Chris Craft had just been filled with fuel at the Millstone Marina dock. The driver Robert C. Baber, 71, Kansas City, started the engine creating an […]