12/28/2008

Reception set for two commissioners

Because of a lack of items requiring official action, Saline County commissioners will not have a formal meeting Tuesday.

However, commissioners will meet informally from 9 a.m. until business is concluded Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Room 209 of the City-County Building. All sessions are open to the public.

A public reception is planned for outgoing commissioners Craig Stephenson and Sherri Barragree from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in Room 109 of the City-County Building. Stephenson and Barragree were defeated in their re-election bids by Jerry Fowler and John Reynolds. The new commissioners take office in January.

Also, county offices will be closed Thursday for New Year's Day.

Two killed, two injured in collision

Two people were killed and two were injured when a pickup truck and a car collided in Cheyenne County on Friday.

Shirley J. Amack, 72, of St. Francis, and William M. Roth, 25, of Denver, were killed when their vehicles collided at the junction of U.S. Highway 36 and Kansas Highway 27 five miles east of St. Francis at 7:05 p.m. Friday, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report.

Two passengers in Roth's pickup were transported to Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis. A hospital spokeswoman said no information could be released about their condition. They are Steven M. Headley, 28, of Sterling, Colo., and Thomas P. Yim, 30, of Aurora, Colo.

Water main breaks on Santa Fe

A water main broke on Santa Fe after a car struck a fire hydrant early Friday.

Cecilia A. Kilat, 22, 317 Russell, was backing her car out of a driveway on Santa Fe south of the Bond Street intersection when the vehicle collided with the hydrant at 3 a.m. Friday, according to a Salina Police report.

Kilat was not injured.

Suspect in Christmas slaying had record

HUTCHINSON -- A Hutchinson man who is being held on $1 million bond in his wife's death had a history of domestic violence.

The Hutchinson News reported on its Web site Friday that 30-year-old Stephen W. Jones was convicted in 2004 of attempted aggravated assault.

Sabrina Jones, 30, who had been subpoenaed as a witness in the 2004 case, was found dead in her apartment early Thursday after officers were asked to check on her welfare. Results of a Friday autopsy on Jones were not immediately released.

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