Minor gets alcohol at six Salina businesses in police sting operation

Minor gets alcohol during police sting

Six Salina businesses sold or provided alcoholic beverages to a minor Friday in a Salina Police Department sting operation.

An underage informant was taken to the businesses and attempted to purchase alcohol. The businesses and employees who provided or sold to a minor could face fines, said Salina Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield.

Those businesses where alcohol was provided or sold to a minor Friday night include Dillons, 511 E. Iron; Santa Fe Phillies & Subs, 145 S. Santa Fe; Cotijas Mexican Restaurant, 1115 W. Crawford; Perry Retail Liquor Store, 1001 E. Crawford; Chili's Grill & Bar, 2255 S. Ninth; and Sullivan HM Liquor Store, 837 N. Santa Fe.

Teen taken to hospital after collision

CLAY CENTER -- Kelsey L. Kahrs, 16, of Clay Center, was taken to the Clay Center Medical Center on Friday after a collision five miles north of here.

She was driving a car eastbound at 8 p.m. on Kansas Highway 80, attempting a left turn onto Kansas Highway 15, when the car collided with a pickup truck that was southbound on K-15, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol.

The driver of the pickup, Alan E. Benninga, 39, of Clay Center, was not injured. A passenger in the car, Cynthia A. Kahrs, 52, of Clay Center, was not injured. All involved were wearing seat belts.

Kelsey Kahrs was not listed as a patient in the Clay Center hospital Saturday night.

14-year-old driver killed in crash

WICHITA -- A 14-year-old Wichita girl is dead and her passenger was in critical condition Friday after the girl lost control of a car she was driving at a high rate of speed. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says the girl was driving fast on a dirt road around 11 a.m. Friday when the car went airborne at an intersection. After it landed, the car hit a tree about a quarter-mile away.

Officials say neither the driver, who died at the scene, nor the 22-year-old woman riding with her was wearing a seat belt.

A witness who arrived at the scene minutes after the crash found the passenger in a ditch.

Alcohol didn't appear to be involved.

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