8 years ago
The final numbers have been released by the Salina Police Department and Saline County Sheriff's Office for fireworks complaints over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the Salina Police Dept. responded to 168 fireworks complaints and the sheriff's office responded to four complaints between June 28 and July 5. However, ...

8 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has now appealed to a federal district judge a $1,000 fine levied against him for misleading the court. His court filing late Wednesday evening came hours after U.S. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara refused to reconsider the fine and an order requiring him to submit to a deposition by the American ...

8 years ago
Republican Sen. Jerry Moran is expected to face tough questions about health care at a town hall meeting in a small western Kansas community. Moran's event Thursday was his first scheduled town hall meeting during the July Fourth congressional break and came after he said he opposed a bill overhauling health care drafted by top Senate ...

8 years ago
Fans of 80s rock have had this week's "Now That's Entertainment" concert in Salina's Oakdale Park circled since it was announced. Jack Russell's Great White will take the Eric Stein Stage Thursday night. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s Jack Russell was one of the driving forces behind Great White's multi-platinum success. He is back ...

8 years ago
A federal magistrate judge has spurned a move by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach seeking reconsideration of a $1,000 fine levied against him for misleading the court. U.S. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara said Wednesday that Kobach's "new excuse lacks credibility" based on its late assertion and lack of supporting documentation. Kobach had blamed "editing errors" for ...

8 years ago
While work on the 2018 budget continues, Saline County Commissioners agreed to include a 3% increase for staff salaries.  If the yet-to-be-finalized budget is approved in mid-August, Commissioners will have met their three intentions for the 2018 budget—providing the Sheriff’s Office with an appropriate budget, increasing staff salaries, and devoting one mil to fund gravel ...

8 years ago
Wichita police say a man who was run over by a work van during the holiday weekend has died. Police officer Charley Davidson says the man was behind the van Monday morning in northeast Wichita when it rolled backward. The man was pinned beneath the vehicle and has died from his injuries. The man's name was not released. Further ...

8 years ago
A quick thinking staff member at a Salina fast food restaurant thwarted a theft scheme. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that an employee at Dairy Queen, 1000 E. Buckeye was contacted over the phone by a man claiming to be with the Kansas Highway Patrol. The scammer told the employer her boss had been arrested ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary that occurred at Speedy Wash, 514 E. Iron sometime between 10:30pm Sunday and 6:28am Monday. Police say approximately $400 in cash was taken from the business while burglars also caused $5,700 in damage to a change machine and metal soap dispensing machine. There was no sign of forced entry.

8 years ago
A near head-on collision northeast of Brookville sends two drivers to the hospital on Tuesday evening. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, 18-year-old Kyle Came of rural Salina and 30-year-old Ashley Sterns of Brookville were both transported to Salina Regional Health Center after a crash on Schilling Road just east of Brownhill Road at 6:50pm. Deputies ...

8 years ago
A contractor in Abilene has been banned from doing business in Kansas for allegedly accepting payment for roofing work, and then not performing the work. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt the contractor has been prohibited by temporary court order from doing business for violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act and Kansas Roofing Registration ...