9 years ago
The City of Salina will be working to refine design elements presented in the Smoky Hill River Renewal Master Plan that was adopted in 2010. In May 2016, voters approved a sales tax increase from 8.40% to 8.75% that will be in place over 20 years. A portion of these sales tax funds will be used ...

9 years ago
Salina Law Enforcement is accepting applications for the 22nd Citizen’s Academy course. Applications are being accepted through July 26th. According to Sheriff Lt. Sean Kochanowski, they would like a class of 20 – 25 people. Applicants must be at least 18-years old. The course which will run from August 9th, 2017 to October 18, 2017, covers numerous ...

9 years ago
A Salina Police investigation remains open after a vehicle that was reported stolen was found crashed just 50-yards away from where it was originally parked. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 47-year-old Monte Bohl of Ellsworth contacted Salina Police last Friday morning to report his 2008 Pontiac G6 convertible had been stolen from the ...

9 years ago
The attorney general’s office received more than 5,100 new applications for concealed carry licenses in the recently ended 2017 fiscal year. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, the Concealed Carry Licensing Unit received 5,119 new applications. This was the lowest number of applications received in a fiscal ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a person who suffered critical injuries after falling 25 feet was likely trying to jump a gap between two bridges in Kansas. The male was transported to a Topeka hospital Sunday evening with injuries that are considered life-threatening. He's believed to be between 17 and 20 years old. Topeka Police Lt. Aaron Jones says the ...

9 years ago
The latest government snapshot shows the Kansas winter wheat harvest is almost complete. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 93 percent of the wheat has been cut. That is near the 89 percent reported a year ago as well as the average for this time. The agency says warm, dry weather helped aided harvest ...

9 years ago
Federal immigration officials are being sued by the families of two people who authorities say were killed by a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally. The lawsuit filed in Kansas City, Kansas, alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials negligently allowed Pablo Serrano-Vitorino to stay in the country illegally before he allegedly killed four people in Kansas ...

9 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University and Rocking M Media have renewed the long-standing broadcast agreement between the two entities for the upcoming 2017-18 academic year. During the last year, Rocking M Media acquired the group of radio stations formerly owned by Alpha Media, which included KSAL-FM (FM 104.9, the home of the Coyotes) and KSAL-AM (1150 AM, the ...

9 years ago
Scrap metal laws in Kansas have changed. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, significant portions of the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act have been suspended by the Kansas Legislature. But some of the law remains in effect. “People buying and selling scrap metal should be aware that the Legislature has suspended part of the law but ...

9 years ago
A former caretaker is set to go on trial this fall on charges alleging that she doctored the will of her western Kansas employer to make herself the primary beneficiary of his more than $20 million estate instead of the Fort Hays State University Foundation. A federal mail fraud trial for Wanda Oborny is set for ...

9 years ago
The families of two people allegedly killed by a Mexican national who was in the U.S. illegally are suing federal immigration officials. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials negligently allowed Pablo Serrano-Vitorino to stay in the country illegally before he allegedly killed four people in Kansas ...