9 years ago
In a move that surprised many people, at the conclusion of a lengthy executive session the Salina USD 305 Board of Education Tuesday night voted to non-renew Superintendent Bill Hall's contract. Among those surprised by the move were district officials and Superintendent Hall. District Officials tell KSAL News that the action was not anticipated. The district says ...

9 years ago
Kansas legislators are advancing a new budget-balancing proposal to allow the state to pay its bills through June without cutting public school spending. The Senate Ways and Means Committee unanimously endorsed a bill Tuesday that would temporarily short state contributions to public employee pensions and use internal government borrowing to get through June. The full Senate ...

9 years ago
A beating that left a teen with broken bones in his face prompted the arrest of another teen. According to Salina Police, on February 23rd, an altercation involving two 17 year old boys at a home in east Salina left one of them with facial injuries. The victim did not initially seek medical attention. Several days later, ...

9 years ago
The man who admitted killing a Kansas police detective last year was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Curtis Ayers was sentenced Tuesday for the May 9 shooting death of Kansas City, Kansas, police Detective Brad Lancaster during a confrontation near the Kansas Speedway. Prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty when the 29-year-old Ayers ...

9 years ago
A state parole absconder was caught early Monday morning following a pursuit that began in Salina and ended with a crash in Clay County. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers responded to the Value Inn  and Suites at 1640 W Crawford to a report that 20-year-old Lacy Rule was there. Rule was a wanted ...

9 years ago
A man on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted was arrested Monday after a foot pursuit that ended with him pulling a gun on officers. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester officers located 47-year-old Richard Long walking in the 900 block of Highland at 1:25 in the afternoon. Long had three outstanding warrants and was ...

9 years ago
A man from Abilene was arrested in rural Saline County early Tuesday morning after leading sheriff deputies on a high speed pursuit reaching speeds of over 100 miles-per-hour. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan says at 1:25 in the morning a deputy conducted a traffic stop in the 2200 block of west K 140 Highway. The deputy ...

9 years ago
Douglas County authorities are still trying to identify a body found in a burning car last week near Clinton Lake. Authorities say deputies sent to the Rockhaven Campground near the lake last Tuesday on a report of a fire. They discovered the body inside the car when the fire was extinguished. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Douglas County ...

9 years ago
Due to a recent decline in influenza activity, Salina Regional Health Center announced today that it is lifting its visitor restrictions put in place February 13 to protect patients, visitors and employees from the spread of influenza. Visitors had been limited to immediate family members and clergy only. Infants and small children were discouraged from visiting. ...

9 years ago
A documentary film about the race ignited the dream for 26-year-old Thomas Rosenbloom. Moving to Alaska after graduating from college proved his true commitment to learning how to guide a team of sled dogs over 1,000 miles through the harsh Alaska landscape. "Last year he qualified by running shorter races and then this year he's the one ...

9 years ago
A Salina barber shop reports that their front window had been damaged between March 7th and 8th. Fades & Blades, 213 S. 5th Street, six foot by five foot front window had been hit causing the window to spider web. The barber shop says that the damage occurred between 10 P.M. and 1 P.M. between March 7th ...