9 years ago
The U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas, Tom Beall, is not among federal prosecutors who were asked to resign. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Beall will stay in office for the time being. Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week asked 46 prosecutors who were holdovers from the Obama administration to resign. Beall took over the job in April ...

9 years ago
Money and credit cards were stolen from a vehicle on March 8th. Kenny Hancock, 65, says that he was robbed of approximately $500 from his Jeep Grand Cherokee. Hancock believes that the money was taken from his vehicle while he was at the Salina YMCA, however, he didn’t realize that the cash and credit cards had been ...

9 years ago
A Salina juvenile has been arrested for breaking into a home, causing damage and stealing a Play Station 4. Johnathan Hulse, 16, of Salina, has been charged with burglary, criminal trespass and criminal damage to property. On March 10th, Jeff Cobb, reported that a Play Station 4 was stolen and a window and screen had been damaged ...

9 years ago
EaglePicher says it plans to bring 15 to 20 new jobs to its Pittsburg plant, continuing an expansion that began since the plant opened in 2007. The automated thermal battery production plant is owned by the city of Pittsburg and the company recently released its lease for another five years. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that since ...

9 years ago
Thieves grab four tires and leave a car up on blocks at a Salina auto lot. Police are investigating after someone stole a set of 16-inch chrome wheels and four Firestone tires off a 1999 Buick Regal on the lot at Hi-Co Motor Company located at 645 N. Santa Fe. Police say the theft occurred sometime between ...

9 years ago
A rollover crash sends a woman to the hospital early Sunday morning. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that 22-year-old Aaron Pohl of Wells, KS was driving a 2005 Subaru Impreza northbound on Old 81 Highway. Deputies say around 3:20am the car crossed over the center line, left the road and rolled. Pohl, who was buckled up was ...

9 years ago
The second in a series of Legislative Issue Meetings with the Saline County Legislative Delegation will be held this Saturday. The event is 8:30-10am, at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Visit Salina Annex, 120 W. Ash.  The meetings are designed to keep citizens informed on state legislative activity. Senator Randall Hardy, and Representatives Steven Johnson, ...

9 years ago
Salina is preparing for another "Match Madness" event. From 7a.m. to 7p.m. on Tuesday the Greater Salina Community Foundation will host nonprofit representatives and donors at Blue Skye Brewery and Eats in downtown Salina. You can make a gift to one or more participating charities with endowment funds at GSCF, which will then be matched proportionally ...

9 years ago
Kansas recorded a 22 percent increase in traffic fatalities in 2016 compared with the previous year, and one state trooper says distracted driving is the main reason. The Kansas Department of Transportation says 432 people died in traffic accidents in 2016. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/2ngA2ZT) that the National Safety Council says traffic fatalities increased 6 percent ...

9 years ago
Wichita State University has agreed to pay a $98,578 fine for mishandling hazardous wastes. The university said Friday in a news release that its agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stems from violations found during an inspection in 2014. The problems were corrected that same year. Those violations included failure to conduct a hazardous waste determination, ...

9 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has endorsed a measure that would let doctors and physicians prescribe and dole out what's described as "non-intoxicating" medicine derived from a marijuana chemical compound. The Wichita Eagle reports  that senators initially were supposed to vote on a measure that would legalize the use of cannabis for certain medical conditions. But an amendment ...