9 years ago
A suspected car thief is taken into custody after twisting his ankle in a creek bed. A chase that began around 3am Sunday in Dickinson County ended in Saline County after a deputy used spike strips at K-4 and Old 81 Highway to disable a stolen car. Saline County Sheriff-elect Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a ...

9 years ago
Salina Police continue to investigate a drive-by shooting that happened Friday morning in the 700 block of Sheridan. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that no one was hurt after someone drove by and fired multiple shots at an occupied home located at 725 Sheridan on Friday at about 9:45am. Police say an SUV that was parked ...

9 years ago
A person of interest has been taken into custody in the disappearance of an 87-year-old woman and her 65-year-old son in eastern Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Monday that family members reported Betty Mcnaab and Kenneth Mcnaab missing late Friday evening. The release says a check of their rural Pleasanton home ...

9 years ago
Thousands of hunters were in Kansas fields over the weekend for the opening of pheasant season, benefitting hundreds of businesses and philanthropies. Mike Miller, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism information chief, told The Wichita Eagle that pheasant season - especially opening weekend - is an important economic boost.  He says up to 50,000 hunters ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas campus plans to be tobacco-free beginning in the fall of 2018. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://j.mp/2fPGcgP) reports that an official university announcement about the new rule isn't expected until fall of 2017, but the Tobacco Free KU initiative is continuing its efforts to get the word out. University spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb-Peterson says it's hoped ...

9 years ago
Textron Aviation has announced more layoffs. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://j.mp/2g0tkYq) that the layoffs occurred Thursday. But the company isn't providing details about how many people were let go from the company, which has three campuses in Wichita. Textron manufactures business jets as well as turboprop airplanes and also operates a plant in Independence. Company spokeswoman Rosa ...

9 years ago
Organizers are ready for one of the biggest, and most continuous events of its kind in Salina and the Midwest. Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland is inviting the public to kick off the holiday season by shopping at the 50th annual See & Sell Holiday Market and supporting Kansas Girl Scouts at the same time. This ...

9 years ago
A Shawnee County detention facility has plans to work with a mental health agency for juvenile inmates in need of those services. The Shawnee County Commission on Thursday approved a one-year, grant funded contract with the Family Service and Guidance Center agency. The contract will involve staff in the Shawnee County jail's juvenile detention center working ...

9 years ago
Voters in two more Kansas counties have signed off on allowing sales of liquor by the drink, leaving just eight of the state's 105 counties with such a provision. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2fFDs7H) reports that residents of Clark and Stafford counties approved the measures Tuesday. Clark County's approval was by a 635-333 vote. Stafford County's ballot ...

9 years ago
The Holiday Season will begin in Salina next weekend. Children will have a chance to begin the day eating breakfast with Santa, and end it with the Holiday Parade of Lights in Downtown Salina. The Salina Child Care Association will host Breakfast With Santa next weekend, on Saturday, November 19th. Breakfast With Santa is for children and ...

9 years ago
A new science building at the University of Kansas is getting closer to completion. The Lawrence Journal-World  reports that the final beam has been hoisted into place for the new $117 million Integrated Science Building. Several hundred people gathered Thursday in the partially completed building to celebrate the construction milestone. The 28,000-square-foot building is the keystone of ...