9 years ago
A Salina woman is facing multiple charges for mistreating a couple of dependent adults she was hired to care for. Police arrested 63-year-old Nancy Ann Shanahan on Tuesday after investigators from the Saline County Sheriff's Office and Salina Police Department culled through hundreds of financial records of her alleged victims. Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that ...

9 years ago
A fifth-generation farmer who nearly upset incumbent 1st District Congressman Tim Huelskamp in the Republican primary two years ago is running as an independent against the Republican who dethroned Huelskamp in August. Alan LaPolice of Clyde announced Tuesday that he has officially been placed on the Nov. 8 ballot for the 1st District race. He will ...

9 years ago
Linda Rohrer, music teacher at Sunset Elementary, and Jake Montoya, band teacher at Lakewood Middle School and Central High School, have been selected as USD 305 Teachers of the Year. Elementary Teacher of the Year: Linda Rohrer Linda received her bachelors in music education from Hastings College in Nebraska and her masters from Kansas State University.  Before joining ...

9 years ago
Bryan Newell, with Riley Construction, told Saline County Commissioners that the wash bay on the west side of the Road and Bridge Shop had “significant issues”.  When flashing was removed, metal panels showed significant deterioration.  He and County Engineer Neal Cable presented Commissioners with several options, ranging from a $30,000 repair to completely re-building the ...

9 years ago
A federal appeals court says law enforcement officials in Kansas cannot stop and search motorists for having nothing more than out-of-state license plates from states that have legalized marijuana. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday says the officer's reasoning would justify the search of citizens from more than half of the states in the ...

9 years ago
Operating a small drone for commercial purposes will soon require a licence. A course to answer that need for remote pilots has already been planned out at Kansas State Polytechnic in Salina. "If you buy one (drone) online or at a big box store and fly it as a hobbiest the answer is 'no' you don't need ...

9 years ago
Southern Kansas flooding victims are cleaning up the mess torrential rains left behind. The Wichita Eagle reports that Mulvane city administrator Kent Hixson says 44 homes and five businesses inside the city limits saw some sort of flooding damage from Friday's deluge. The National Weather Service says between 6 and 7 inches of rain fell in ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case in south Salina after a car was vandalized. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that sometime between 10:30pm Sunday and 6:30am Monday, someone pried the gas cap open on a 2011 Toyota Corolla and poured an unknown substance into the fuel tank. Police say the driver's door was ...

9 years ago
Salina's Kenwood Cove water park went to the dogs Monday evening. After closing for the season on Sunday, the water park opened Monday evening for one final "Pooch Plunge". The event proved popular, with a large crowd of people enjoying the last swim of the summer with their best friend, their dog. Only owners and their dogs were ...

9 years ago
Three people were hurt, one of them critically, in a four-vehicle crash during the noon hour on Monday. Salina Police Sgt. Mike Miller told KSAL News at the scene that the crash was caused by a Ford Mustang driving recklessly at a high rate of speed. According to Miller, the Mustang was speeding north on Ohio. It ...

9 years ago
For the tenth time in the past couple of years, Salina's Chief of Police Brad Nelson is invtiting citizens to sit down and have a cup of coffee with a cop. "It's a good chance to get with people in a non hostile setting and just talk about whatever they want to talk about," Chief Nelson ...