9 years ago
The Saline County Commission Tuesday reviewed home health care statistics and acted on several Health Department matters.  Earlier, the City-County Building Authority discussed the impact of removing the signs banning handguns from the building. Home Health Care Discussed Armed with data, Health Department Director Jason Tiller supplied Commissioners with 17” x 11” spreadsheets of information about the ...

9 years ago
S&P Global Ratings says it's downgraded the state's credit rating because of its ongoing budget problems. The rating agency said Tuesday it has dropped its rating for Kansas to "AA-," from "AA." The action comes three months after S&P put the state on a negative credit watch. State Budget Director Shawn Sullivan says the S&P report cites ...

9 years ago
A 75-year-old eastern Kansas woman who is unable to get a replacement for her lost Arkansas birth certificate has been certified as a U.S. citizen, allowing her to vote. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the state Election Board issued the ruling Monday after meeting with Jo French of Osage County. Evidence of her citizenship included a ...

9 years ago
With the dust bowl days of the 1930's as a backdrop - area students will take the stage Thursday at the Salina Community Theatre for the musical "Bonnie and Clyde." The story traces the relationship between Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow as they move from small town thieves to American folk heroes during the Great Depression. "The ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of some lawn mowing equipment from a storage shed. Deputies were called to a home north of Salina in the 5000 block of N. Prairie Ridge on Monday after Paul Pommer of Salina discovered a couple of push mowers, leaf blower, sprayer and trimmer had been taken ...

9 years ago
An inmate who escaped from the Dickinson County Jail in Abilene Monday night was back behind bars by late Tuesday morning. By Tuesday afternoon he was joined by an alleged accomplice. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, 27-year-old Trent Hostetter escaped Monday night, through a hole in a fence surrounding an outside exercise yard. Hostetter then ...

9 years ago
Facing a tough primary from a well-funded challenger, Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp  hosted a whirlwind series of town hall campaign meetings across Kansas on Monday. The tour culminated in Salina, where over 50 supporters gathered in support of the embattled incumbent congressman. Huelskamp brought with him three other like-minded conservative members of congress. Representatives Steve King ...

9 years ago
One of the defendants involved in the shooting death of Salina South High School student Allie Saum back in May of 2015 agreed to a plea deal Monday afternoon, while another was in court in an attempt to back out his deal. Both 18-year-old Andrew Woodring, and 20-year-old Jerome Forbes appeared before Judge Rene Young In ...

9 years ago
Salinans will gather on Friday to support the fight against childhood brain tumors - by participating in the Salina Scramble Golf Tournament to Defeat DIPG. KSAL Morning News listeners learned more about the disease that strikes almost exclusively among children between the ages of six and ten. "Right now there's no cure, there's no treatment, said Mark ...

9 years ago
Two reported runaway teens from Salina were arrested for shoplifting at the Central Mall on Thursday. Salina Police arrested 17-year-old Destany Dirksen and 14-year-old Danay Renfro after the two were allegedly found wearing stolen clothing and were carrying backpacks filled with stolen merchandise from five clothing stores inside the mall located at 2259 S. 9th. ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary at a hunting outfitters store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, investigators are reviewing video surveillance of a break in at Vanderbilts, 3005 Enterprise, that occurred Sunday morning between 4am and 6am. Police say someone broke the door glass to enter the business and then shattered several glass displays to steal ...