10 years ago
Thieves broke into a construction trailer at the top of Coronado Heights and stole some high-end power tools. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says sometime between 12:40am and 7:30am Wednesday someone forced open the hasp on a trailer owned by Harbin Construction of Salina and stole an $800 Husqvarna concrete saw, a Hilti chipping hammer worth ...

10 years ago
The lead elephant in the 1980s film "Smokey and the Bandit 2" is among two new pachyderms at the Topeka Zoo. The 58-year-old Asian elephant named Cora arrived Wednesday. She was joined by her longtime companion, Shannon, a 34-year-old African elephant. Topeka Zoo director Brendan Wiley says the pair quickly took to exploring after being unloaded. Currently, they ...

10 years ago
A sold-out crowd of 560 attended the Sixth Annual Night with the Yotes event this past  Saturday in Heritage Hall at the Salina Bicentennial Center. Preliminary results indicate the dinner/auction event set a record with more than $90,000 in revenue to benefit the Coyote Student-Athletes. Kansas Wesleyan alumni Bryon and Sandy Norris and community supporters Ken ...

10 years ago
Thieves have not set back a project at an area landmark. A break-in this week, and theft of several thousand dollars worth of tools and equipment, will not impact the reopening of Coronado Heights. Within a couple of days, possibly as early as Saturday, the 80-year-old Central Kansas landmark will be open again. The final concrete ...

10 years ago
State health officials say they have not discovered a single cause for high lead levels found in some children in Saline County. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been investigating since routine physical exams found 32 children in and around Saline County with elevated levels of lead in their blood. The health department has notified ...

10 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback wants to hear what the public thinks about how schools are funded. Brownback told WIBW-AM that the old system had "a lot of problems," and it's time to talk about a new one. He said Tuesday that his office plans to announce a system for collecting public feedback in the next couple ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a business burglary that occurred at Advanced Motorsports, 527 S. Broadway. Police say sometime between 6:30pm Monday and 5:30am on Tuesday someone forced open a door and stole $8,200 cash that was kept inside the business.

10 years ago
A counterfeit $100 bill was passed at a Salina liquor store. Police say staff at Bennington State Bank discovered the fake bill in a deposit on Monday from AJ's Retail Liquor, 671 Westport Boulevard. The bill was stamped, "For Motion Picture Use Only."

10 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 ...

10 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 ...

10 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 ...