10 years ago
Kansas officials will learn soon whether the state's tax collections in February fell short of expectations. The report due Tuesday from the Department of Revenue could complicate the state's budget picture. It comes only two weeks after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed a bill that closes a projected deficit of nearly $200 million for the fiscal year ...

10 years ago
The denial of screening services  by Transportation Security Administration at the Salina Regional Airport may delay the start of flights to Denver. According to the Salina Airport Authority, TSA headquarters has indicated that they will reconsider their decision to deny Salina's request to federalize the Salina Regional Airport, if public funds can be used to reimburse ...

10 years ago
Kansas Caucuses for both Republican and Democratic parties will be held Saturday across the state. In Salina registered Democrats can participate at Salina South High School from 1pm to 3pm while Republicans will gather at Salina Central High School from 10am to 2pm with 40 delegates up for grabs. "The winner will get the most delegates," said ...

10 years ago
Police recover a stolen vehicle, after someone drove off in a pizza delivery car. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News, that Noe Ovalle was of Salina on the job delivering orders for Pizza Hut on Sunday night at 8:50pm when he left his car running outside the Airliner Motel, 781 N. Broadway. Someone jumped into the ...

10 years ago
Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office are investigating a couple of unrelated burglaries. Captain Roger Soldan reports that a wood burning stove was taken from a Morton building on a property in the 5100 block of N. Hohneck Road, northwest of Salina. The owner told officers someone entered the building and took the King ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a vehicle theft from a business. Deputies reviewed video from the lot at Mid Kansas Underground, 1345 W. Old 40 Highway and say a white male with a ponytail walked onto the lot at about 1:45am on February 23rd, and stole a 2001 Chevy 1500 pickup valued at $5,000. A ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a couple of suspects in an armed robbery. Details were still coming together Monday morning in the investigation of a robbery that allegedly took place Sunday morning at about 5:30am in a room at the Starlight Motel, at 211 E. Pacific. Police are looking for a black male and Hispanic female after ...

10 years ago
Contracts with landowners are forcing a small number of companies to drill for oil and natural gas regardless of unfavorable market conditions. The Wichita Eagle reports that producers are required by contract to drill in a newly acquired lease within a few years in order to maintain the land lease. Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association President ...

10 years ago
Weekend target practice led to a large grass fire south of Salina. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that about 160 acres of grass and fence posts were burned after target practice ignited and burned a swath of grass from the 3000 block of S. Simpson Road, north to near Magnolia on Saturday around 4pm. Deputies say ...

10 years ago
A Salina man sought in a stabbing at a motel parking lot is now in custody. Sunday, officers arrested 24-year-old Michael D. Georage on multiple charges including aggravated battery and assault. Police allege he stabbed 44-year-old Lonnie Martain in the legs after the two had shared a car ride to the Howard Johnson Inn, 222 E. Diamond ...

10 years ago
An area teen is transported to the hospital after a vehicle rollover. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 14-year-old Madisen Thomason was transported to Salina Regional Hospital after she lost control of the utility vehicle she was driving. Deputies say Thomason and a passenger, Tyler Weems, 17 were both thrown ...