10 years ago
Extra officers will be on Saline County roads looking for drunk drivers late Friday into early Saturday. The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is planning a saturation patrol. According to the agency, deputies participate in a DUI Saturation Patrol in an effort to decrease the amount of intoxicated drivers on the street. Deputies will be looking for people ...

10 years ago
An anonymous and threatening note found on Tuesday has prompted an increased police presence at McPherson Schools and in the City of McPherson. According to a message from the McPherson Police Department issued via social media,  an anonymous and threatening note was found in a McPherson High School restroom. The note did not specifically threaten individual ...

10 years ago
How do organizations identify their next leader - before they leave for another opportunity? Gayle Hopkins, President of Organizational Performance Solutions in Kansas City joined in on the KSAL Morning News Tuesday with a preview of her seminar: Succession Planning, coming to K-State Polytechnic next month. "A lot of times organizations think only at the most senior ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a driver who hit a bicycle rider and did not stop. Police say that 30-year-old Eric Enslow was riding a bicycle Friday afternoon, headed north on 5th Street. A white SUV, also headed north, sideswiped Enslow as it passed him. After knocking Enslow to the ground the SUV did not stop. Enslow sustained ...

10 years ago
A Herington woman has been arrested for allegedly scamming a Salina bank out of over $4,700. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 30-year-old Francesca Garcia-Marrero of Herington was arrested on a warrant Monday. Garcia-Marrero is accused of depositing funds using fraudulent checks at First Bank Kansas 235 S. Santa Fe, and then immediately withdrawing cash. She ...

10 years ago
A man died early Tuesday morning following a fight with corrections officers at the Saline County Jail. Jail Administrator Captain Brent Melander says that a man in his 50s was brought in at around 6:00 Monday evening by Salina Police. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that the man was taken into custody after allegedly punching a female ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Senate committee is preparing to debate a bill that would loosen the state's marijuana laws. The Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee was meeting Tuesday to discuss a bill that passed the House last year. The measure would decrease the maximum penalties for first-time, misdemeanor marijuana possession to six months in jail ...

10 years ago
WICHTA, Kan. (AP) — A top lawmaker says he plans to file a complaint with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission seeking an investigation into Gov. Sam Brownback's use of campaign donations to pay more than $167,000 in legal fees last year. The payments came as a federal grand jury was investigating loans his running mate, ...

10 years ago
Voters in Salina are going to have a chance to decide whether or not to raise the sales tax. City commissioners Monday approved a special mail-in election. Voters will decide whether or not to increase the current 8.40 percent sales tax to 8.75 percent. Funds raised from the increased tax would be used to improve infrastructure. Improvements ...

10 years ago
One of the last two surviving members of the Beatles is coming to perform in South-Central Kansas. Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band are coming to Park City. Starr, the drummer of the Beatles, has 10 solo top 40 hits. Two of those hits made it to number one. Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band is a ...

10 years ago
The USD 305 Board of Education in Salina has called a special meeting to accept the resignation of board member Dr. Phil Black and to begin looking for his replacement. USD 305 Superintendent Bill Hall joined in on the KSAL Morning News Monday with a look at the process and thank Black for his contribution. "I do ...