11 years ago
A Salina man is being charged with burglary, theft and felony obstruction after breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home on the 1600 block of Beverly. The victim reported that Wade Dickerman, 36, allegedly entered her home and began to threaten her, causing her to run from the home. When she returned, she noted that two ...

11 years ago
One theft in Salina leads to an arrest, and another still remains unsolved. Lowe's on South 9th Street reported a theft on October 22 when a man, now identified as 38-year-old Charles Rowsen, picked up a Dyson vaccuum cleaner and returned it to the return center. He was issued a gift card of $540.92, and ...

11 years ago
Kansas officials are preparing to issue a new fiscal forecast and it could leave the state with a projected deficit in its current budget again. University officials, legislative researchers and officials in Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's administration were meeting Friday to draft revised projections for tax collections through June 2017. The new forecast was coming the same ...

11 years ago
A Conway Springs teacher at the center of a controversy over showing an anti-bullying video says he has changed his mind and has decided not to resign. Tom Leahy's decision to return to the classroom could force a school board vote on whether or not he can continue teaching. Leahy and Superintendent Clay Murphy were scheduled to ...

11 years ago
A new report says Medicaid and other services will cost Kansas about $47 million more than expected during the next two budget years. The new estimates Thursday complicate the budget picture for Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-dominated Legislature. The report was issued by legislative researchers and Brownback's budget staff. State officials and university economists were ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is preparing to weigh arguments in a lawsuit that claims the state's school districts are inadequately funded. A three-judge Shawnee County District Court panel found in June that the state's newly enacted strategy for financing 286 school districts and cuts to state aid for low-income school districts were unconstitutional. Kansas Attorney General ...

11 years ago
"It's all the biggies - all the songs you know," said Maestro Ken Hakoda with the Salina Symphony about this Sunday's tribute to Irving Berlin. Hakoda joined in on the KSAL Morning News Thursday with a look at Sunday's concert, "Irving Berlin - From Rags To Ritzes." "His songs were big hits. It was easy to understand ...

11 years ago
Salina police are investigating a theft that happened yesterday at Lakewood Park on East Iron. A woman in her twenties was taking pictures at the park, and left her camera bag full of equipment on the back of her vehicle. She saw a light blue Dodge Ram truck pull up near her car, and when ...

11 years ago
A Salina teen is in the Junction City juvenile detention facility for stealing and damaging a vehicle. A Salina man called the police yesterday to report that after he lent his 2004 white Ranger to 17-year-old Jesse Wray, the boy never returned it. The vehicle hadn't been returned for several days. Police found the vehicle ...

11 years ago
Media outlets have sued Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and others in his administration seeking public disclosure of agency records related to the appointment of a magistrate judge in Reno County. The Associated Press, The Hutchinson News and the Kansas Press Association filed the open records lawsuit late Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court. The Kansas Press ...

11 years ago
The top advocate for Kansas utility consumers is resigning to take a job in Washington. David Springe, chief consumer counsel for the Kansas Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board, announced Wednesday he'll leave the state job next month to become executive director of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. CURB is a Kansas agency that represents residential ...