11 years ago
A Salina woman is jailed for criminal damage to property. Police arrested 38-year-old Brandy D. Franklin on Monday after an investigation led officers to her location. Police say back on December 7th she had an argument with a male acquaintance in the 600 block of S. 2nd before throwing a glass bottle at the hood of his ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of personal items from staff a Brown Mackie College, 2106 S. 9th sometime between December 11th through the 18th. Police say two money orders worth $1,100 plus $40 cash and a $25 restaurant gift card were stolen from three staff members during that time frame. An instructor at Salina Central ...

11 years ago
A stolen car is recovered after thieves strip the vehicle clean. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a 1999 Honda Civic that was reported stolen from a Salina residence in late November was found after someone dumped the frame in the 1300 block of E. McReynolds Road early Monday morning. Deputies say the tag ...

11 years ago
Riley County police say they've mainly stopped using processing room videos in drunken driving cases because they often are detrimental to their cases. Police Director Brad Schoen says defense attorneys often used the video recordings to poke holes in DUI cases, so his department stopped making them unless there was a problem with recordings from police ...

11 years ago
Area children will benefit from a Salina man's unexpected Christmas bonus. Dean Reinke of Salina started a new job at PKM Steel about three months ago. He says that he was pleasantly surprised when he received a nice Christmas bonus. While Reinke was appreciative of the bonus, he felt it was undeserved because he had not been ...

11 years ago
Health officials say a new virus has been discovered following the death of a southeast Kansas resident this summer and they believe it is carried by ticks or other insects. The state Department of Health and Environment said Monday that testing by the federal Centers for Disease Control confirmed the presence of what's now called the ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback wants state legislators to rewrite an obscure law that required him to fill two newly created seats on the Saline County Commission and have voters fill similar vacancies in the future. A local lawmaker promised Monday to pursue the issue. The Republican governor faced criticism over the Saline County appointments because his office refused ...

11 years ago
Rene Young will become chief judge of the 28th judicial district for a two-year period that starts January 1, 2015. Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss made the announcement Monday. “Judge Young is well-respected by court employees and by her fellow judges in her district,” Nuss said. “She and I were lawyers in Salina during the same timeframe, ...

11 years ago
A Kansas family is celebrating 55 years in the Christmas tree business. The scent of fresh-cut trees, swags and wreaths hangs in the air at the Delp Christmas Tree Farm. Four generations of families have come to select Christmas trees at the St. John business. Cecil and Ruby Delp started the farm in 1959 and were founding ...

11 years ago
A Salina man was injured in a crash on Interstate 70 near Gorham early Monday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 30-year-old David Shaw of Salina was driving a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria headed east. Shaw went off the right side of road and struck a guard rail, before coming back across road and striking a ...

11 years ago
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is skeptical of President Barack Obama's decision to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba and suggested the result is only a "public relations change." The Republican senator said Sunday that the Democratic president needs to consult Congress on changing U.S. policy toward Cuba and questioned whether Obama can restore diplomatic relations through executive ...