11 years ago
A driver is hurt in a crash involving a school bus from the USD 306 Southeast of Saline school district. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old Adam Gilbert of Roxbury suffered a compound fracture of his left leg, after the Callabresi Heating and Cooling truck he was driving struck the back end of a USD ...

11 years ago
Police in Junction City are putting drivers on notice: They'll soon be enforcing a new ordinance that limits use of cellphones by motorists. The city commission approved the law in early June. It bans motorists from talking or listening on a cellphone unless it's a hands-free device. Police Chief Tim Brown said Thursday his department has held ...

11 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Democrat Chad Taylor must remain on the ballot in the U.S. Senate race. At a press conference Thursday, Kobach said Taylor submitted a letter the day before signaling his withdrawal. But, the secretary said, Taylor did not say he’s incapable of serving, which is required, too. After Taylor submitted the ...

11 years ago
A suspected thief is caught on video. According to Salina Police, on July 30th a suspect in a green hat and dark colored shorts used a stolen credit card to purchase approximately $225 worth of merchandise at Casey's, 215 W. Crawford.  If you can identify the person in the video, or if you have any information concerning ...

11 years ago
Officials gathered on the campus of K-State Salina Thursday afternoon to celebrate the opening of a new facility that Dean Verna Fitzsimmons called "a key building to every student on campus". A purple ribbon was cut to celebrate the completion of the new student welcome center. The center is housed inside a building that was built ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating after numerous tools are taken from a Salina storage unit. The owner told officers that someone broke into the space at Salina Mini Storage, 2727 Centennial, sometime over the last year between September 3rd and September 3rd of 2013. Police say an air compressor, wire welder, tire change press, multiple hand tools and other ...

11 years ago
Police arrest a Salina man after a woman is allegedly choked. Officers found 44-year-old Douglas Williams hiding under a mattress in his house on Wednesday. Police say Williams struck a woman in the face and destroyed her cell phone as she held an infant during a disturbance in a north Salina home on Tuesday morning. The woman told ...

11 years ago
A caller tells a scam victim he's Salina's Chief of Police. Authorities are warning the public about a phone scam that cost a Salina man $4,500. Police say a 62-year-old man was contacted on Tuesday by a group of people who said they were from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department's legal team. The victim ...

11 years ago
Three Salina organizations are receiving funding from the Kansas Attorney General's Office. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today announced that the three organizations have been awarded grants totaling $144,190 for victims’ service programs. The grants awarded will fund the following projects: • Ashby House: $21,500 to provide court ordered supervised visitations and exchanges in Saline, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson ...

11 years ago
A former Salina city building official is facing trial in California, accused of poisoning his wife to death 20-years ago. Paul Curry was hired in March of 2010 to be the City of Salina building official. It came as a shock when he was arrested less than a year later in Salina, in November 2010, ...

11 years ago
State health official say whooping cough cases are increasing across Kansas, with Pottawatomie County particularly hard hit. The state has recorded 405 confirmed cases of the disease so far this year, compared with 172 in all of 2013. In Pottawatomie County 17 confirmed cases have been reported. Last year, the northeast Kansas county had one ...