12 years ago
The Kansas Senate has given first-round approval to a bill increasing the state's limits on some damages in lawsuits but makes other changes in evidence rules. The Senate's voice vote Wednesday advanced the bill to a final vote Thursday, when approval would send the measure to the House. The bill is partly a response to a 2012 ...

12 years ago
Republicans in the Kansas Senate have blocked a proposal from Democrats to require all legislative party caucus meetings to be open to the public. The GOP-dominated Senate voted 30-8 on Wednesday against a proposal from Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat. Only one Republican, Carolyn McGinn of Sedgwick, supported his measure. The Kansas Open Meetings Act ...

12 years ago
Police make a third arrest in connection with the 2013 disappearance and murder of a Salina woman. Last spring 27-year-old Kristin Tyler of Salina went missing. The mother of four was missing two weeks last spring before her body was found in a ravine off Interstate 135 in rural Saline County. Back on April 25th Tyler went ...

12 years ago
A confrontation over an access road and county permits leads to the arrest of a 51-year-old rural Saline County man. Lt. Brent Melander tells KSAL News that Saline County Sheriff's Deputies drew their weapons on John R. Roudybush Tuesday morning around 11am after he allegedly turned a front-end loader toward officers and refused to get out. "He ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are warning the public about a scam that began with a phone call. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, a 70-year-old Salina woman was contacted over the telephone by a male on Saturday morning. The caller told the woman he was with Microsoft and convinced her that her computer was malfunctioning and that she needed to ...

12 years ago
A large order for wind turbines from North Dakota could be good economic news for Hutchinson. The Siemens Wind plant received an order for 64 of its 3.0-megawatt direct-drive turbines for a wind farm in North Dakota, which will mean about 30 new jobs at the Hutchinson plant. The Hutchinson News reports it's the first large order ...

12 years ago
A Salina man has his vehicle stolen for the second time this month. Police say a 1999 Cadillac DeVille is missing again. Jesus Reyna told officers his white, Cadillac was stolen sometime between midnight on February 19th and 10pm on February 20th after being parked on the street at his home in the 700 block of Vassar. The ...

12 years ago
High school students interested in law enforcement will have a chance this summer to learn what it is like to be a Kansas State Trooper. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, teens can experience what law enforcement training and careers are like through the Cadet Law Enforcement Academy. The Cadet Law Enforcement Academy program is hosted ...

12 years ago
A Salina bank is growing, and acquiring four new properties. First Bank Kansas has entered into an agreement with Bank of America to assume the deposits and acquire certain assets of Bank of America locations in Salina, Lindsborg, McPherson and Hutchinson. First Bank Kansas already has locations in Salina, Ellsworth, McPherson and Abilene. First Bank Kansas made ...

12 years ago
Salina USD 305 honors three teachers. A master teacher and two Horizon award winners are recognized. According to the district, Brandon Cheeks has been selected as recipient for the Salina USD 305 Master Teacher Award 2014. Nominated by NEA-Salina members, Brandon exemplifies qualities of a Master Teacher including outstanding community service, continuous professional growth, exceptional school ...

12 years ago
Central Kansas woke up to a thin blanket of snow Wednesday morning, and there could be more of the same on the horizon. Light snow that began falling Tuesday evening did accumulate in some areas. An inch is reported in Salina, and in Ellsworth county. According to the National Weather Service in Wichita, two separate weather ...