12 years ago
Salina City Commissioners send the same offer to Saline County Commissioners that was sent last week in regard to the Salina-Saline County Health Department. Last Monday city commissioners drafted a proposal to send to the county that included among other things: 1. $500,000 city funding for the building 2. $500,000 in health department reserve funds to be used ...

12 years ago
The first meeting of the Smoky Valley Historical Association for the fall and winter season will feature a program on the history of Kansas Weather by Andy Kleinsasser, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wichita. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13 in the Bethany Home activities center, 321 North Chestnut in ...

12 years ago
Rain-swollen rivers in southeast and northeastern Kansas have claimed one life and nearly took another. Crews in Allen County recovered the body of 23-year-old Iola resident Zane Forbis-Burgardt in Elm Creek around 9 a.m. Sunday. The sheriff's department says three men on inner tubes went over a small dam on the creek Saturday afternoon. ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman who was put in jail to serve a weekend term for a failed urinalysis test was charged with three new felony crimes after being admitted into jail. Inmates were quick to call out Bridget Fleming, 38, who decided to smuggle drugs into her cell by way of a body crevice; they knew they ...

12 years ago
A defiant former Kansas police instructor has been sentenced to life in prison for the April 2011 shooting death of his wife. Before he was sentenced Monday, Brett Seacat accused the judge of helping to convict him by hiding evidence that proves Seacat's innocence. The 37-year-old Kingman man told Judge Larry Solomon in a rambling courtroom statement ...

12 years ago
While riding his motorcycle last Saturday night, Keaton Hale, 17, was was struck by a woman in a Ford Focus who failed to stop at a stop sign between State St. and Highway 40. Becky Karabinas, 43, fled the scene and was found by police dogs later that night hiding in a ditch. Hale suffered a fractured ...

12 years ago
On the night of Aug. 2, multiple vehicles were damaged by extensive scratching. It was reported to police that 16 vehicles sitting on the side of the road on South 8 and on Highland were all damaged on their driver's side, the side of the car facing the street. The damage done to the cars was estimated ...

12 years ago
Last week proved to be a tough week for Salina motorcycle owners. There were three different cases reported to police between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 involving the theft of local motorcycles. Brian Shultz, 53, was thefted of his 2006 Suzuki C50, right off of his business parking lot, Pack Rat Smokes. The estimated value of the ...

12 years ago
The 2013 Saline County Back to School Fair is ready to send children back to class with new school supplies. Organizer Marcia Demuth dropped by the KSAL Morning News on Monday with an update on the event that turns 12 years old this year. "We work with the school districts in the county to put together ...

12 years ago
Old-time baseball is coming to Abilene. According to the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, the fifth annual vintage base ball game will be played on their grounds. The "Abilene Iron Cutters" will face the "Wichita Bull Stockings" of the Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club donning uniforms from the 1860s. The game is scheduled for this Saturday. The ...

12 years ago
It's fair week in Salina. Festivities of the Tri-Rivers Fair run Tuesday through Sunday. The fair parade down Santa Fe gets things started Tuesday evening at 7:30. Many favorites are back this year including the rodeo, demolition derby, combine demolition derby, and the draft horse show. General Schedule: Tuesday, August 6th 7:30 pm Parade Downtown Theme “Fulfill Your Dreams in ...