A Salina teenager sent police on a high speed pursuit throughout central Salina before he was eventually captured by a K-9 unit. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an officer observed a 1995 Ford Taurus driving eastbound in the 600 block of E. Crawford at 10:45 a.m. Thursday. The officer ran the tag of the vehicle, however, the tag was registered to a Buick. When the officer at...
The Kansas Supreme Court, in the public school finance case of Gannon v. State, held the State has shown that the 2019 Legislature's scheduled base aid increases are in substantial compliance with the court's June 25, 2018, mandate. This is the court's seventh decision in the Gannon litigation. In 2018 the court had held that despite legislation enacted in 2017 and 2018, the State still had not m...
A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for an elderly man missing from Beloit. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation the whereabouts of 83-year-old Harold “Keith” Shamburg are unknown. Shamburg is a white male, who has not been seen since he left his home around 7 p.m. on Dec. 10. He was driving a red 2015 Lincoln MKX with personalized tag “LILBRD.” Shamburg is 5 ft. 10 i...
Salina Police have enacted their Emergency Accident Reporting Plan, or EARP. Non-injury accidents, non hit and run, an accident that does not require towing and you don't believe alcohol or drugs have been involved can be filed on-line or in person at the police department. The form must be turned in within 48-hours of the accident. www.pd.salina.org ...
