8 years ago
The Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services is seeking emergency power to take over operations for more than a dozen nursing homes across the state. The request comes after New Jersey-based Skyline Health Care told state officials it will be unable to make upcoming payroll. Mission Health Care has agreed to oversee the operation of the ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman who was wanted on a warrant was wrestled into custody after allegedly biting a police officer. Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that concerned neighbors called authorities regarding a woman who was yelling and screaming on the street in the 700 block of S. 5th Wednesday afternoon around 3:45pm. Officers located 27-year-old Yolanda Cathey ...

8 years ago
Kansas public schools are one step closer to seeing an increase in state funding. A plan offered by Republican lawmakers calls for phasing in a 500-million-dollar funding increase over five years. A House committee advanced the proposal last night. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled last fall that schools are inadequately funded and they set an April 30th deadline ...

8 years ago
The Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is expanding its professional pilot students' career options through a new collaboration with regional carrier Piedmont Airlines. Kansas State Polytechnic is now a partner in Piedmont Airlines' cadet program, which offers tuition reimbursement and employment opportunities to select students who have earned their certified flight instructor rating. Piedmont Airlines, a ...

8 years ago
A woman has been arrested in connection with a suspicious package that prompted the evacuation of the Salina Post Office and the shutdown of several square blocks of streets in the downtown area. According to Salina Police, on Tuesday officers were dispatched to the United States Postal Service facility at 211 E. Ash in regard to ...

8 years ago
An Assaria man attending the Mid-America Farm Expo lost his wallet resulting in fraudulent use of his credit card from inside of the wallet. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 23-year-old Adrian Teasley of Assaria was attending the farm show when he lost his wallet containing cash and credit cards on Monday, March 26. Someone ...

8 years ago
Kansas lawmakers are debating a proposal to make it easier for teachers to carry concealed firearms in the classroom. A public hearing on the measure took place yesterday morning in Topeka. The bill would require teachers to undergo extra weapons training and prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to school districts who allow teachers to carry concealed ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a pair of thefts from trailers that happened around the same time-frame. According to Police Capt. Paul Forrester, between March 26 at 3:30 p.m. and March 27 at 6:30 a.m., someone forced entry with some sort of object in to an enclosed trailer at Bergeson Building Incorporated in the 1500 block of ...

8 years ago
A Salina man is behind bars after he allegedly choked a female victim until she became unconscious and then assaulted her husband. Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that deputies arrested 28-year-old, Anthony J. Kirkbride of Salina after a search for his whereabouts concluded on Monday, March 26. Melander says that Kirkbride allegedly went to a home ...

8 years ago
A North Central Kansas high school teacher is accused of having a inappropriate relationship with a student. Fifty-three-year-old Kevin Johnson was arrested Monday evening and booked into the Cloud County Jail for unlawful sexual relations. Prosecutors allege the Concordia High School music teacher engaged in consensual sexual acts with a student between December and February. Johnson was ...

8 years ago
A traffic stop in Great Bend led to the discovery of illegal drugs including heroin and peyote mushrooms. According to the Barton County Sheriff's Office, on Monday night at around 7:30 a deputy stopped a vehicle in the 2200 block of 25th St. in Great Bend.  The deputy knew the driver had a revoked driver’s license. When the ...