8 years ago
The grandmother of a woman suing over her 2013 firing from the Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office has testified the woman's failure to go to church was a factor in her dismissal. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Margie Canfield also told jurors Tuesday in Topeka, Kansas, that Kobach's chief deputy, Eric Rucker, asked her to ...

8 years ago
Six "extreme sports" athletes are ready to push their performance to the edge as the Real Encounter event barrels into the Tony's Pizza Event Center Wednesday night. Former motorcross pro Brad Bennett joined in on the KSAL Morning News and said his crew always had a nose for adventure. "All of us when we were kids, we ...

8 years ago
A home intruder is in custody after he met the owner of the home he was trying to break in to the hard way in the early hours this morning. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 51-year-old, Mark Kind awoke to his dog barking in his home at 60 West Prairie Ridge Rd. at 4:16 ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a man from Hays was beaten and then had his car stolen by the assailants at a Salina motel. Capt. Paul Forrester says that the incident occurred on Tuesday, August 22 between 2:20-6:20 P.M. at the Red Carpet Inn at 222 E. Diamond Dr. The 69-year-old victim, Larry Long of Hays was ...

8 years ago
Authorities in eastern Kansas' say a 56-year-old man drowned after his car was swept away by floodwaters caused by thunderstorms that pummeled the region. The Miami County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday that the body of Robert Dean Schoenhals of Pleasanton was found about 2 1/2 hours after the accident. Authorities say a deputy ...

8 years ago
Authorities have identified the human remains found at a lake near downtown Kansas City, Kansas, as those of a missing man. The Kansas City Star reports that the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office says the remains of 61-year-old William Boyd Jr. were found on Aug. 11 at Big Eleven Lake. The sheriff's office says it is still ...

8 years ago
The Salina USD 305 school district is saving over a half million dollars by refinancing bonds. According to the district, the school board Tuesday night approved refinancing bonds that will save the school district $533,419. “As good stewards of the community’s tax support to have quality facilities for our students, we are pleased to refinance bonds ...

8 years ago
Federal prosecutors say a Filipino woman has pleaded guilty in Kansas to stealing nearly $100,000 from a U.S. Naval base in Japan. The prosecutors announced Monday that Cynthia Lopez Creseni pleaded guilty Friday to theft of public money. She stole $99,068 from the Morale Welfare and Recreation Center at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan. At the ...

8 years ago
In a 4-1 decision, the Saline County Board of Commissioners approved reclassifying the County Appraiser’s position to grade 27, step 3.  County Appraiser Sean Robertson will move from pay grade 26, step 3 to pay grade 27, step 3. Commissioner Jim Weese said that the pay reflected the “fair market”, adding Saline County has “a good ...

8 years ago
Saline County Commissioners have been looking at the current firework laws, and are considering changes.  Emergency Management Director Hannah Stambaugh and Planning and Zoning Director David Neal returned to the commission Tuesday with specific proposed changes to the wording of county statutes related to the sale and discharge of fireworks. Stambaugh reported that most of the ...

8 years ago
The Chronicle of Higher Education has ranked Salina Area Technical College fifth in the nation among two-year colleges for its graduation rate – moving up from ninth in 2016. The Chronicle’s annual Almanac, a compendium of statistics about higher education in the United States, is published each August. Among those statistics is what portion of a college’s ...