8 years ago
Cowley County authorities say a dangerous inmate has escaped from the Winfield Correctional Facility. Authorities say 53-year-old Lewis Mitchell escaped sometime after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. He is described as 6-feet-1 and weighing 210 pounds. He is black. He was last seen wearing a white state-issued T-shirt, and either blue jeans or gray sweatpants. He might also be ...

8 years ago
Kansas officials have chosen seven school districts to participate in an effort to redesign public education. The seven school districts participating in a pilot effort were announced Tuesday during a Kansas Board of Education meeting. The seven districts selected by the department this month will each revamp an elementary school and a secondary school. The changes will ...

8 years ago
Police in southern Kansas' Newton say a man suspected in the slayings of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter has been arrested in Texas. Authorities say 24-year-old Alyssa Runyon and daughter Zaylynn Paz were found dead shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday by Runyon's ex-boyfriend in the victims' duplex. Police say the suspect was arrested later Tuesday ...

8 years ago
A federal jury has convicted a former civilian employee of charges that he set a supervisor on fire and attacked her with a straight razor and scissors at a health center at Kansas' Fort Leavenworth. Jurors in Kansas City, Kansas found 55-year-old Clifford Currie guilty Tuesday of one count of assault with intent to commit murder. Prosecutors ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a 23-year-old man was shot and killed by officers after refusing their commands to drop two handguns he possessed outside a store in Junction City. The KBI, in a news release, didn't immediately identify the suspect who died at the scene of the shooting shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, saying ...

8 years ago
The bus stop times and locations for a new bus route between Salina and Belleville have been finalized. The Kansas Rides 81 Connection will serve Highway 81 locations from Belleville to Salina with a tentative start date of September 5, 2017. The 81 Connection bus service will have three bi-directional trips each day, Monday through Friday.  The ...

8 years ago
Saline County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved 2018 budgets for the county, the seven rural fire districts and the Kipp Sewer District.  In accordance with their tradition, they adjourned to the nearby Dairy Queen where Deister bought the Commissioners and County Clerk a celebration treat. Last week, Deister shared a two page 2018 budget overview that ...

8 years ago
The Tri-Rivers Fair Board informed County Administrator Rita Deister last week that they would not be offering helicopter rides during this week’s fair, as they would be charged a $4,000 insurance premium increase to cover additional risks.  Earlier, County Counselor Mike Montoya noted that the proposed agreement between DWTA Helicopters and the Fair Board did ...

8 years ago
Salina's City Manager could potentially soon be relocating about 100 miles to the east, to Topeka. Salina City Manager Jason Gage is one of five finalists for the city manager job in the capital city of Kansas. Appearing on the KSAL Morning News on Tuesday, Gage said that the Topeka City Council was scheduled to meet ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating a couple of unrelated polices shootings in which suspects were shot and killed in Junction City and Wichita. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a Junction City officer fatally shot a man. Police spokeswoman Trish Giordano says the shooting occurred early Tuesday when officers were called to make ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is looking for a giant rock that served as a yard decoration. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News the quartz crystal was taken sometime between August 2 and August 4 from 2785 W. State St. 64-year-old, James Brown is the reporting party. The crystal is white in color, two-feet tall and weighs ...