8 years ago
Kansas statesman Bob Dole has been nominated for the highest civilian honor Congress bestows. Sen. Pat Roberts and Rep. Lynn Jenkins are seeking to honor the longtime senator with the Congressional Gold Medal. Roberts and Jenkins jointly introduced resolutions Monday, two days after Dole's 94th birthday. The resolution says that Dole has "embodied the American spirit of ...

8 years ago
An Ellsworth County man has won a $10,000 lottery prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, Patrick Kyler won $10,000 on a scratch ticket. When Kyler first won $40 on a $20 instant scratch ticket last week, his brother was philosophical about it. “He told me ‘I guess if you want to win big, you gotta play big,’” ...

8 years ago
A 22-year-old man who admitted he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb outside an Army post in Kansas to aid the Islamic State group was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas. He pleaded guilty in February ...

8 years ago
A new amusement ride law would affect more than a dozen counties in western Kansas that have home-owned carnivals and rides. Gov. Sam Brownback signed the bill in April following the death of a 10-year-old who rode a giant water slide in Kansas City. The new standard includes more expensive insurance and having rides examined by ...

8 years ago
The USD 305 Board of Education and Dr. James R. Hardy, interim superintendent at Salina USD 305, invite the Salina community to an informal conversation on July 31 at 3:30 p.m. at the Hageman Education Center. Topics will include recent education initiatives, the state’s new school finance formula, the Kansans Can vision and more. It is ...

8 years ago
A northeast Kansas sheriff says an 11-year-old boy died after suffering severe blood loss when fireworks he was experimenting with exploded. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says Colby Harris was found dead at his home southeast of Mayetta on Friday. Officers who responded to a call from Colby about an explosion found the boy's body inside the ...

8 years ago
Two dozen of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. A couple of arrests over the weekend have pushed the number of arrests on the July list to 24. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrests are Dawn Goldsmith and Mandy Rogers. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted ...

8 years ago
A suburban Kansas City lawyer who worked for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is seeking the Democratic nomination for a Kansas congressional seat currently held by Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder. Brent Welder, a labor lawyer from Bonner Springs, on Monday announced his candidacy for the 3rd Congressional District seat. Welder previously worked for the International Brotherhood ...

8 years ago
The Toughest Monster Truck Tour will return to the Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina. This year there will be just one performance. Tickets go on sale to the public this Friday. Last year was the first time in more than five years that Bigfoot did not win the Tour Championship. That title went to Snake Bite, ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating two residential arson fires that were ignited in the Sunset Park area early Saturday. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that investigators have interviewed a person of interest in the case and believe the fires are connected. On Saturday around 2:30am, someone used an accelerant to spark a fire on the back ...

8 years ago
A 19-year-old Salina man was jailed on charges that allege he supplied alcohol to a couple of 15-year-old girls and then had sexual relations with one of the victims. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Jacob A. Balthazor, 19 was arrested on Friday in connection to the alleged incident at his home in the ...