9 years ago
A car wash employee is jailed on theft charges for pocketing customers' cash. Salina Police arrested 19-year-old Jose Escobedo after an investigation revealed he was keeping cash for himself and using a prepaid card from the office at Casey's General Store, 2404 S. 9th to pay for the wash service. Police say between June 26 and July ...

9 years ago
An incident that began with a man trying to steal a purse out of a van leads to his arrest after he allegedly kicked a Salina Police officer. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Sunday around 3:10pm officers were called to an apartment complex at 821 N. 2nd after 63-year-old Richard Bouthillier walked up ...

9 years ago
Authorities say two people died when a stolen pickup truck crashed and a survivor then fled after stealing a vehicle from a good Samaritan. At least five people were inside the truck when it crashed into a tree shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas. Police said that when a motorist stopped to help, ...

9 years ago
Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy have announced a revamped plan to merge after Kansas regulators scuttled an earlier deal. The deal announced Monday morning would form a utility with a combined equity value of about $14 billion. The move comes after the Kansas Corporation Commission denied the $12.2 billion sale of Topeka-based Westar to Kansas ...

9 years ago
A portion of a Saline County Road is closing Monday. A stretch of Burma Road will be closed through mid-September. According to Saline County, Burma Road from K-140 Highway to Crawford Street will be closed beginning Monday for the replacement of a deteriorated concrete deck on an existing six-barrel reinforced concrete box drainage structure.  No through ...

9 years ago
A woman was killed in a crash involving a farm vehicle in rural Reno County. According to the Reno County Sheriff's Office, approximately 4:00 Saturday afternoon, deputies along with Reno County Fire District 4 and Reno County EMS were dispatched to K 61 Highway and Bone Springs Road for an injury accident involving a 2013 Chevy ...

9 years ago
Dangerous heat is settling into Central Kansas. The first long heatwave of the summer is here. According to the National Weather Service, high temperatures at or above 100 degrees are anticipated daily, at least through next weekend. Officials urge caution for those who have to be outside for long periods of time. Among other things, try to ...

9 years ago
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran briefly made a tiny western Kansas town the focus of a roiling national debate on overhauling health care. He did it by holding a town hall meeting that attracted dozens of out-of-area visitors and a gaggle of reporters to Palco. It has fewer than 300 residents and is about 270 miles west ...

9 years ago
A major financial rating agency says a structural imbalance in Kansas' budget is "likely to persist" even after the state increased income taxes. S&P Global Ratings said in a report this week that while the state boosted its revenues, it also increased spending for the next two years. S&P also said the state still is diverting ...

9 years ago
The University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas are joining a national trend toward setting aside areas in residences halls to accommodate students who don't identify with a specific gender. The two universities each have assigned housing for more than 20 students who might be transgender, transitioning from their birth gender or who don't ...

9 years ago
A search warrant shows authorities are investigating two suspected identity thieves found with a box filled with hundreds of Dollar Tree job applications apparently obtained by going through trash containers in Wichita. The warrant was filed recently in U.S. District Court in Kansas. It outlines the investigation into a pair found three years ago with employment ...