9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office and Fire District #1 were dispatched to a property just south of the city of Salina because of a small fire from a tractor. Sheriff Soldan says that authorities were called to 3419 S. Holmes Rd. where two men were working to contain a fire. James Becker was working on a 1957 ...

9 years ago
Salina Police responded to a discharge of a firearm  at a residence early on Wednesday morning. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Brett Miller, 31, says that his neighbor discharged a gun in to his residence at 441 S. Connecticut. Police arrived on scene at 4:53 A.M. They spoke with the neighbor and shooter, James Nestler, ...

9 years ago
Authorities have rescued a kidnapping victim and arrested three people after a police chase ended in a crash near Wichita. The chase started Tuesday when officers spotted a vehicle that was believed to be connected to a disturbance at a Wichita hotel in which a witness saw a woman being forced into a vehicle at gunpoint. Officer ...

9 years ago
The future is uncertain for the head of the Great Bend Police Department. The Great Bend City Council voted Monday night to suspend and potentially fire police chief Cliff Couch. Couch says the situation started after he raised concerns about misconduct and about his officers being understaffed and overworked. According to the suspension notice, Couch allegedly falsely ...

9 years ago
The National Institutes of Health is awarding a Kansas State University-led team of psychological sciences researchers with a prestigious five-year, $10.6 million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, grant. It is the largest grant in the history of the psychological sciences department. The team — which also includes collaborators from Wichita State University and the ...

9 years ago
Saline County Commissioners were excited to hear that the Tri-Rivers Fair Board has been working to bring helicopter rides to the fair on August 10 th and 11 th . A brochure promotes that DWTA Helicopters could offer a 3½-4 minute flight over the Tri-Rivers Fair for $40/person. There would be no age limit and the ...

9 years ago
Saline County Commissioners gave their permission to “start the process” to hire an individual to serve as both an assistant administrator and finance director. The Commission accepted an Archer classification to place this new position at grade 24 of the county’s salary scale, with a salary ranging from $56,908-$87,000/year. Commissioner Robert Vidricksen said he was “excited ...

9 years ago
Both Kansas Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran have voted in favor of having the Senate debate health care legislation. The two Republicans were on the same side Tuesday even though they've taken different stances on a proposal from GOP leaders for overhauling health care. Roberts has backed the measure, although he acknowledged in an interview last ...

9 years ago
ederal judge says Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has demonstrated a pattern of misleading the court about the facts and record in a voting rights case. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson refused Tuesday to reconsider a $1,000 fine and order requiring Kobach to submit to a deposition by the American Civil Liberties Union. Kobach's spokeswoman says ...

9 years ago
A Kansas hunting guide pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday for routinely violating state and federal hunting laws while taking clients on $300-a-day hunting trips. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 26-year-old Jerad Stroot of Colwich, an employee of Eagle Head Outfitters, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Lacy Act. In his ...

9 years ago
Tips from the public helped Salina Police identify a man who they believe stole a purse. Tuesday morning police released a couple of security camera images of a white male who grabbed a woman's purse as she shopped inside the Dillons grocery store located at 1201 W. Crawford. Tips from the public prompted an arrest Tuesday afternoon. Police ...