9 years ago
A Texas man has been ordered to pay $2,500 in penalties and fees for violating the No-Call Act in Kansas. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Bryan Sean Sturrock of Flower Mound, Texas, agreed to a consent judgment ordering him to pay $2,500 in fees and civil penalties. The judgment was approved Wednesday by Judge ...

9 years ago
The Kansas University School of Medicine-Salina is seeking artists to develop original art for the new Medical Education Building that will house the Salina campuses of the medical school and the KU School of Nursing. The new KU facility in Salina will provide 40,251 square feet of space, which more than doubles the current campus space ...

9 years ago
Several guns and an old class ring are among several items stolen in a residential burglary in Central Salina. Police Captain Paul Forrester says that sometime between 7:00 in the evening on Monday and noon on Tuesday, a home at 856 Sherman was broken into. Entry was gained by damaging a back door. Various items were taken ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was injured in a two-vehicle crash. Police say that on Monday evening 21-year-old Travis Archer was driving a 2012 Honda Civic. He turned onto E. Republic Avenue, and into the path of a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. A side door of Archer's car was hit by the truck. Archer was transported by a family ...

9 years ago
Police are looking for a man and a woman who rented a U-Haul truck in Salina and did not return it. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester says that a 2014 GMC 10 foot utility truck was rented from Citywide Self-Storage at 440 N. Ohio back on August 5th. It was supposed to be returned the next ...

9 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a fuel theft. Sheriff Roger Soldan says that 150 gallons of gas was stolen from the Farmers and Ranchers facility at 1500 W. Old 40 Highway. According to Soldan, the gas was stolen from a tank on the property sometime between 5:00 in the evening Monday and 8:45 in the ...

9 years ago
A tax agent was seriously injured following a shooting at a Kansas Department of Revenue office in Wichita. Governor Sam Brownback confirmed Department of Revenue tax agent Cortney Holloway was shot multiple times Tuesday afternoon at an office after having performed an asset seizure earlier in the day. The State of Kansas had ordered the Sedgwick ...

9 years ago
A Dickinson County community was nearly left without fire service Tuesday after the entire fire department was ready to walk off the job following the abrupt termination of the fire chief. Dickinson County officials tell KSAL News that Herington Fire Chief Ken Staatz was fired on Tuesday following a dispute unrelated to his fire services job. ...

9 years ago
Kansas is part of multi-state investigations of companies that manufacture and distribute prescription opioid drugs. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said his office is one of 41 state attorneys general participating in the joint investigations. This week, the investigating offices escalated the investigations by subpoenaing or otherwise demanding information and documents from both manufacturers and distributors ...

9 years ago
Salina emergency responders are preparing to deal with an explosion, as part of a training exercise. Salina Regional Health Center, in collaboration with Philips Lighting, Salina Police Department, Salina Fire Department, Saline County Sheriff’s Office and Saline County EMS, will be conducting a mass casualty drill on Friday. The scenario for the drill is an explosion at ...

9 years ago
A “hot potato” can be defined as a “sensitive situation or controversy that is difficult to handle and thus gets passes from one person to another (like a hot potato that is too hot to hold)”.  Area landlords and tenants are increasingly finding that they have to deal with bed bugs.  It is a challenge ...