9 years ago
A Salina woman was transported to the hospital after she allegedly drove her car into the City's pump station on South 2nd. Police say 31-year-old Holly Hickman had an argument with her boyfriend and was upset before she got behind the wheel of her 2007 Ford Edge. She then drove at a high rate of speed and ...

9 years ago
A group of Salina area law enforcement officers teamed up Wednesday to run through the streets of Salina. The Saline County leg of the Special Olympics Torch Run weaved through town Wednesday afternoon. Saline County Sheriff Lt. Scott Trembley organized the event, in which over 20 runners and volunteers participated. Officers from the Salina Police Department, ...

9 years ago
A Salina businessman who is active in the community is running for a seat on the city commission. Frank Hampton on Wednesday filed to run. Hampton is a financial advisor and Branch Manager of Raymond James Financial Services and owner and founder of Hampton Financial, LLC. He was previously a Financial Advisor and Branch Manager in ...

9 years ago
Riley County police say a missing 37-year-old Manhattan woman might be with a suspect in a homicide. Police say Cora Brown could be in danger if she is with 38-year-old Steven Harris. A warrant issued Tuesday accuses Harris of murder and attempted murder after the Sunday shooting death of 39-year-old German Gonzalez Garcia. A second man was ...

9 years ago
Kansas legislators have rewritten parts of their latest plan for raising taxes to fix the state budget and provide additional dollars for public schools. House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on a revised plan that would raise $953 million over two years by increasing income taxes, boosting liquor taxes and imposing the state's sales tax on ...

9 years ago
Another pull trailer is reported stolen in Saline County. Julia Morse contacted the Saline County Sheriff's Office to report her 8-foot utility trailer was stolen off her lawn in the 8000 block of S. Holmes Road. The trailer is valued at $1,200 and has Missouri plate: 01C7SH. Morse also told deputies that a portable greenhouse and wheelbarrow were ...

9 years ago
A teen driver swerved to miss a group of deer on a dirt road and rolled his vehicle Tuesday evening. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that two passengers suffered minor injuries after 17-year-old Gavven Yungeberg lost control of a 1999 Chevy Tracker on Woodward Road near Crawford around 8pm. Deputies say the vehicle crossed the road ...

9 years ago
A new season of Friday Night Live concerts are set to debut on Friday. Friday Night Live is a series of arts and entertainment programming for Salina residents and visitors designed to increase attendance and participation in arts-related events and to strengthen partnerships with local business owners in the downtown arts district. On Friday evening, May ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Commission on Aging, which provides umbrella services such as Meals on Wheels and the Salina Senior Center, will study if the COA would be better served by becoming a department of the County. Executive Director Leslie Eikleberry wrote in an e-mail that the “COA Board voted to form a committee to explore the ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Corporation Commission won't allow Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy extra time to renegotiate a new merger. After the commission in April rejected the proposed merger, the two companies filed a petition asking for extra time to revise the deal to meet commissioners' expectations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the commission rejected the request Tuesday. The ...

9 years ago
A Colorado man told officers he was robbed at the Greyhound Bus stop at 125 E. Diamond Drive on Saturday night. James Hester of Edgewater told police a black man with dread locks threatened him and took his wallet with an undisclosed amount of cash.   Victor Jou reported his H&H brand flatbed trailer with a 4-foot ...