9 years ago
In a 5-2 vote, the City County Building Authority (BA) voted to allow the concealed carry of handguns in the City-County Building effective January 1, 2018.  After months of discussions, Chairman Todd Heitschmidt said the decision boiled down to two choices:  to look at securing the entire building or to take down the paper signs ...

9 years ago
The Army says that when transgender solider Chelsea Manning is released from military prison on Wednesday she will remain on active duty in a special status, pending her final appellate review. An Army spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Jennifer Johnson, said Manning will be released in accordance with former President Barack Obama's decision to grant her clemency. Manning was ...

9 years ago
Authorities in southern Kansas' Sedgwick County say human remains have been found in a farm field just outside of Wichita's city limits. Sheriff's Lt. Lin Dehning says the remains were found shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday by the property owner while he was mowing. Dehning tells The Wichita Eagle  that it's too early to tell the age ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital Tuesday morning after crashing his truck into a creek. Salina Police Sgt. Brent Rupert told KSAL News at the scene that the driver veered off the road in the area of Cloud Street and Centennial Road. The truck rolled down a steep embankment and ended up in Dry Creek, ...

9 years ago
A trailer full of automobile batteries tips over in the parking lot at Exide Technologies in Salina Monday evening. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office an Ottawa yard truck was pulling an enclosed trailer loaded with 35,000 pounds of unsecured batteries. The driver was making a turn into the lot at 413 E Berg Road when ...

9 years ago
The expanding KU medical school in Salina is adding a nursing program. In an effort to attract and educate professional nurses in rural parts of Kansas, the University of Kansas School of Nursing is partnering with Salina Regional Health Center to open a new campus location in Salina. “An important part of the University of Kansas’ ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a deputy has used a stun gun on a man who advanced toward law enforcement with a machete after a northwest Kansas chase. The pursuit started Monday afternoon when Sheridan County sheriff's deputies spotted a vehicle linked to a domestic disturbance making a U-turn on U.S. 24. A news release says the deputies tried to ...

9 years ago
A man from Moundridge was hurt in a single vehicle motorcycle crash west of Salina on Interstate 70 Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 61-year-old Joel Hoffmann was on a Honda motorcycle, riding north at the Interstate 135 interchange heading to east bound Interstate 70. Hoffmann lost control and left the road. He rolled ...

9 years ago
It has been a relatively quiet start to severe weather season in Central Kansas. But that could end on Tuesday. Late Monday afternoon the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center upgraded a large area of Central Kansas, including the Salina area, into an enhanced risk. An enhanced risk means that numerous severe storms  are possible, along ...

9 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council will host the Seventh Annual Armed Forces Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 20 at Great Life Golf and Fitness, 1800 S. Marymount Road in Salina, KS. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Salina Military Emergency Relief Fund, which assists service members in need and is ...

9 years ago
Enrollment in Salina Area Technical College’s summer general-education classes is open through June 1. The college offers nine different general-education classes this summer, all for $99 / credit hour. “These classes are perfect for several groups of people,” said Stephani Johns-Hines, Salina Tech’s Vice President of Instruction. “If you’ve just graduated from high school, and are planning ...