9 years ago
A former Kansas driving school instructor has been sentenced to three years of probation for having a 16-year-old student drive to a country road and inappropriately touching her. The Emporia Gazette reports that Robert Jones, of Emporia, also was ordered to register as a sex offender and repay the victim's family for the driving classes when ...

9 years ago
A woman was critically injured in a fall from a bridge in rural Ottawa County Wednesday afternoon. Officials tell KSAL News that the woman fell about 30 feet, landing on rocks. She was transported by  Ottaw County EMS to Salina Regional Health Center with multiple injuries that included broken bones. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Officetold KWCH TV ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Jayhawks are back home. After a short trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma, top-seeded Kansas is back to a Jayhawk favorite: the Sprint Center in Kansas City. KU used a late burst of offensive power to get back ninth-seeded Michigan State 90-70 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The next challenger proves to be an ...

9 years ago
Kansas residents are getting a sales tax break to rebuild fences on agricultural land after wildfires burned more than 1,000 square miles. Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill Wednesday that would allow people to buy supplies to rebuild their fences without paying sales tax. It goes toward rebuilding fences that burned, not new construction. The Legislature ...

9 years ago
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Kansas by parents of two former rowers who alleged they were sexually assaulted by a former football player in a dorm. The Kansas City Star reports Douglas County District Judge B. Kay Hoff dismissed the lawsuit on Friday, ruling that the former rowers have left the ...

9 years ago
Kansas legislators are trying to avoid the kind funding moves with public employee pensions that previously clouded the retirement system's long-term financial health. But lawmakers are wrestling with the state's serious budget problems and were not sure Wednesday whether the state could afford its full, annual commitments. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed freezing annual pension contributions ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a man was beaten unconscious at a motel. Officers were called to the Value Inn, 1640 W. Crawford around 4:15am Wednesday morning after a witness saw a suspect repeatedly hit a man in the face. Police found 54-year-old John Edwardson lying on the floor of his motel room unconscious and had EMS ...

9 years ago
Sears, once the monolith of American retail, says that there is "substantial doubt" that it will be able to keep its doors open. Company shares, which hit an all-time low last month, tumbled more than 5 percent before the opening bell Wednesday. Chairman and CEO Edward Lampert's hedge fund has forwarded millions in funding to keep Sears ...

9 years ago
An elderly Saline County woman was duped for over $17,000 through a telephone scam. According to Sheriff Roger Soldan,  a man identifying himself as Sergeant Bradshaw with the U.S. Embassy in Dominican Republic told the 81-year-old woman over the phone on Monday that her grandson had been arrested there for possession of marijuana. He then convinced her ...

9 years ago
An eyewitness who saw a teenager fire a gun into the air helped police locate him a short time later at a grocery store. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News 16-year-old Johnathan Hulse was arrested Tuesday evening around 5:30pm at the Dillon's Supermarket, 1235 E. Cloud Street after allegedly firing one round from a semi automatic ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Commission issued a mandatory 7 day ban on the open burning of any waste, normal household trash in a container, structures or vegetation within the boundaries of Saline County.  The ban includes the City of Salina.  The ban will be in place until it is specifically rescinded by the Commission. The resolution notes ...