9 years ago
Rural firefighters were called to put out a couple of fires over the weekend. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that a passerby saw a fire in Randy Choitz's yard at 3620 Crest Lane on Sunday morning around 6:50am. RFD #3 responded to the blaze which started in a compost pile and spread to a ...

9 years ago
Salina Police arrested two women from Wichita after finding the two in a car full of stolen items. According to Captain Paul Forrester, the search for the women began after they allegedly left Wal-Mart, 2900 S. 9th with a cart full of electronics on Saturday evening. Employees told officers the two loaded up two HP desktop computers ...

9 years ago
A controlled burn ignites a roof and damages a rural home. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, Donald and Shirley Sundgren were burning some dead grass off near their home in the 4000 block of S. Simpson Road on Saturday afternoon. Crews from Rural Fire District #5 arrived at the property around 3pm to fight the ...

9 years ago
An early morning home invasion is thwarted by the homeowner. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Christy Pennington awoke her husband Brett around 1:30am Monday when she saw a light outside their home at 2550 Aberdeen. Moments later, Brett saw two suspects in black hoodies walking up the stairs in his home - one was ...

9 years ago
College students who are considering a career in law enforcement are invited to a unique event in Salina. In mid May college students interested in a career in law enforcement, particularly with interest in the Kansas Highway Patrol, will have the opportunity to experience what life in the law enforcement world is like. The Kansas ...

9 years ago
Officials will give an update later this week on the status of contamination cleanup in the Salina Airport industrial area. According to the City of Salina, public entities including the City, Salina Airport Authority, Salina USD 305 and Kansas State Polytechnic Salina will hold a public meeting to discuss the status of the former Schilling Air ...

9 years ago
All four Salina area legislators returned home for a question and answer session with the public on Saturday. About 50 people gathered, including Senator Randall Hardy and Representatives Steven Johnson, Diana Dierks, and J.R. Claeys for the townhall style question and answer session. The event was dominated by talk of the state budget, taxes, and education. The legislators ...

9 years ago
HouseMaster Home Inspection of Central Kansas has hired John Elmore as Marketing Manager. His duties include acting as a liaison to local real estate agents, brokers, and offices to support the company’s marketing strategy in Central Kansas. He will also assemble and distribute marketing collateral and communications. Elmore brings 16 years of experience in public and ...

9 years ago
A Kansas House committee has advanced a bill that would protect public employers from liability for employees carrying concealed handguns while working outside of a public building. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee passed the bill Friday. Under the bill, a public employer could not be sued if their employee acted wrongfully or negligently with ...

9 years ago
The cost of upgrading security at Kansas' major mental hospitals in Osawatomie and Larned in order to avoid allowing concealed carry firearms in the building could reach $25 million. A state law beginning in July requires an open-door policy at the two hospitals serving people with severe mental illnesses unless extraordinary security measures have been taken ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has cleared a major obstacle to the construction of a long-delayed coal-fired power plant in the state's southwestern corner. The court Friday rejected a legal challenge from the Sierra Club to a state decision giving Sunflower Electric Power Corp. the go-ahead for its $2.8 billion project. The Hays-based utility wants to build ...