9 years ago
Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson has promoted two officers. According to the agency, the Chief held a promotional ceremony this week. Officer David Villanueva was promoted to Sergeant and Lieutenant Bill Cox was promoted to Captain.  These two officers have a combined 48 years of law enforcement experience.  The promotions are a result of the pending ...

9 years ago
County Counselor Mike Montoya updated Saline County Commissioners on Judge William Elliot’s ruling that requires the City to annex nine segments of county road or put them on order to be annexed.  Four of these road sections surround the Salina Landfill.  Montoya added that these roads are so well traveled, that the City should proceed ...

9 years ago
A Kansas woman who became national news when she graduated from college at the age of 95 has died. Nola Ochs died Friday at a senior living home in Dodge City at the age of 105. The Beckwith Funeral Home in Jetmore says her funeral is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Dodge City, with burial ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is facing criminal charges after allegedly altering a check. Police say that Logan Smith of Salina received a check from an acquaintance on November 11th in the amount of $550. He cashed the check the next day at a bank. When the check was cashed, though, it had been altered to $1,550 instead of ...

9 years ago
A vandal with a BB gun caused damage to several vehicles in Central Salina Monday evening. Police say that windows on vehicles parked at 220 S. College, 124 S. College, and 115 N. College were shot. Total damage is estimated at $1,000. Police anticipate that there may be more cases, and urge anyone who discovers damage to ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is facing multiple charges in connection to sex crimes involving a child. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 34-year-old Steven Snyder was arrested on Monday. Snyder is accused of crimes involving a preteen girl that date back to 2014. Allegedly, he sexually assaulted the victim back in the summer of 2014. He is accused ...

9 years ago
Elected leaders at the University of Kansas are voicing opposition to guns on campus. The University Senate said it's opposed "in the strongest possible terms" to campus carry in a resolution approved this month. The University Senate is made up of the Faculty Senate, Student Senate and Staff Senate. In Kansas, public universities starting in July must ...

9 years ago
On advice of their attorney, Greg Bengtson, City Commissioners were reminded that the process they use to fill a soon-to-be vacated commission seat needs to be fully open to the public.  Expression of Interest forms will be compiled in the weekly commissioner packets and will be made available on the city’s website.  Commissioners agreed to ...

9 years ago
Salina Area Chamber of Commerce President Don Weiser urged the City Commission to fund its $86,510 request for business retention and expansion activities.  Weiser said efforts to develop the community’s workforce and fill vacant jobs is “so important, we need to get a jump on it”. Referencing Kansas Department of Labor statistics, the Chamber’s presentation showed ...

9 years ago
The president of a conservative think tank has announced the organization is launching a news service. The Kansas Policy Institute president Dave Trabert made the announcement in a video on the organization's website. Trabert says the news service will be called the Sentinel. Trabert says the Sentinel is organized as a separate, nonprofit entity, although he and ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating a theft from a unit at Chapel Ridge Apartments last week. The victim told officers a known suspect stole her iPhone 6, three baseball caps and an air mattress. Loss is listed at $580.   On Friday, staff at First Bank Kansas, 2860 S. 9th found a counterfeit $100 bill in a deposit from ...