9 years ago
A 21-year-old man has pleaded no contest to a murder charge in the 2014 death of a Pittsburg State student. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports (http://j.mp/2g8ZcH3) that Bryan Bridges pleaded no contest Friday in Crawford County court to first-degree felony murder in the October 2014 death of Pittsburg State University student Taylor Thomas. The plea agreement dismisses ...

9 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is scheduled to meet this weekend with President-elect Donald Trump. Kobach spokeswoman Desiree Taliaferro told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kobach is on his way to New Jersey. She says she could not confirm details of the planned meeting, which is Sunday. Kobach served as an adviser to the Trump ...

9 years ago
The City of Lawrence is suing a local management company, saying a veteran with an emotional support animal was discriminated against when he tried to rent a townhome. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/2fo305X) reports that the lawsuit was filed by the City of Lawrence Human Relations Commission. It says KanMar Management LLC violated fair housing laws by ...

9 years ago
The mother of a 4-year-old girl killed in Kansas City, Kansas, questions the months it took authorities to rule the child's death a homicide. The child, Honesty Sanders, died in June and was the apparent victim of child abuse. No charges have been announced. Kansas City, Kansas, officers were called May 27 and found Honesty unconscious on ...

9 years ago
Newly elected congressman Roger Marshall says his top priority in Washington is to secure a seat on the House Agriculture Committee. He told The Associated Press that he wants to protect crop insurance and shape farm policy. Marshall said he expects President-elect Donald Trump's administration to lessen environmental regulations that farmers and agribusinesses find burdensome. Marshall also looks ...

9 years ago
Police in Kansas say a week-old newborn girl who went missing after her mother was shot to death has been found alive in Dallas. The Wichita Eagle reports that Chief Gordon Ramsay said Saturday morning that suspects in the death of 27-year-old Laura Abarca-Nogueda took the child and fled to Texas, where Sofia Victoria Gonzalez Abarca ...

9 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is scheduled to meet this weekend with President-elect Donald Trump. Kobach spokeswoman Desiree Taliaferro told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kobach is on his way to New Jersey. She says she could not confirm details of the planned meeting, which is Sunday. Kobach served as an adviser to the Trump ...

9 years ago
The Salina Salvation Army's Angel Tree Project begins this weekend, seeking help for over 500 area children in need. This year there are 552 angels on the tree. Each angel represents an area child 12-years-old or younger who without a little help, might not otherwise have much of a Christmas. The angel has on it information ...

9 years ago
A one vehicle crash late Friday evening left a car on its top in the front yard of a home in Central Salina. Salina Police told KSAL News at the scene that speed played a factor. According to Master Patrol Officer Rande Repp, a small passenger car was headed south on Oakdale Drive at a high ...

9 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force over the Thanksgiving holiday week looking for impaired drivers and those who are not buckled up. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that extra officers will be working around the city from Monday, November 21  through Sunday, November 27. Police are focusing on DUI enforcement on Wednesday night through Saturday ...

9 years ago
Clarke Sanders has been re-elected Chairman of the Saline County  Republican Central Committee.  Sanders defeated David D’Albini at the party’s reorganizational meeting held Thursday night. Joyce Dial was re-elected as Vice-Chair.  Secretary Susan Blackshere and Treasurer Linda Reynolds did not seek re-election to their offices.  Vickie Nichols was chosen as the new Secretary and Judy Plankenhorn ...