9 years ago
Kansas legislators are reviving a plan to fix the state budget by increasing income taxes that many think wouldn't raise enough new revenue. House and Senate negotiators signed off Wednesday on a measure that would roll back past tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. It would raise more than $1 billion over two years. The ...

9 years ago
A vehicle that had been reported as stolen earlier this month was recovered yesterday by the Salina Police Department. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 12:10 P.M. on Tuesday, Salina law enforcement were sent to the 600 block of Montrose to recover a missing vehicle that someone had seen and reported in the area. Officers tried ...

9 years ago
A series of events lands a Salina man in the hospital and with several criminal charges, including felony theft. Employees at CNC Autosales at 732 S. Broadway in Salina told authorities that a white male in his mid 20s came to the car lot and asked to look inside on a 2006 Chevy Cobalt. The employees gave ...

9 years ago
A theft of a trailer was reported in Smolan, Kan. on May 9th. John Noller, 50, of Smolan, told the Saline County Sheriff's Office that his flat bed trailer had been taken sometime between May 7th at 8 A.M. and May 9th at 8 P.M. Prior to the theft, the trailer was parked at the Anderson Machine ...

9 years ago
A Salina South High School graduating senior is one of an elite group of the class of 2017. He has been named a Presidential Scholar. Tyler Ross is one of 161 winners that were chosen across the country out of a group of more than 5,100. Ross is one of only three students in Kansas to ...

9 years ago
Ellsworth County law enforcement caught a suspected burglar who fled, and was on the run for a couple of hours. According to the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office, at 11:18 Tuesday morning a burglary in progress was reported at a residence located at 816 Highway 156 in Ellsworth County. When Deputies arrived, the suspect had fled the ...

9 years ago
Saline County County Administrator Rita Deister told Commissioners Tuesday that “based on rough estimates, an increase in unencumbered budget funds, estimated revenues, and new construction revenues may allow the Commission to have a minimum mil increase”.  She estimated that there will be $6,000,000 in new construction in the County.  She wrote about an” unencumbered budget ...

9 years ago
The third request for a private fireworks display within a matter of weeks prompted discussion by the Saline County Commission before it was narrowly approved. Commissioners Tuesday narrowly approved a request from Director of Emergency Management Hannah Stambaugh to allow a private fireworks display on Saturday, May 20th at the Salina County Club.  The show is ...

9 years ago
A motorcycle rider was hurt Tuesday morning after hitting a turkey and being thrown from his bike. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Zachary Anderson form Dwight, Kansas, was riding a 2006 Harley Davidson in rural Geary County headed north on K 57 Highway. He struck a turkey that entered the road. The impact caused ...

9 years ago
A new group is looking at ways to solve the ongoing jail overpopulation problem at the Saline County Jail. Saline County Chairman Monte Shadwick summed up the first of two meetings looking at reducing the number of inmates in jail as being “light years different from last” year’s efforts.  Shadwick and Commissioner Robert Vidricksen were among ...

9 years ago
A transgender soldier imprisoned for releasing classified military information has released her first statement since being granted clemency, saying she hopes to use lessons she's learned in prison to help others. Chelsea Manning issued the statement Tuesday ahead of her release next week, expressing gratitude to her supporters and to former President Barack Obama. Manning served nearly ...