9 years ago
A Texas man has been arrested in a head-on Kansas crash that killed a mother and her 5-year-old daughter and critically injured the woman's son. The 42-year-old Houston driver is jailed in Geary County on $250,000 bond on suspicion of two counts of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence and two other counts. No formal ...

9 years ago
A Manhattan businessman who once was a backup quarterback at Kansas State has been ordered to spend two years and eight months in prison for improper sexual contact with a former high school student. 38-year-old Zach Burton was sentenced Tuesday in Riley County after telling the judge that his actions were "selfish," and that he never ...

9 years ago
Budget uncertainties have forced the Kansas Department of Transportation to postpone two dozen road projects that were scheduled to start next summer. The Wichita Eagle reports an estimated $32 million in projects were to be put up for bid in December before KDOT learned last week that the state faces a $350 million budget gap. The 24 ...

9 years ago
The holiday season begins in downtown Salina Saturday as the 25th Annual Christmas Festival & Parade of Lights illuminates Santa Fe. "We always start the morning off with the Big Brothers Big Sisters Frosty 5K Fun Runs," said Penny Bettles, Managing Director of Salina Downtown Inc. A full day of activities has been planned for patrons to ...

9 years ago
A lack of a quorum Tuesday morning prompted the Salina City / County Building Authority to mull a by-laws change. The by-laws for the City County Building Authority stipulate that five of its seven members must be available to vote on any action items.  The Board is composed of three County Commissioners, two City Commissioners, a ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents has chosen interim Kansas State University president Richard Myers as the next president. The nine-member board made the decision Tuesday on the campus of the roughly 24,000-student university's main campus in Manhattan. Former president Kirk Schulz announced in March he was leaving the university after seven years at the helm to become ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen antique grain truck. Police say that a 1977 white Chevrolet grain truck was parked in the backyard of a rental property at 311 Des Moines. The owner was using it to haul away leaves and branches. Sometime between Friday and Monday the truck was stolen. Police say that the keys ...

9 years ago
A Salina man has been arrested for allegedly forging multiple checks to himself for cash. Police allege that 22-year-old Trevon Tucker forged eight checks that belong to Joshua Perez of Salina. Tucker allegedly made the checks out to himself, and cashed them. Police say that between October 20th and November 6th seven of the forged checks were ...

9 years ago
An elderly Lincoln County man has fallen victim to a telephone scam. Salina Police say that a man in his 80s received a phone call on Monday morning, informing him that his granddaughter had been involved in a DUI related crash in Salina. He was told that someone in the other vehicle was killed in the ...

9 years ago
Big changes are coming at Salina Public Library. Some important reorganization will begin Jan. 3, 2017, in an effort to continue the library's critical focus on early literacy and service to families. A noticeable change for library patrons will be the transition to one circulation desk on the main floor. Currently, materials are checked out and ...

9 years ago
Saline County Commissioners canvassed votes on Monday.  Vote totals for races will be posted at saline.org under the County Clerk's tab.  A representative of the County Clerk's office could not comment on whether totals would be available today or not. When a voter appeared at a polling location and wanted to vote on November 8, but ...