9 years ago
The Kansas State Fair recorded its third highest attendance ever this year. General Manager Susan Sankey said 359,808 people visited the 10-day fair, the third highest number in the event's 104-year history. The Hutchinson News reports that 2015 was a record-breaking year for fair attendance with 369,322 visitors, beating the previous record set in 1995 at 361,647. Sankey ...

9 years ago
A Kansas man will stay behind bars until trial for his role in an alleged conspiracy by a militia group to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live. Curtis Allen waived his detention hearing Monday and entered a not guilty plea, the only plea a federal magistrate judge can accept at ...

9 years ago
Salina, Kan. – Kansas Wesleyan University’s Nursing program was notified this week that its application for voluntary programmatic accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) was not accepted. Kansas Wesleyan began the application process for this new regional programmatic accreditation through CCNE in May 2015. A site-visit team from CCNE visited campus on February ...

9 years ago
An unoccupied home was broken into in Gypsum. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after burglars entered a home in the 700 block of Hawkes in Gypsum sometime between July 2 and October 23 and removed a Maytag washer/dryer valued at $4,000. Also stolen was a 42-inch flat screen TV, gas grill, kids Corvette bed and ...

9 years ago
A former Wal-Mart employee was arrested on theft charges. Salina Police report that 20-year-old Xavier Allen was taken into custody on Friday after an investigation revealed that between September 27 and October 19, he had allegedly taken $1,194.85 in cash from the register while he was working at the store located at 2900 S. 9th. ...

9 years ago
The committee searching for Kansas State University's next president has selected 15 candidates to interview for the position. The Manhattan Mercury reports that 81 people applied for the position. Regent Dennis Mullin, who heads the Kansas Board of Regents' committee, says the number of applicants and the number of qualified candidates were higher than expected. Mullin says ...

9 years ago
A BB gun damaged a 6-foot by 4-foot window on a home in the 900 block of Hancock sometime between October 14 and October 21. Damage is listed at $1,000.   Paintballs were used to damage a 2005 Ford Escape on Saturday night in the 700 block of Osage. A paintball shattered the rear window on the ...

9 years ago
A call about a stolen SUV leads to the arrest of a Salina man. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that 26-year-old Zachariah Sharp was taken into custody on Friday morning after he allegedly abandoned one vehicle and stole another. Deputies say a witness saw Sharp driving a 1976 Ford Ranger through fields and yards in the ...

9 years ago
A Geneseo man was taken into custody after he allegedly rear ended a Salina motorist and fled the scene. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 33-year-old Jerrod Clark was arrested in the 400 block E. Wilson on Friday night around 11:30pm. Police say Clark was driving drunk and following a Ford Fusion at close range ...

9 years ago
Two Salina men were arrested in connection to an August arson fire that consumed thousand of dollars worth of hay and farming equipment. According to Saline County Undersherrif Roger Soldan, 23-year-old Travis Novak and 24-year-old Justin Beetch were taken into custody on Saturday after an investigation that included the Kansas State Fire Marshal. Authorities allege that on ...

9 years ago
A federal prosecutor will be on duty during election day to respond to complaints of possible election fraud and voting rights violations in Kansas. According to acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leon Patton will be available to the public at 913-551-6730 while the polls are open on Nov. 8. “Every citizen must be able ...