9 years ago
U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp is eyeing the 2018 election in a move to possibly reclaim the Kansas congressional seat he lost in the Republican primary. The Hutchinson News reports Huelskamp quietly filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Oct. 17 for the sprawling 1st District of western and central Kansas. The ultra-conservative Republican ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary and theft in the 300 block of North 10th Street. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that sometime between 9am and 9pm Wednesday, someone entered the home and removed two flat screen televisions. Police say the combined value of the 43-inch Sharp TV and the 32-inch Roku TV is $600. ...

9 years ago
An online link pulls a man away from Amazon and into a scammer's web. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a 52-year-old man who lives in northwest Saline County was shopping for a GPS unit for his combine on the web through Amazon. Soldan says he clicked on a link that took him off ...

9 years ago
Salina Arts & Humanities is seeking public feedback about arts and cultural programs in Salina through a new online survey. The survey, live as of October 28, asks questions about the Smoky Hill River Festival, accessibility and availability of the arts, and community perceptions about cultural-arts programs and services. The survey’s questions are modeled after a ...

9 years ago
Between October 11, 2016 at 9:00PM and 6:00AM on October 12, 2016 an unknown suspect or suspects broke into the Assaria Lutheran Church located at 124 W. 1st Street in Assaria. Entry was gained by breaking a window. Items stolen include a 60” Vizio TV, an HP computer and a Quart Q series guitar. Total loss & ...

9 years ago
             The storied career of Rural Vista Head Coach Jeff Hostetter came to a close tonight in White City as the Heat fell to the Centre Cougars 36-34.  Centre finished the season 4-4 while Rural Vista dropped their final three games to finish 5-4.  Neither team made the postseason as ...

9 years ago
Westar Energy has filed a request to raise its prices by about $17.4 million, which would raise the average residential bill in Kansas by about $1.54 per month. Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig says the company filed the request with the Kansas Corporation Commission to recover costs that weren't available when last year's full price was conducted. The  ...

9 years ago
More than twice as many Kansas voters are now casting ballots at early polling sites across Kansas, compared to the last presidential election. The latest figures from the Kansas Secretary of State's office show 67,211 people voted in-person as of 8 a.m. Thursday - more than double the 33,832 who did so at that point in ...

9 years ago
The aviation program at Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus is enhancing its students' flying experience with the addition of new aircraft to its fleet. Kansas State Polytechnic has purchased a quartet of Beechcraft Bonanza G36 aircraft from longtime university partner Textron Aviation as part of its plan to continuously provide professional pilot majors with the most ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a man has been fatally shot during an argument in a strip mall parking lot. Police Lt. Nikki Woodrow said in a statement that the shooting happened late Wednesday afternoon. The Wichita Eagle reports that witnesses told police that two men argued before the victim was shot in the chest and the right leg. ...

9 years ago
FlightSafety International is suing nearly 20 companies over a fatal plane crash at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport. A Beechcraft King Air B200 crashed into a FlightSafety building at the airport in October 2014, killing four people and injuring six. The building and several flight simulators were destroyed. The lawsuit filed this week alleges the various companies contributed ...