9 years ago
The Salina Fire Department responded to a blaze that was sparked by a container of solvent at a business on Tuesday afternoon. According to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan, firefighters were called to the distribution center at Advance Auto, 3633 S.9th at 3:55pm Tuesday. Soldan says a five gallon bucket of solvent dropped off a pallet while ...

9 years ago
No one was hurt after shots were fired at an occupied home in Salina early Wednesday. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that three adults were awakened by bullets hitting their house located at 2136 Huntington just after 2am Wednesday morning. Police say the shots were fired from a vehicle that then drove away from the ...

9 years ago
A Salina area man involved in a racist incident at Bethany College has been trying to gain a foothold in state politics. Chalk outlines of bodies and messages, including “Make Lindsborg White Again,” scrawled on Bethany College sidewalks earlier this month rattled the campus and surrounding community. A police report of the chalkings from Sept. 3 names ...

9 years ago
In a 3-1 vote, Saline County Commissioners accepted a bid to improve shoulders along roads that are heavily traveled by solid waste (aka trash removal) trucks.  The improvements will occur on the county maintained West Crawford to State Highway 140, south on Burma Road to Farley Road, and a section of Water Well Road. County Engineer ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's budget director is telling state agency secretaries that Brownback isn't planning to propose across-the-board cuts in their budgets next year. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan sent an email Tuesday to Cabinet secretaries saying some "reduced resources" proposals agencies submitted would be harmful. But Sullivan's email leaves open the possibility of Brownback proposing targeted budget ...

9 years ago
A Manhattan, Kansas, businessman who once was a backup quarterback at Kansas State faces November sentencing after admitting in court that he had improper sexual contact with a former high school student. Manhattan radio station KMAN reports that 38-year-old Zachary Burton pleaded guilty Monday in Riley County to one count of unlawful sexual relations. Authorities say the ...

9 years ago
This October, Kansas State University Libraries honors alumnus and Abilene native Marlin Fitzwater with an exhibit, "Marlin Fitzwater: From Wheat Fields to White House." Fitzwater, who received an honorary doctorate from Kansas State University in 2015, has donated his personal papers to the Richard L.D. & Marjorie J. Morse Department of Special Collections at K-State Libraries. The ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a moped was stolen from a backyard. Police report the lime green, 2014 Bronc Rally motor bike was taken from a home in the 900 block of E. Ash sometime between 11pm Sunday and 4pm Monday. The owner told officers the moped had a quarter tank of gas, no keys and does ...

9 years ago
A state agency says Larned State Hospital officials weren't aware the man hired as the hospital's chief financial officer in 2015 was the focus of an internal federal investigation. David Fender joined the hospital in 2015, shortly after serving a year as chief financial officer for the Government National Mortgage Association. Kansas announced Fender's departure in ...

9 years ago
Enrollment at Salina Area Technical College is up 11 percent in the fall of 2016 compared to the previous fall, according to data collected on the 20th day of classes for the Kansas Board of Regents. That 11 percent increase is the largest percentage increase among the state’s universities, community colleges and technical colleges. A total of ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Army says it has fired the commander of Fort Riley and is continuing an investigation opened last week at the Kansas base. No details have been provided. Army spokesman Col. Patrick R. Seiber says that Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby was relieved of command of the 1st Infantry Division due to loss of confidence in ...