10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of some fishing gear from a truck that was parked at 717 W. Grand. Sometime between 9pm Saturday and 9am Monday, someone entered an unlocked pickup and stole 4 rods and reels, a tackle box and lures. The thief also took a radio from the garage. Loss is estimated ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a forgery case after someone printed look alike checks from a Salina business and cashed them. Police report that a known suspect walked into two branches of Central National Bank on April 12th and cashed two fake payroll checks from Ceeco, LLC, 204 S. Santa Fe, for over $2,000 each. A company audit ...

10 years ago
The Newton City Commission has voted to fire the city manager, effective immediately. The Hutchinson News reports the vote Tuesday was 3-2 to fire City Manager Randy Riggs, who had held the position since March 2008. The city hasn't said why Riggs was fired other than a desire by the commission to pursue a different direction ...

10 years ago
Salina Police have released the name of a man who was stabbed during an altercation on Tuesday morning. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the investigation continues into an argument that escalted into a stabbing near Republic and Merrill. Officers interviewed 40-year-old John Nelson at the hospital before he went into surgery for stab wounds to ...

10 years ago
Salina residents used a mail-in ballot to okay a sales tax increase. Unofficial results released Tuesday afternoon by the Saline County Clerks Office show the proposed sales tax passed with 6,216 yes votes to 5,350 opposing it. Or 53.74-percent voted for the measure while 46.26-percent of ballots cast opposed the hike. The vote means a 35-cent increase ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a Tuesday morning stabbing. According to Captain mike Sweeney, just before noon officers were sent to Salina Regional Health Center in regard to a stabbing.  Upon arrival, they met with a male in his 40s who was suffering non-life threatening multiple stab wounds. The stabbing was the result of a disturbance on W. ...

10 years ago
Kansas Supreme Court justices are pondering what would happen if they declare part of the state's education funding system unconstitutional without shutting down public schools. The issue arose Tuesday during the court's hearing on changes in school funding made earlier this year by legislators. The court is considering whether those changes are fair to poor districts. The ...

10 years ago
The government is expecting a bountiful winter wheat harvest this year. The National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast on Tuesday U.S. winter wheat production to be up 4 percent from a year ago, with the nation's farmers expected to bring in 1.43 billion bushels. The agency says the expected yield of 47.8 bushels per acre would equal the ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a financial card crime. Captain Mike Sweeney says that about $2,500 was withdrawn from a 59-year-old Salina man's account at Rose Hill Bank. The money was withdrawn using two different Rose Hill bank cards.

10 years ago
Police are looking for a man who allegedly helped himself to some merchandise at a Salina sporting goods store and walked out a back door without paying for it. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a theft happened at Dick's Sporting Goods, 2450 S. 9th Street, Monday evening between 5:57 and 6:57. According to Sweeney, a male ...

10 years ago
Officials say a tornado that swept through a rural southeast Nebraska town destroyed a home, while the homeowner hung onto a tree outside. The National Weather Service in Omaha reported at least one tornado touched down Monday afternoon near Nehawka, about 30 miles south of Omaha. Sandy Weyers, Cass County Emergency Management director, says the homeowner didn't ...