10 years ago
County Attorney Ellen Mitchell asked County Commissioners to appoint an individual to serve on the Crime Victim Fund Board.  This fund compensates qualifying crime victims who suffer property damage and are unable to pay for repairs; the victims must cooperate with law enforcement and prosecution. Mitchell said that in the past, the fund has been used ...

10 years ago
A pilot and his passenger both walked away uninjured when they were forced to make an emergency landing in a small airplane on a rural McPherson County road Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at 12:30 a 2007 Hawker Beechcraft model G36 aircraft took off from Eisenhower Airport in Wichita for a routine flight ...

10 years ago
Students from Southeast of Saline High School recently toured the cadaver lab and biology department at Cloud County Community College. The college offers these cadaver visits as a way to get high school students more interested in studying biology and other sciences at the college level. The students get the opportunity to meet and interact with ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas is seeking the dismissal of a federal lawsuit that alleges administrators allowed the Student Senate to illegally cut the student newspaper's funding based on its content. The school says the case lacks merit, noting in a court filing that the University Daily Kansan now prints two days a week instead of four. ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Senate has barely approved a bill declaring that state Supreme Court justices can be impeached for attempting to usurp the Legislature's power. The vote Tuesday was 21-19 on a measure that outlines specific grounds for impeaching and removing justices. The bill goes next to the House. Supporters said they're further defining what the state constitution ...

10 years ago
Counterfeit money continues to surface in the Salina area. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a counterfeit $50 bill was passed at the Singh Travel Plaza at 2124 N. Hedville Road. The bogus bill was passed sometime between March 14th and March 21st. The counterfeit bill was discovered Monday, in a bank deposit. ...

10 years ago
A homeless Salina man was arrested Monday in connection with vandalism in downtown Salina. Police say that 46-year-old Thomas Dunn broke windows at several downtown businessed using softball-sized rocks. Windows were broken at: Accurate Electric 501 N. Santa Fe Fuller Upholstery 619 N. Santa Fe Drains Plus 701 N. Santa Fe The windows were broken sometime late Sunday night or ...

10 years ago
A man who fell through a ceiling early Monday morning while allegedly trying to burglarize a downtown Salina business is facing additional charges after briefly escaping from custody. Salina Police Sgt. James Feldman says that 32-year-old Nicholas Briggs briefly broke away from an officer inside the police station and ran. He was quickly caught, on the ...

10 years ago
A Manhattan man has been sentenced to a year in jail for a 2014 crash that killed a woman's unborn child. The Manhattan Mercury reports that Ryan Routson was sentenced Monday in Riley County for causing the crash after he failed to yield at a stop sign. He also could face prison time if he violates ...

10 years ago
Buses full of Royals fans will roll from Salina to The K this summer to watch as the Kansas City Royals defend their World Championship crown in 2016. KSAL's Clarke Sanders joined in on the Morning News Monday with a look at the four trips that are scheduled for June, August and September to watch the ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman has been bilked in a telephone lottery scam. Police say that 59-year-old woman was called on Friday and was told she had won a $2.5 million dollar Jamaican Lottery. She was told that an initial $100 fee was needed.  After wiring the money through Western Union, she received another call, asking for another $100, ...