10 years ago
The two-decade-old dissertation of Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp is being used against him as he seeks re-election. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Huelskamp rails against New Deal-era agriculture subsidies and price supports in his 400-page essay on congressional agriculture committees. He completed it while he was a Ph.D. student at American University in Washington. To continue representing ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a shattered windshield on a 2005 Buick LaCrosse that was parked at 117 W. Bond. The glass had three impact points from a BB gun. Damage is $500.   A Sennheiser aviation headset, jumper cables and $200 cash was stolen from a car parked at 2363 Chapel Ridge. Police say someone broke into a ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone tried to pry open the loading door on the east side of Orscheln Farm and Home, 360 N. Ohio sometime during the overnight hours between 9pm Thursday and Friday at 8am. Police say that entry was not made inside the store. Damage to the door is ...

10 years ago
No one was injured after a man and woman wrestled over a loaded handgun that discharged in a Salina home. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 51-year-old Mary Jones was taken into custody following a Sunday afternoon incident at 1430 Beverly. Police say Jones got into an argument over credit cards with 66-year-old Gary Johnson ...

10 years ago
Rain did not dampen the spirits of a group of Salinans who gathered Monday morning to honor and remember local police, sheriff, and highway patrol officers who have died in the line of duty. A Peace Officer Memorial Day event, which was planned for Jerry Ivey Park, was moved to a nearby church. A crowd that included ...

10 years ago
The sounds of "Pomp and Circumstance" were in the air over the weekend. There were plenty of hugs and tears for the second weekend in a row as seniors from many schools around the area said goodbye. Nearly every senior in Salina and Saline County graduated. Seniors from Salina Central, Salina South, Ell-Saline, Southeast of Saline, ...

10 years ago
UPDATE: Authorities say two people have been wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in southern Kansas after a man with a concealed weapon permit adjusted a sock he had stuffed a pistol into. Augusta Police Chief Tyler Brewer said Sunday afternoon that the shooting was accidental and described it as a "knucklehead situation." The bullet ...

10 years ago
The fight over a Colorado fugitive's medical bills is headed for a trial in Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://j.mp/23QYu1p) reports that the latest development happened Friday. That's when the Kansas Court of Appeal found that it was wrong to rule without a trial that Kansas' Shawnee County, not Topeka, is responsible for $40,000 in medical bills ...

10 years ago
Mental health advocates are raising concerns about a bill passed by Kansas lawmakers that would require doctors to try cheaper drugs before more expensive ones for Medicaid recipients. The process, called step therapy, is common in many private and public health insurance plans. It was key to resolving budget issues because it would reduce the state's ...

10 years ago
Police say officers have shot and wounded a man in Kansas City, Kansas, after he pointed a shotgun at the officers. Police said in a news release that the shooting happened early Sunday when a man called about a disturbance and told officers his brother was breaking things inside a home. The release says officers talked to ...

10 years ago
SkillsUSA has teamed up with the Ryder Charitable Foundation to help educate the next generation of commercial vehicle technicians. Ryder is providing grants to enhance diesel technology classrooms nationwide, including a diesel lab at Salina Area Technical College. Local instructor Mac Loucks plans to use the grant to update equipment and technology resources. “Updates on ...