10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating an alleged payroll check scam. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that on November 15th four Hispanic males and one female entered Fiesta VIP at 1515 West Crawford. All five cashed what appeared to be payroll checks from Nuno Landscape and Cleaning Service Abilene. The checks were in the amount of: $599.78 $459.98 $576.54 $596.54 $596.54 Sweeney says that it ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of unrelated crimes in which guns were stolen. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that sometime between September 30th and November 22nd, a Glock Model 22 .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun belonging to Marty Walker was stolen from a home at 920 Custer. Total loss is listed at $580. Sweeney says that sometime ...

10 years ago
A piece of Hollywood history sold at auction for a big price. The blue-and-white dress Judy Garland wore as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" sold Monday for $1.56 million in New York. Bonhams Auctions had that piece along with nearly 400 others up for sale. The dress went to a phone bidder and crushed pre-sale estimates. ...

10 years ago
Roads in Kansas are starting to fill with holiday travelers. According to AAA Kansas, the roads and skies will still be plenty stuffed. AAA Travel forecasts 46.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, a 0.6 percent increase over the 46.6 million people who traveled last year and the most ...

10 years ago
DERBY, Kan. (AP) —  A new report says a plane crash that killed a California traveling pastor and his longtime pilot in 2013 near Derby was the result of the pilot attempting to navigate icy conditions with malfunctioning controls. The National Transportation Safety Board report also says 49-year-old pilot Mitchell Morgan had reported problematic equipment to ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita Municipal Court is offering an amnesty program next month for drivers whose licenses have been suspended for failing to pay or go to court for a traffic citation. The program will run from Dec. 4 to Dec. 30, during which fees and traffic-related warrants will be waived. Applicants who can't afford ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A lobbyist for a Kansas police association has expressed concerns over the way state social workers handle foster care. Ed Klumpp of the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police told state lawmakers that social workers with the Department for Children ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas is moving toward a goal of increasing the number of college graduates majoring in engineering. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kansas has a multiyear plan to increase college degrees in engineering to 1,365 annually by 2021. That compares with 875 ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett has blocked a recall effort against a county commissioner who has refused to accept millions of dollars in grants for local health programs. Bennett announced Monday that the petition for an election seeking the recall ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Sen. Marco Rubio has filed for the Kansas Republican President caucus, making him the sixth presidential contender to file in the state. He joins former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Ben Carson. ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after an argument turned violent. Police arrested 24-year-old Sawyer A. Reinert on Saturday after officers were called to a disturbance in a south Salina home at about 12:40am. Police allege Reinert strangled a female acquaintance and broke a Scentsy pot during the fray. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the woman ...