10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating three more damage to property cases in connection to vandalism that occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Police say someone spray painted obscenities on an exterior wall at Smoky Hill Education Services, located at 605 E. Crawford, also at the Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park and obscenities were also spray painted ...

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Tickets to the public are now on sale for an event featuring Emmy-Award winning journalist John Stossel. According to the Salina Area of Commerce, tickets for their Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting are now available to the public. Stossel will speak at the February 4th event. Stossell, former co-anchor and correspondent for ABC's "20/20" and current Fox ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Doctors have concluded a 17-month-old girl died of severe child abuse after being left in the care of her mother's boyfriend. A police document released Monday says hospital staff found bruises and bite marks on the girl's body, swelling and bleeding of her brain, a fractured leg and a cut in one ...

10 years ago
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A district attorney says more charges are likely in the investigation of a missing 7-year-old boy and unidentified human remains found on his father's property. Michael A. Jones - a 44-year-old who works as a bail bondsman in Topeka - made his first court appearance Monday on charges ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A special legislative committee studying options for reformatting K-12 public education funding in Kansas is preparing to review conflicting research studies. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the 15-member committee's task is to lay the foundation of a new school finance formula. The Kansas Policy Institute is pushing a report that points to the inability ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Public records advocates are pushing for state legislators to bring the Kansas Open Records Act regarding disclosure of police records more in line with open record laws in other states. The Lawrence Journal-World reports changes in the law are supported by Harold and Alberta Leach, the Kansas Press Association, the Kansas Association ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas' chancellor says hiring a new provost and addressing campus concerns about race are among her top priorities. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little was hired by the university in 2009. She says it is expected to take six to nine months to hire a new provost. A national search will be conducted to find a ...

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It was a busy Thanksgiving weekend for Kansas State Troopers. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, troopers wrote over 450 tickets, gave out over 250 warnings, and worked multiple crashes. Among the crashes, four involved fatalities.  None of these crashes were DUI-related. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2015, ...

10 years ago
Salina Police made two unrelated arrests over the Thanksgiving weekend after victims were stabbed or cut by knives on three separate occasions. Officers arrested 45-year-old Michael Ray Gradig on Saturday after an argument turned violent in the 500 block of South 4th. Police say Mary Canaday was transported to the hospital after Gradig allegedly cut her on ...

10 years ago
Police say a couple of motorcycles and tools were stolen from a locked shed in the 600 block of North 13th. Police say someone forced a door open and took a 1997 Yamaha 250 cc motorcycle, 2005 PW 80 motorcycle, 90 amp welder, air compressor and assorted tools. Total loss and damage is listed at ...

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An inmate found hanging in a Saline County Jail cell last week has died. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that  49-year-old John J. Tripp of Keystone, Florida died on Sunday, November 29th after staff at Salina Regional Health Center turned off life support. The Sheriff's Office says Tripp was transported to the hospital November 22nd after ...