10 years ago
Kansas is allowing married gay and lesbian residents to change their last names on their driver's licenses. Department of Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said the Division of Vehicles handled its first name change Monday. But the department is not yet allowing married same-sex couples to file joint income tax returns. Koranda said the agency is reviewing ...

10 years ago
A new person will oversee the operations of Salina's Friends of the River organization. According to the organization, the Friends of the River Foundation have hired Jane Anderson as executive director to assist with management, financial development and operational oversight. With a goal to restore the flow to the Old Smoky Hill River Jane will work ...

10 years ago
Salina will participate Wednesday in a statewide event. July 8th is Summer Meals Day in Kansas. The goal is to serve a healthy lunch to 50,000 kids. Kansas Appleseed, Kansas Kids Table, the Kansas Health Foundation, and the Kansas Department of Education invite Kansas families to come check out lunch at their nearest Summer Food Service ...

10 years ago
Topeka police say a 5-year-old girl was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after being wounded in a drive-by shooting. Police are asking for the public's assistance in finding the suspect vehicle, which is described only as a silver or white with four doors. The girl was shot around 11:30 p.m. Monday in Topeka. No other details ...

10 years ago
A McPherson man was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility for parole for at least 25 years for felony murder. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, 32-year-old Clinton Bascue was sentenced in McPherson County District Court by Judge Richard B. Walker. Bascue pleaded no contest to first-degree felony murder in April. He ...

10 years ago
A former Fort Riley soldier accused of sexually abusing a girl has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Fifty-two-year-old James Duke was sentenced Monday. He had pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, the investigation into Duke began in 2013 when the FBI discovered he was trading ...

10 years ago
The government is asking a court for more time to prosecute an alleged conspiracy to launder drug money for a Mexican cartel in Kansas. Prosecutors asked the court on Monday to designate as complex the case against former Plains State Bank President James Kirk Friend and two of his customers, George and Agatha Enns of Meade. ...

10 years ago
You may have noticed a bit of a change regarding the daily Saline County Jail booking photos last week here on this website. We have always published the booking photos daily, and will continue to do so. But last week we tried something a little different, and put them in a prominent location at the ...

10 years ago
Police officers interrupt a burglary in progress. Officers responded to a call after someone reported seeing a man break a window on a a home in the 700 block of W. Prescott on Sunday evening around 9:05pm. The suspect then drove away in a maroon van. Police attempted to stop the van after spotting the vehicle which led ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for allegedly pulling a knife on a neighbor. Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that 51-year-old Jerry A. Huff was involved in an altercation after he reportedly made verbal comments about the girlfriend of a 17-year-old male who was walking past with her in the 200 block of E. Mulberry ...

10 years ago
Shots are fired into an unoccupied Salina business. Police report that several gunshots were fired into Tony's Services at 736 N. Santa Fe sometime between 7pm on Thursday and Friday morning at 8:35am. Police say glass on the front door was shattered by bullets and the shots hit a microwave oven and refrigerator inside the building. Damage is ...