11 years ago
A Salina man is treated at the hospital for a gunshot wound and then booked into jail on multiple charges. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol saw 24-year-old Shane McMillin driving in the 600 block of S. 5th Thursday evening at about 5:30pm and pulled him over on an active ...

11 years ago
An attorney for the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission says former Democratic lawmaker Paul Davis can continue to be part of a federal lawsuit challenging voter registration restrictions. The Wichita Eagle reports attorney Brett Barry announced Thursday that Davis' work on the case does not conflict with state law. The State Republican Party demanded this week that Davis ...

11 years ago
Sedgwick County commissioners are considering asking the state to bar people in the U.S. illegally from a federal nutrition program. The Wichita Eagle reports that no state has such a restriction on the federal Women, Infants and Children program, which provides nutritional food and supplements, like milk and cheese, to low-income families. Chairman Richard Ranzau on Wednesday ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has chosen not to hear an appeal of a case addressing the validity of a petition drive seeking a public vote on Topeka's proposed purchase of Heartland Park Topeka. The court on Wednesday denied Chris Imming's petition seeking a review of a Kansas appeals court decision that went against the Topeka resident, ...

11 years ago
The state of Kansas will issue birth certificates to two same-sex couples but will continue to study similar requests on a case-by-case basis. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the birth certificates in the two cases will list both members of the same-sex couples as parents of their ...

11 years ago
Kansas had more than 300 vacant teaching positions at the beginning of this school year. Officials from the Kansas Department of Education said the numbers showing there were 317 vacant teaching positions in early September are from the first stage of a study the department is conducting to determine why some districts can't fill certain positions. The ...

11 years ago
Over $2,700 in hand tools were stolen from a Salina garage Tuesday night. The garage, located on the 200 block of South 12th Street, was unsecured and there were no signs of forced entry.

11 years ago
Another counterfeit bill has been found in Salina. Snak Atak at 1619 West Magnolia found a fraudulent $100 bill in their register sometime between Sunday and Wednesday this week. This is the third reported case this week.

11 years ago
A young Salina woman is in police custody after being arrested yesterday for driving a stolen vehicle with stolen tags and for possession of methamphetamine. Jenifer Sharp, 18 of Salina, is the alleged suspect. The vehicle was stolen out of Kansas Wesleyan University's Wilson Hall parking lot Tuesday. The tags were reported on Tuesday also, but ...

11 years ago
Just as the Kansas City Royals are set to open the American League Division Series, thieves have stolen the 1985 World Series Championship ring of the team's former athletic trainer. Long-time Royals athletic trainer Mickey Cobb says that someone broke into his Lee's Summit home on Tuesday and took the ring from the team's 1985 World ...

11 years ago
Students at Kansas State are asking the Manhattan City Commission to consider reinstating a rental inspection program. The commission repealed the city's previous program, which called for mandatory inspections and fees for landlords. The program was stopped in 2011 after just one year. Representatives from the Student Governing Association told the commission Tuesday that the issue is ...