11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

11 years ago
A second harvest is now under way over the stubble left in some western Kansas fields after wheat is cut. That straw represents an added income source for farmers. The Hutchinson News reports that some farmers burn the stubble after wheat harvest. Some disk it. Some plant the next crop right into it. But Courtney Wilson, harvest ...

11 years ago
Guns are taken from an unlocked safe during a residential burglary. Salina Police are investigating after someone broke a window to gain access into a home in the 200 block of W. Republic sometime between 7pm Saturday and 10:30am Sunday morning. Police report that two handguns, a Glock .10mm pistol and a Glock .45 were taken along ...

11 years ago
A Minneapolis man will spend time in federal prison in connection with a pollution case. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, the owner of a metal plating company in Minneapolis was sentenced Monday to four months in federal prison followed by six months home confinement for violating the federal Clean Water Act. His company was ...

11 years ago
Salina Police credit a stepped up effort to remind the public about fireworks safety and restrictions as a key in an overall safe holiday weekend. According to Captain Chis Trocheck, police received 201 calls to complain about fireworks being discharged between June 27th and July 4th. "There were some citations issued this year," Trocheck said. "I think the ...

11 years ago
State employees who are married to someone of the same sex can't yet put their spouses on their health insurance policies, but local government workers in Lawrence have been doing it for years. The city of Lawrence, Douglas County and the Lawrence School district all offer family benefits to employees, their spouses and domestic partners, regardless ...

11 years ago
Kansas could lose its Amtrak service unless funding is found to satisfy a federal requirement to install positive train control systems along its lines by the end of the year. Most of the tracks along the 2,200-mile Southwest Chief line are owned by other railroads that are paying for the upgrades. But the owner of one ...

11 years ago
Officials are declaring more disasters in Kansas in recent years. But it's unclear whether severe weather is more common, because weather watchers are doing a better job of documenting some events, such as small tornadoes. Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency showed 29 disasters were declared in Kansas from 2004 to 2013, the last year ...

11 years ago
Authorities are investigating after a car explosion in Soldier Township in Topeka peeled back the roof of a car and sent two people to the hospital. State Fire Marshal's Office investigations chief Rose Rozmiarek says emergency crews and law enforcement responded Sunday morning to an explosion inside a vehicle in the Oakland Expressway bridge. Authorities said ...