11 years ago
Congressman Tim Huelskamp's staff will be holding local officer hours next week in several communities. According to the Congressman's office, a staff representative from the district office will be available on Monday and Tuesday, May 18th and 19th, for local office hours in Emporia, Council Grove, Hays and Ellsworth. During these office hours, Huelskamp’s staff representative ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a trailer. Police report a 5-foot by 8-foot trailer was stolen from a lot at 601 Reynolds sometime between May 8th and May 12th. The red trailer with white fenders is valued at $800.   An Apple iPad, Samsung smart phone and 16 video games are stolen from a Salina ...

11 years ago
A mother is arrested after officers find a child playing in a pickup truck alone. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News a 4-year-old boy was placed into protective custody after officers made a welfare check in the 500 block of S. 12th Street on Tuesday afternoon. Police say the boy was unattended and in the truck with ...

11 years ago
Local law enforcement in Salina and Saline County are ready to participate in a nationwide "Click It Or Ticket" campaign. The program is part of an effort to crack down on unbuckled drivers on Kansas roads and highways. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, During the next few weeks law enforcement will be working overtime to ...

11 years ago
The pilot of a missing marine helicopter in Nepal is from Wichita. Chris Norgren was piloting the helicopter when it disappeared Tuesday while delivering aid to earthquake victims. Six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were aboard the helicopter when it went missing. The crew was overheard in radio transmissions talking about fuel trouble. An air search ...

11 years ago
Fort Riley officials say they have adjusted entry procedures at the base after increased security measures clogged Interstate 70 earlier this week. The U.S. military raised the security status for all bases in North America on Friday. Long lines at the Henry gate entrance on Monday stretched onto I-70 in both directions and brought interstate traffic ...

11 years ago
Union Pacific says it plans to spend about $120 million this year in Kansas to improve the state's rail infrastructure. The company announced in a news release Tuesday that it will spend almost $110 million to maintain railroad track. Other expenditures include $2.2 million to improve its signal systems and $7.5 million to maintain or replace ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators are continuing to discuss proposals to raise taxes to fill a projected budget shortfall as the end of their annual session nears. The House Taxation Committee was expected to review proposals Wednesday for raising revenues to close a projected $406 million deficit in the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Republicans on the ...

11 years ago
A Lawrence man who was convicted last year of secretly videotaping people in dressing rooms in downtown Lawrence has pleaded no contest to charges of attempted rape and aggravated criminal sodomy. Thirty-seven-year-old Orion M. Graf had been scheduled to stand trial Monday before taking a plea agreement. Authorities found evidence against 37-year-old Orion M. Graf while investigating ...

11 years ago
A Salina man who was convicted back in 2010 for two murders, one during a burglary and another after an argument, has been convicted again but of lesser charges. Back in December of 2010 a Saline County jury convicted Willie Smith-Parker of first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder, in connection with the deaths of  Alfred ...

11 years ago
Another big show is coming to the Stiefel Theatre in Salina. Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt are coming. According to the theater, the two veteran singer/songwriters join forces for a unique and intimate acoustic performance and deliver one of the most compelling and spontaneous concerts on the road. A Grammy Award-winning singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett ...