11 years ago
Nearly a dozen people on the February list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The latest list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line on the first weekend of the month. Since then, eleven have been arrested. Since the Most Wanted program began back in July of 2000, thanks to tips from the public, 2,129 criminals have ...

11 years ago
Billionaire businessman Charles G. Koch is working on a book in which he offers advice on management and entrepreneurship. Crown Business announced Thursday that Koch's "Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies" will be published in October. According to Crown, a Penguin Random House imprint, the book will detail ...

11 years ago
The Kansas House has approved two bills changing the state's penalties for driving under the influence. The full House voted on the bills Thursday. One measure would increase penalties for drunk drivers who cause bodily harm to others in accidents, and the other would allow convicted drunk drivers to have the offense expunged from their record ...

11 years ago
Kansas lawmakers are delaying action on a bill that would reduce sentences for the first two marijuana possession offenses. The House chose Thursday to return the measure to a panel for further discussion rather than vote on it or discard it. Most bills had to be passed by their chamber of origin by Friday or be ...

11 years ago
A Salina-based bank has made a large donation to an organization that helps wounded military, and their families. Sunflower Bank on Thursday presented a $62,000 check to the Yellow Ribbon Fund during a celebration at the bank's corporate headquarters in South Salina. Sunflower President Molly Carter spoke, and explained that the bank partnered with the Yellow ...

11 years ago
The Kansas House has approved a bill that would prohibit candidates from withdrawing from an election unless they die. It also would require political parties to name another candidate to fill ballot vacancies. The bill sought by Secretary of State Kris Kobach was given final approval Thursday and now goes to the Senate. The proposal is a ...

11 years ago
Salina Police arrest an Abilene man for the sexual assault of a male acquaintance. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that police arrested 47-year-old Scott David Widler on Wednesday, after officers interviewed a man in his 30's at the hospital. Police allege Widler sexually assaulted the victim in south Salina on February 12th. Widler is now facing charges ...

11 years ago
Teachers no longer would be exempt from criminal charges for showing students materials deemed to be harmful to minors under a bill passed by the Kansas Senate. The Senate's vote Wednesday was 26-14. Teachers could be charged for any materials thought to be too sexual or too profane for minors under the proposal. Critics say it could ...

11 years ago
A sheriff in northeastern Kansas' Pottawatomie County says foul play isn't suspected in the death of a 24-year-old jail inmate. Sheriff Greg Riat says the unidentified inmate was pronounced dead at a hospital early Wednesday shortly after being found unresponsive in his cell by a jailer. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is handling the case. Specifics about why ...

11 years ago
Topeka zoo officials say a 20-year-old black bear died during spinal surgery. Zoo director Brendan Wiley says the bear, named Peek, died Wednesday during surgery at Kansas State University's veterinary health center. Peek was diagnosed with spinal stenosis in January and gradually got worse, recently losing the use of her hind legs. Wiley said in a news release ...

11 years ago
A fire blackened several acres of a Salina park early Wednesday afternoon. At around 12:45 in the afternoon, firefighters were called to a report of smoke, and a "popping sound" coming from inside a wooded area of Indian Rock Park. First responders discovered an active grass fire, that was spreading into a treeline. The growing fire ...