11 years ago
A Gypsum woman and her daughter are hurt in a single vehicle crash. Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a rollover accident on Tuesday afternoon on Simpson Road. Officers say 46-year-old Tasha Trout of rural Gypsum was driving southbound on Simpson when her 2003 Mazda hydroplaned and left the roadway, rolling once then ...

11 years ago
Court records say a Lawrence health care attendant who is charged in the killing of man with cerebral palsy told authorities the victim wanted to die. Forty-eight-year-old Ronald Eugene Heskett, of Eudora, is charged with first-degree murder in the asphyxiation death of Vance Moulton. The 65-year-old had a towel around his head when he was found ...

11 years ago
Kansas and Arizona have asked an appeals court for a rehearing of its ruling that their residents can register to vote using a federal form without having proof of citizenship. A petition filed late Monday contends the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overlooked certain issues when it sided against the states in November. The federal appeals court ...

11 years ago
A suburban Kansas City lawmaker is proposing a measure that would allow terminally ill patients to use medications that haven't received federal approval. KAKE-TV reports Shawnee Republican Rep. Brett Hildabrand plans to present the "Right to Try" bill when legislators return to Topeka on Jan. 12. Hildabrand says the government shouldn't stand in the way of anything ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is jailed for criminal damage to property. Police arrested 38-year-old Brandy D. Franklin on Monday after an investigation led officers to her location. Police say back on December 7th she had an argument with a male acquaintance in the 600 block of S. 2nd before throwing a glass bottle at the hood of his ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of personal items from staff a Brown Mackie College, 2106 S. 9th sometime between December 11th through the 18th. Police say two money orders worth $1,100 plus $40 cash and a $25 restaurant gift card were stolen from three staff members during that time frame. An instructor at Salina Central ...

11 years ago
A stolen car is recovered after thieves strip the vehicle clean. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a 1999 Honda Civic that was reported stolen from a Salina residence in late November was found after someone dumped the frame in the 1300 block of E. McReynolds Road early Monday morning. Deputies say the tag ...

11 years ago
Riley County police say they've mainly stopped using processing room videos in drunken driving cases because they often are detrimental to their cases. Police Director Brad Schoen says defense attorneys often used the video recordings to poke holes in DUI cases, so his department stopped making them unless there was a problem with recordings from police ...

11 years ago
Area children will benefit from a Salina man's unexpected Christmas bonus. Dean Reinke of Salina started a new job at PKM Steel about three months ago. He says that he was pleasantly surprised when he received a nice Christmas bonus. While Reinke was appreciative of the bonus, he felt it was undeserved because he had not been ...

11 years ago
Health officials say a new virus has been discovered following the death of a southeast Kansas resident this summer and they believe it is carried by ticks or other insects. The state Department of Health and Environment said Monday that testing by the federal Centers for Disease Control confirmed the presence of what's now called the ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback wants state legislators to rewrite an obscure law that required him to fill two newly created seats on the Saline County Commission and have voters fill similar vacancies in the future. A local lawmaker promised Monday to pursue the issue. The Republican governor faced criticism over the Saline County appointments because his office refused ...