11 years ago
Reno County is buying equipment that will vacuum-seal clothing used by inmates to keep the county's new jail smelling good. County commissioners on Tuesday approved spending more than $10,000 to buy the CPI Guardian Inmate Clothing Storage System. Sheriff Randy Henderson says the machine will seal clothing people are wearing when they arrive at the jail before ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a woman reported she was beaten by her boyfriend. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that the woman, who is in her 20's, told officers she has inner ear damage after being hit by a known suspect during two incidents that took place in late February and March. The woman alleges the ...

11 years ago
Another person contacts authorities after their windshield was hit by an object thrown from a passing car. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that Selinda Martin was traveling northbound on Old 81 Highway on Tuesday evening when a car she described as silver or gray with dark tinted windows drove ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says an 18-year-old Parsons woman was killed in a five-vehicle wreck in southeastern Kansas. The highway patrol crash report says Breunca Taylor died after losing control of her vehicle while traveling on a wet highway about seven miles west of Fredonia on Wednesday. Her vehicle was hit by a semitrailer traveling east and ...

11 years ago
A 20-year-old man is accused of endangering more than a dozen children and injuring three of them during a playground incident in the Kansas City suburb of Lenexa. Johnson County prosecutors charged Javon Locket of Lenexa with three counts of aggravated battery. Those charges allege he injured three children at a playground near his home Monday, ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is making its first visit to Hays to hear cases as part of an outreach effort. Court officials said in a news release that three cases will be considered on the evening of April 13 at Fort Hays State University. The appeals involve a women convicted of sinking another person's motorboat, a ...

11 years ago
The University of Kansas is looking to see whether the software that public schools use to track student information is being used effectively. The university announced in a release Wednesday that it has received a grant to look at student information systems. Schools have begun using this software to track student attendance, grades and disciplinary notes ...

11 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed an overhaul of state school funding into law late Wednesday afternoon. After signing the education block grant bill into law, the governor issue the following statement: "For the first time ever, we will spend more than $4 billion to support K12 education in Kansas. At the same time we are providing ...

11 years ago
The Kansas House has approved a bill that would allow gun owners to carry concealed firearms without a permit. The vote Wednesday was 85-39. The bill passed by a healthy margin even though some members have misgivings that the state would no longer require training to carry concealed. The Senate passed the measure last month, but the ...

11 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce has a new man at the top, and it's a familiar face. The organization has selected Don Weiser as the new President/CEO. Weiser has been serving as the Interim President/CEO. “I want to thank the Chamber Board of Directors for the confidence they have shown in me,” stated Weiser. “The ...

11 years ago
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in catching a suspected thief. The agency tells KSAL News that between March 3rd and March 7th someone broke into a storage shed at the Delphos Cemetery located on Kansas Highway 41, about 3 miles East of the City of Delphos.  Items taken included $2,310.00 ...