11 years ago
A judge upheld a $2.6 million judgment awarded to a Kansas tourist whose skull was fractured when she was run over by a truck driven by a lifeguard. Volusia County had appealed part of the judgment handed down by a jury in favor of Erin Joynt, who was injured while lying on the beach in 2011. ...

11 years ago
Dr. Trent Davis will soon have a seat on the Salina City Commission. During Monday's meeting, commissioners decided to appoint Davis to fill the spot of commissioner Barb Shirley, who resigned last week.  Shirley had agreed to stay on until a new commissioner was selected. Davis was selected from a group of five people who expressed interest in ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate and the number of private-sector jobs both edged higher in July. The agency reported Monday that seasonally adjusted unemployment rose to 4.9 percent in July from 4.8 percent in June. The July figure was down from 5.6 percent in the same month last year. The report also ...

11 years ago
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts says drug cartels are enticing Central American immigrants to come to the United States to work for their operations here. The Kansas Republican made the claim Monday at the annual convention of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association. He says the cartels spread false information that President Barack Obama's 2-year-old directive granting ...

11 years ago
One person was shot, and another arrested, during an incident during the noon hour on Monday. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the incident happened at 821 N. Second Steeet. Police responded at 12:32 in the afternoon to the report of a shooting. They found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound. He was ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are seeking a known suspect who allegedly hit a 40-year-old man in the face with his fists after an argument turned violent just after midnight on Monday. The victim was transported from his home in the 700 block of North 3rd to the ER for facial bone fractures and bruised ribs. Salina Police arrest ...

11 years ago
A memorial fund has been set up for the children of a Reno County jail deputy and his wife who died in a motorcycle crash during the weekend. Reno County Jail Deputy Shawn Schellenger and his wife, Danielle, died of injuries they suffered Saturday in Great Bend. The sheriff's office says they were on a motorcycle ...

11 years ago
After a number of complaints from residents, construction workers and drivers in the construction zone surrounding 9th and Cloud - traffic officers will be monitoring the area more closely. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that complaints about vehicles turning left where signs post "No Left Turns," and speeding in the construction zone is prompting the ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is campaigning on his administration's efforts to fight against what he calls federal government overreach. The Republican governor found a friendly audience for his re-election pitch Monday at the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association convention. Brownback recounted steps the state is taking to fight the listing of the lesser prairie chicken as a ...

11 years ago
A residential burglary is halted when the owner walks in on two suspects ransacking her house. Salina Police say the 33-year-old woman was also attacked by a female acquaintance when she confronted the man and woman who were allegedly in her home in the 1200 block of Apache on Friday night just after 11pm. Police say 35-year-old ...

11 years ago
Salina Police get a Sunday morning call about a possible pipe bomb. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, an area resident contacted police at 11:04am on Sunday - after they noticed what looked like a pipe bomb in the alley behind the 600 block of W. Prescott. Officers cordoned off the area after they located a device wrapped ...