11 years ago
A small vacant north Salina building was destroyed by a fire overnight. The Salina Fire Department tells KSAL News that crews responded to the report of a structure fire at around 11:30 Friday night. A small building at the corner of East Pacific and North Second Street was fully engulfed in flames when the first firefights ...

11 years ago
After a four month long review - The City of Salina Human Relations Commission and the Community Relations Department has determined that no direct evidence of discrimination was found in the hiring of Bronson Farmer as the Health Department Director. According to Gina McDonald, Director of Community Relations, former Interim Director Suzette Brotton filed the complaint ...

11 years ago
Harvey County authorities say a man died after being shot by a Newton police officer responding to a domestic violence call. Sheriff T. Walton said 52-year-old Sonny Wagner was shot Thursday after he refused orders from the officer to drop a hunting knife. He was shot twice and died at Newton Medical Center. Authorities say the officer ...

11 years ago
Authorities arrest a man after he allegedly flees from a stolen truck. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 19-year-old Zachariah McCready of Salina was apprehended by a Saline County Sheriff's Deputy on Thursday afternoon around 3pm after the stolen vehicle was sited in the Elmore Center parking lot on E. Crawford. Police say the 1999 Ford F-150 was ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the convictions and sentence of a northeast Kansas girl who was 13 when she was charged with murder during a botched carjacking. Justices unanimously agreed Friday that the district court was justified in prosecuting Keaira Brown as an adult for felony murder and attempted aggravated robbery in the 2008 killing ...

11 years ago
Police make two arrests after a Drug Task Force investigation into illegal potpourri sales. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 60-year-old Rasikbhia Mody and 53-year-old Shobhnaben Mody, both of Salina were arrested on Thursday after a Kansas Bureau of Investigation lab confirmed that the two allegedly sold a potpourri product that contained a substance that is banned ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is cautioning the public about toxic levels of blue-green algae in several lakes. The agency issued public health warnings Thursday for all of nine lakes and part of another, saying the water conditions are unsafe and direct contact should be avoided. The warnings are posted for Cedar Park Lake, Deanna ...

11 years ago
Students will begin moving into a new, high-tech residence hall at Wichita State University this weekend. The university says Shocker Hall, which opened Thursday, represents the Wichita State's commitment to residential living on campus. The Wichita Eagle reports the hall offers about 780 beds in five different room styles, with a 24-hour front desk, five Wi-fi connections ...

11 years ago
An environmental group says companies engaged in an oil and gas drilling method known as fracking have used chemicals that can cause cancer in four wells in Kansas. Industry representatives on Wednesday denied the allegations in a report issued by the Environmental Integrity Project. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the group says the chemicals used to extract gas ...

11 years ago
The federal government says hundreds of Kansas residents who chose health insurance through HealthCare.gov could lose their coverage over questions about their citizenship or immigration status. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the 1,800 Kansans had inconsistencies in their citizenship or immigration information when they signed up on the federal health insurance marketplace. ...

11 years ago
A judge has refused a media request to open some sealed court documents in a quadruple homicide in southeast Kansas. The Parsons Sun had asked a Labette County judge to allow the newspaper to review probable-cause and search-warrant affidavits in the case of David Bennett Jr., who is charged with killing a Parsons woman and her ...