12 years ago
A report from the Kansas Legislature's nonpartisan research staff is sparking new questions about explanations for recent revenue shortfalls from Republican Governor Sam Brownback's administration. The legislative report released Tuesday said the estimates for income tax cuts championed by Brownback in 2012 and 2013 appear to have been understated in the state's official revenue projections. State tax ...

12 years ago
Following a debate in which they were called an "embarrassment" by some, and urged by others not to fund a "tributary that leads to a river of abortion", Saline County Commissioners will not reverse a decision to not accept a state grant to fund long activating versatile contraceptive birth control. As a large crowd of ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in solving a recent vehicle burglary. Police say that the case stems from a vehicle burglary that happened back on April 28th at 755 W. Diamond Drive. The suspect was caught on video leaving in a blue or grey colored video. If you can identify the vehicle in the ...

12 years ago
Cargill Pork officials say they will change the way the sows used to produce pork are housed. The company, based in Wichita, said Monday it will eliminate individual stalls for sows and use only group housing by the end of next year. The company also says it will require farms with which it contracts to use ...

12 years ago
An I-135/I-70 Drug Task Force investigation leads to the arrest of a Salina man. According to Task Force Commander Captain Jim Norton, police used surveillance and several controlled meth buys before arresting 35-year-old John S. Windell of 142 N. 11th Street, on Monday afternoon. The months long investigation used a confidential informant to purchase more than 50 ...

12 years ago
Recent rains across Kansas are greening up the state's parched pastures and helping spring-planted crops. But the improved soil moisture conditions have come too late to help most of the state's drought-stricken winter wheat crop as harvest nears. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 63 percent of the wheat in Kansas is in poor to ...

12 years ago
Three Kansas counties say they'll stop automatically honoring requests from federal immigration officials to detain people without a warrant or probable cause. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says sheriff's departments in Shawnee, Johnson and Finney counties say they'll require probable cause or a warrant to hold ICE detainees beyond their release date. The ...

12 years ago
A nonprofit group that supports small and family farms in Kansas is trying to build support for a meat processing facility and food hub project in the eastern part of the state. The Kansas Rural Center on Monday invited ranchers, meat processors and economic development professionals to a public meeting June 17 at the Franklin County ...

12 years ago
A group of high school students are in Salina this week experiencing what it takes to be a state trooper. They are undergoing training and learning about law enforcement careers at the Cadet Law Enforcement Academy. The goal is to give young men and women an opportunity to learn more about what law enforcement jobs ...

12 years ago
A former middle school counselor is found guilty of sex crimes involving a 13-year-old student. Brooke Dinkel was facing 10 counts of rape and 10 counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. Officials tell KSAL News that a jury on Monday found the 33-year-old former Smoky Valley Middle School Counselor guilty of two counts of rape. She was ...

12 years ago
Salina City Commissioners Monday extended a temporary moratorium on new hookah bars and vapor bars or the expansion of existing ones. Back in March, a 90 day moratorium on the businesses was first enacted. No new vapor or hookah bars can open. Those that are already open can remain open. There are currently two vapor ...