12 years ago
The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a bill to make police documents explaining the reasons behind arrests open to the public. It would also make affidavits justifying search warrants open to the parties involved. Legislators advanced the bill Thursday, moving Kansas a step closer to changing what police records remain sealed. As written, individuals whose ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after someone slashed a pair of tires. Police report two tires on a 2003 Chevy Tahoe that was parked in the 500 block of Phillips were cut sometime Tuesday between 4:45pm and 7pm. Damage is estimated at $600. A truck's interior is damaged in a vehicle burglary. Police say someone damaged the ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary in Gypsum. Undersheriff Dave Dunstan tells KSAL News that a door on a storage building was forced open at a property in the 500 block of Maple. The owner told deputies someone entered the structure sometime between Monday at 3pm and Wednesday morning at 7am. Deputies  say a PlayStaion ...

12 years ago
As part of a departmental reorganization, three Salina Police Officers receive promotions. According to the Department, Jim Norton, Sean Morton, and Chris Trochek have all been promoted to the rank of Captain, and will each be division commanders. Norton has served the Salina Police Department since 1990 as a patrol officer and as an investigator with the ...

12 years ago
A Salina radio station is offering a unique concert experience, and at the same time helping in the fight against childhood cancer. Salina Media Group radio station Y 93.7's Country Cares Radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is going on Thursday and Friday of this week. All money collected will benefit the hospital, whose ...

12 years ago
Over 150 people gathered in Salina Wednesday evening to learn a little about severe weather. National Weather Service Meteorologist Chance Hayes presented the "Storm Fury On The Plains" spring severe weather safety and spotter class. Using a multi-media presentation, Hayes taught the basics of thunderstorm development, storm structure, the features to look for, and where to ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says an Amber alert issued this week suggesting a missing Texas teenager could be in the Kansas City area was a mistake caused by miscalculating the location of her cellphone ping. The alert was sent around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after Texas authorities said a ping of 15-year-old Nomei "Mimi" Velazquez's cellphone ...

12 years ago
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says a state House bill aimed at allowing Kansas to opt out of the federal health care overhaul could jeopardize Medicare funding for seniors. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the bill would allow Kansas to join a compact of states to take control of health care policy within their borders. The measure ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Senate has given first-round approval to a bill increasing the state's limits on some damages in lawsuits but makes other changes in evidence rules. The Senate's voice vote Wednesday advanced the bill to a final vote Thursday, when approval would send the measure to the House. The bill is partly a response to a 2012 ...

12 years ago
Republicans in the Kansas Senate have blocked a proposal from Democrats to require all legislative party caucus meetings to be open to the public. The GOP-dominated Senate voted 30-8 on Wednesday against a proposal from Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat. Only one Republican, Carolyn McGinn of Sedgwick, supported his measure. The Kansas Open Meetings Act ...

12 years ago
Police make a third arrest in connection with the 2013 disappearance and murder of a Salina woman. Last spring 27-year-old Kristin Tyler of Salina went missing. The mother of four was missing two weeks last spring before her body was found in a ravine off Interstate 135 in rural Saline County. Back on April 25th Tyler went ...