12 years ago
As a large crowd of supporters looked on, the month of June was officially declared "LGBT Pride Month" in Salina late Monday afternoon. Salina Mayor Aaron Householter signed the proclamation at the city commission meeting, after it was read by Gary Martens from the North Central Equality Kansas Chapter. Householter is not the first Salina Mayor ...

12 years ago
An Ottawa County man will spend nearly 20 years behind bars in connection with child sex crimes. According to the Kansas Attorney General's Office, 29-year-old Thomas G. Retzlaff was sentenced last week to nearly 20 years in prison. He was sentenced to 235 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections by Ottawa County District Judge Jerome ...

12 years ago
Treasure hunters are scouring Salina, in search of the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion. Though it's not known yet where the medallion is, it is known where it is not. It is not on private property. Several people Monday were searching the parking garage at Salina Regional Health Center, which is private property, not public ...

12 years ago
The ballot is set for the upcoming primary, and general elections in Kansas. The deadline for candidates to file to run for office was noon on Monday. In Saline County, there will be two August primaries leading up to the November general election. In the race for Saline County Commission District 1, incumbent Randy Duncan, running ...

12 years ago
We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged, and by taking an all-of-the-above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut carbon pollution, we can protect our kids’ health and begin to slow the effects of climate change so we leave a cleaner, more ...

12 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum is preparing for D-Day plus 70-Years this week in Abilene. Major Martin Odonnel, who will portray General Eisenhower on Friday, joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at the WWII icon, "Hopefully I do him justice," he said. Major O'Donnel is the Deputy Public Affairs Officer for the ...

12 years ago
Kansas officials are studying the federal government's plans for decreasing greenhouse gas emissions only days after the state approved a $2.8 billion coal-fired power plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's administrator announced the new regulation Monday in Washington. It gives states goals for reducing emissions but allows flexibility in meeting them. According to the EPA, the Kansas' ...

12 years ago
A woman's home is burglarized while she sleeps. Salina Police say 88-year-old Theresia Haley came home Sunday afternoon and fell asleep in a chair with her purse next to her. Haley told officers that someone entered her unlocked house in the 400 block of Stimmel, sometime between 1:30pm and 2pm and removed $200 cash, keys and ...

12 years ago
Salina Police apprehend a man wanted for fleeing and eluding law enforcement officers. According to Master Patrol Officer Brent Rupert, information given to police led officers to set up surveillance around a residence in the 1400 block of Arapahoe Friday around 11:40am. Police were looking for 25-year-old Mathew Leach - who back in April allegedly led police ...

12 years ago
The hunt for the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion is underway. Medallion hunters were out over the weekend in parks and other public locations around Salina. Some started Friday afternoon, when the first clue was announced. During a live event in Oakdale Park the clue TO PLACE YOUR CAR got things started. Clues were released ...

12 years ago
A man is dead after either falling or jumping overboard from a Missouri State Highway Patrol boat that was transporting him from the Lake of the Ozarks on suspicion of boating while intoxicated. The patrol says 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson of Clive, Iowa, stood up on the moving vessel before going into the water at 5:23 p.m. ...