8 years ago
After 16 years of planning, the longest biking and hiking trail in Kansas is open for public use, although some spots are still a bit rough. The Flint Hills Nature Trail is currently 90 miles long, and it could expand to 117 miles in the future. Bikers and hikers can see native grasses, wildflowers, tunnels of ...

8 years ago
Members of America's first brigade are returning to Fort Riley this month as the brigade celebrates its 100th birthday. About 200 soldiers in the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley returned to the fort Saturday night. The rest of the 3,700 will return during the next few months. The brigade was ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol is releasing data from its Memorial Day Weekend holiday activity. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 26, 2017, through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, May 29, 2017. During that timeframe, the Patrol worked two fatal crashes, neither of which was alcohol-related.  The crashes occurred in ...

8 years ago
The public is invited to comment on open burning—as done by agriculture producers or by home owners--through June 5th.  A ten question survey can be found on the home page of the Saline County website, www.saline.org. Emergency Management Director Hannah Stambaugh told Commissioners that as of last Saturday, 353 individuals had responded to the survey.  She ...

8 years ago
Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office are investigating a business burglary at Lang Diesel, 144 E. W. Farrelly Road. Authorities say someone broke a window on an overhead garage door on Monday around 1:30am to enter the building and left a short time later with about $100 from the cash register. The suspect exited the facility ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators have approved a new requirement that abortion providers give women information about their doctors' histories and provide it in print in a specific type style on white paper. The bill goes to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback after the Senate approved it on a 25-15 vote Tuesday. The House passed the measure last week. Brownback ...

8 years ago
Atchison County authorities say a man died after an ATV he was riding rolled over and landed on top of him. Sheriff Jack Laurie says in a news release that 64-year-old Michael Bodenhausen died in the accident Monday on a farm north of Muscotah in northeast Kansas. Laurie says Bodenhausen was spraying thistles from the ATV when ...

8 years ago
Another trailer is reported stolen in the Salina area. Police say sometime between 10pm Sunday and 3pm Monday, someone unhitched a 10-foot by 5-foot homemade trailer from the Umami Bowl truck and stole it from a lot behind Martinelli's Little Italy Restaurant, 158 S. Santa Fe. Owner Tony Dong told officers that a Predator 8750 watt power ...

8 years ago
A Salina man is taken to jail after allegedly popping a neighbor in the face with a baseball bat Sunday night. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 39-year-old George Wagner is now facing charges for aggravated battery and use of a deadly weapon after an argument turned violent in the 400 block of Baker. Police ...

8 years ago
Authorities released more details Tuesday morning regarding a Friday evening fire that destroyed a hay barn/storage shed at Rolling Hills Ranch. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that the fire consumed hay, several ATVs, a loader plus fencing supplies and equipment. Rural Fire Distrit #3 and RFD #7 responded to the blaze and were initially delayed by ...

8 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says two more earthquakes were recorded in Kansas during the Memorial Day weekend, bringing the total to nine earthquakes in May. The agency says an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 was recorded Sunday about 10 miles west of Belle Plaine in Sumner County. That came a day after a 2.6-magnitude earthquake ...