8 years ago
Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran is a Republican stalwart who had a reputation for caution before he helped torpedo the latest Senate GOP plan for overhauling health care. Moran announced his opposition to the measure along with Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a tea party favorite. Without enough GOP votes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abandoned the bill. Moran ...

8 years ago
Saline County Commissioners unanimously approved a request from Sheriff Rodger Soldan to increase the price paid to hold an average of 40 jail inmates in Ottawa County’s jail.  The price to house an inmate will increase from $30 to $35/day, which is in line with what the Sheriff’s Office pays other jails.  Annually, this will ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is weighing whether state legislators boosted spending on public schools enough this year to provide a suitable education to all children, as the high court had ordered. The justices heard arguments Tuesday from attorneys about a new school finance law but appeared skeptical that the funding plan offers enough money for education. That ...

8 years ago
Fort Hays State University is getting a $1 million gift. According to the school, the gift from Don and Chris Bickle will impact a multitude of students in a variety of areas at the university. “Don is known to lead the band and crowd in cheering on Tiger athletics, but Don and Chris Bickle’s encouragement permeates ...

8 years ago
Volunteers are needed to help at the Saline County Back to School Fair. The event is on Friday, July 28th. “Volunteers are needed starting with a few on Wednesday and more through Friday evening,” said Regina Hendrickson, Volunteer Co-Chair. “I’ve helped pack bags on Thursday and taken registrations on Friday afternoon the last few years. It’s ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was jailed after a trove of stolen construction tools were found in his backyard. Police arrested 22-year-old Jordan Glassburn-Hoesli on Friday after the Saline County Sheriff's Office and SPD teamed up on an investigation centered on a residential burglary east of Salina. According to Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, investigators ...

8 years ago
Local media coverage leads to the recovery of three missing steel gates reported stolen from the Shiloh Cemetery northwest of Salina. The Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that a person with ties to the cemetery located at Burma and Pleasant Hill Roads saw the gates lying in the weeds and told deputies they thought ...

8 years ago
A woman has been charged with leaving a 3-year-old and an 11-month-old in a hot car at a suburban Kansas City mall. Neither child was seriously hurt. Thirty-two-year-old Sara Fite, of Olathe, Kansas, was charged Monday in Johnson County District Court with two felony counts of aggravated child endangerment. She appeared in court Monday afternoon and ...

8 years ago
Along with the Kansas heat index,  multiple Kansas lottery jackpots keep on rising. According to the Kansas Lottery, no ticket matched all numbers in Monday’s drawing, so the jackpot climbs to a new record of $3.44 million for Wednesday. The Super Kansas Cash jackpot has been rolling since September 21, 2016, when a Prairie Village player won ...

8 years ago
Two Republican senators Monday night dealt a fatal blow to the Senate Republican health care bill. Sens. Jerry Moran and Mike Lee joined two other senators in opposing the legislation, meaning there are not enough votes to move ahead. The implosion of the Senate Republican health care bill leaves a divided GOP with its flagship ...

8 years ago
A disciplinary agency that oversees attorneys has opened a formal investigation against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for alleged misconduct in voting rights cases. A letter obtained by The Associated Press shows the Office of Disciplinary Administration decided to investigate the Kansas Republican following a complaint brought by Washburn University student Keri Strahler. Kobach's office says ...