8 years ago
A Nebraska mayor is pushing for changes in Kansas' oversight of prairie and ranchland burning after smoke from the Flint Hills spurred health warnings in Nebraska's capital city. Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Chris Beutler sent a letter Friday to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment pressing for action. KDHE environmental division director John Mitchell says Kansas' prairie-burning ...

8 years ago
Several hundred area dancers are uniting for a common cause. They are planning a special event this weekend to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Chloe's Dance Extravaganza will be held this Sunday at the Salina South High School Auditorium. Over 200 dancers from Salina, Junction City, Manhattan, Lawrence, and Wellington will join together to ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Senate's majority leader is suggesting that the state impose an extra fee on utility bills to provide new dollars for public schools. Overland Park Republican Jim Denning said Thursday that he's drafting a proposal to charge residential customers $3 a month on each of their water, electric and natural gas bills. He said he would ...

8 years ago
Over half of those on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrest is Kenneth Brown. He was wanted for felony drug crimes, aggravated escape from custody, and forgery. The latest arrest makes 13 since the latest list of Salina's 24 Most Wanted went online ...

8 years ago
Short skirts and revealing shirts are among the garments Kansas Department of Revenue employees are barred from wearing under a new dress code. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Revenue Secretary Sam Williams authorized implementation of the fashion rules Monday. Employees who meet face-to-face with customers aren't allowed to expose people to "obscene or offensive tattoos or ...

8 years ago
A group of friends will continue to live out their dream this weekend when they present a live sports entertainment event at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center for the third year in a row. The XWE's "Awakening" promises to be an evening of high-flying professional wrestling. There will be leaps off the top rope, drop ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone dented and scratched a car in the 400 block of E. Republic. Police say Jami Evans loaned her daughter a 2006 Hyundai Elantra to drive to work on Tuesday. When Evans walked out to drive the car Wednesday morning, she discovered the vehicle had been dented ...

8 years ago
A discipline issue inside a Salina home leads to the arrest of an 18-year-old male. Police officers were called to a house in the 600 block of S. 10th on Wednesday evening to the report of a son threatening his parents with a hammer. Police say Joshua James was upset with his mom and dad about a ...

8 years ago
A 59-year-old Saline County woman was scammed over the phone this week for $1,000. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says an international caller said, "Hey cousin" to the victim when she answered the phone and the ruse was on. The man told her he was being detained in a U.S. Customs Office because he was trying to ...

8 years ago
A knock on an apartment door halts a man from assaulting his girlfriend. Salina Police arrested 29-year-old Keenan Geissert on Wednesday after an hours long ordeal that began around 10am and left the victim shaken nearly 7 hours later. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Geissert allegedly become upset with the woman for talking on ...

8 years ago
An anti-Semitic poster was put up on campus at Kansas State University during Holocaust Remembrance Day. Kansas State Associate Vice President Steve Logback says that the university was alerted to the poster through social media that Monday morning and removed it from the telephone pole it was attached to. Logback says the situation was an unauthorized posting ...