8 years ago
A current Salina City Commissioner who was running for reelection has dropped out of the race. Jon Blanchard on Thursday afternoon announced that he is no longer running for reelection. Blanchard issued the following statement: "Today I am withdrawing my name for consideration for city commission in the upcoming election, as I will be unable fulfill the ...

8 years ago
A central Kansas prosecutor has dropped charges against a former Halstead city administrator who'd been accused of perjury. Harvey County District Attorney David Yoder said Thursday in a news release without elaborating that there was insufficient evidence to continue pursuing the case involving J.R. Hatfield. Hatfield and the former police chief of 2,100-resident Halstead, Steven Lewis, were ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen van and have a possible suspect they want to interview. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Tiffany Keith told officers she was at church on Tuesday and fell ill, and went to the hospital. After her release, she stayed at a friends home in the 1100 block of ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators are close to approving a new requirement that abortion providers give women information about their doctors' histories and provide it in print in a specific type font on white paper. The House approved the bill on an 84-38 vote Thursday. It goes next to the Senate and approval there would send it to Republican ...

8 years ago
The Kansas House has approved a bill that would phase in a $280 million increase in the state's spending on public schools over two years even though some members said the extra money isn't enough to satisfy a court mandate. The vote Thursday was 84-39. The bill goes next to the Senate. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman was transported to the hospital after she allegedly drove her car into the City's pump station on South 2nd. Police say 31-year-old Holly Hickman had an argument with her boyfriend and was upset before she got behind the wheel of her 2007 Ford Edge. She then drove at a high rate of speed and ...

8 years ago
A group of Salina area law enforcement officers teamed up Wednesday to run through the streets of Salina. The Saline County leg of the Special Olympics Torch Run weaved through town Wednesday afternoon. Saline County Sheriff Lt. Scott Trembley organized the event, in which over 20 runners and volunteers participated. Officers from the Salina Police Department, ...

8 years ago
A Salina businessman who is active in the community is running for a seat on the city commission. Frank Hampton on Wednesday filed to run. Hampton is a financial advisor and Branch Manager of Raymond James Financial Services and owner and founder of Hampton Financial, LLC. He was previously a Financial Advisor and Branch Manager in ...

8 years ago
Riley County police say a missing 37-year-old Manhattan woman might be with a suspect in a homicide. Police say Cora Brown could be in danger if she is with 38-year-old Steven Harris. A warrant issued Tuesday accuses Harris of murder and attempted murder after the Sunday shooting death of 39-year-old German Gonzalez Garcia. A second man was ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators have rewritten parts of their latest plan for raising taxes to fix the state budget and provide additional dollars for public schools. House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on a revised plan that would raise $953 million over two years by increasing income taxes, boosting liquor taxes and imposing the state's sales tax on ...

8 years ago
Another pull trailer is reported stolen in Saline County. Julia Morse contacted the Saline County Sheriff's Office to report her 8-foot utility trailer was stolen off her lawn in the 8000 block of S. Holmes Road. The trailer is valued at $1,200 and has Missouri plate: 01C7SH. Morse also told deputies that a portable greenhouse and wheelbarrow were ...