8 years ago
Extra officers will be on Saline County roads looking for drunk drivers late Friday into early Saturday. The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is planning a saturation patrol. According to the agency, deputies participate in a DUI Saturation Patrol in an effort to decrease the amount of intoxicated drivers on the street. Deputies will be looking for people ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators are not sure what path they will take to balance the state budget after failing to override Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a bill increasing income taxes. Brownback vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have raised more than $1 billion over two years. The House voted to override his action on an 85-40 vote. ...

8 years ago
A Mexican woman who tried to hide a gun her boyfriend used to fatally shoot a Kansas teenager has been deported. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson said Wednesday that prosecutors got confirmation that 22-year-old Azucena Garcia-Ferniza was deported Friday. Garcia-Ferniza was sentenced in December to the 15 months she had been in custody after pleading guilty to ...

8 years ago
A new plaza planned at Salina Regional Airport will celebrate a world record flight that took off and landed back safely in Salina in 2005. Tim Rogers, Executive Director of the Salina Airport Authority joined in on the KSAL Morning News Wednesday and says the new space will not only honor Steve Fossett's nonstop global flight ...

8 years ago
The Kansas House has voted to override Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a bill increasing personal income taxes to help balance the state budget. The vote Wednesday was 85-40. That's one vote more than the two-thirds majority necessary in the 125-member House. The House's action clears the way for an attempt to override in the Senate. The ...

8 years ago
The Salina Bicentennial Center is no more. Following a special meeting early Wednesday morning, Salina city officials hosted a media conference at the facility to announce a name change. It is now called the Tony's Pizza Events Center. Salina Mayor Kaye Crawford said that the deal, which gives the Schwan Food Company the naming rights to ...

8 years ago
        The Abilene High School basketball teams wrapped up the regular season with a pair of wins at Chapman Tuesday night.  The Cowgirls defeated the Lady Irish for a 17th straight time with a 42-23 victory, while the Cowboy’s won 63-57 in the second game of the night.         In ...

8 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he will veto a bipartisan bill that would roll back personal income tax cuts he's championed to help balance the state budget. The conservative Republican governor announced his planned action Tuesday, four days after the GOP-controlled Legislature approved the measure. The bill's tax increases would raise more than $1 billion over ...

8 years ago
Two high school seniors, including one from Salina, have been awarded the highest scholarship available at Kansas Wesleyan University. According to the school, Eli Truhe, from Salina High School South, and Samantha Chesser, from Maize High School, each earned the prestigious Eisenhower KWU Presidential Scholarship. The Eisenhower Scholars Competition was held on January 28th. It gave ...

8 years ago
Among other things on Tuesday, Saline County Commissioners discussed possibly beginning an effort to recycle tires. Meanwhile, the City-County Building Authority discussed concealed carry of weapons in the building. At last week’s Farm Bureau meeting, County Commissioners Bob Vidricksen and Jim Weese learned that used tires are being dumped in rural areas and this creates nuisances.  ...

8 years ago
The Kansas House has taken a step to restore guaranteed teacher tenure after GOP lawmakers ended it in 2014. The House gave first-round approval Tuesday after Prairie Village Democratic Rep. Jerry Stogsdill attached the tenure bill as an amendment to another bill. Supporters say the amendment ensures due process for teachers but opponents say local school boards ...