8 years ago
On August 1, 2017, Officers of the Salina Police Department responded to 149 S. 4th, in reference to a burglary at the Salina Art Warehouse. It was determined that unknown suspects entered the warehouse and removed several items. The items included a JBL PA system; model EON208P, which contained two speakers and a microphone. An additional ...

8 years ago
Trego County authorities are tallying the damage after a storm carrying large hail damaged homes and businesses throughout the county. Emergency Management Director Kathleen Fabrizius says softball-sized hail hit the county Thursday afternoon, overturning vehicles, downing power lines and causing accidents across the county. She says windows at the courthouse, a nursing home and the WaKeeney Family ...

8 years ago
About five months after wildfires swept through Kansas, ranchers in the hardest-hit county have received the second installment of federal funds needed to replace fences. Clark County ranchers will get about $18 million in federal funds for miles of fencing lost when fires burned about 425,000 acres in March. The county received half of the $18 ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary in west Salina. According to Captain Paul Forrester, sometime Wednesday between 5pm and 10:20pm, someone forced their way into a home in the 400 block of S. 12th through a screen window. Police say a Canon EOS Rebel T6 1300D camera and an Xbox 1 Slim and two controllers were stolen ...

8 years ago
An Abilene man wanted on a warrant for hitting his girlfriend and stealing her SUV was arrested in Assaria. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office took 42-year-old David Carleton into custody on Tuesday in connection to an alleged assault that began with an argument in a car. Sheriff Roger Soldan says back on May 29, Carleton ...

8 years ago
El Dorado officials are looking for those involved in an unusual vandalism case at the city's pool. . El Dorado police say officers were called to the pool Sunday after the water was dyed a reddish-purple color. The vandalism caused officials to shut down the pool on Sunday and Monday. A note was left behind saying the dye ...

8 years ago
The CEO of Westar says the utility and Great Plains Energy will file their new merger plan with Kansas regulators later this month. CEO Mark Ruelle says meetings will be scheduled later this year for a shareholder vote on the proposal. Ruelle updated investors Wednesday on the second plan to combine the utilities. The Kansas Corporation Commission ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Senate's top Republican is calling on GOP Gov. Sam Brownback to give corrections officers at state prisons an immediate pay increase. Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita issued a statement Wednesday urging Brownback to take executive action. She toured the El Dorado Correctional Facility with hometown Republican Sen. Bruce Givens. The Department of Corrections has ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman was hurt in a single vehicle crash in the rain  Wednesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27-year-old Kenya Rios was driving a 2010 Honda Civic, headed south on U.S. 81 Highway. She lost control in the rain, went off the right side of the highway, and struck a guardrail. Rios, who was ...

8 years ago
  The Stiefel Theate has announced four new shows. According to the venue, Casey Donahew, George Winston, Riders in the Sky, and America are all coming to Salina. Tickets for all of the shows go on sale Friday. CASEY DONAHEW - Thursday October 5th In just over 10 years, Casey Donahew has risen from being a favorite on the local Texas ...

8 years ago
Sixteen empty cars on a Union Pacific freight train derailed near downtown Topeka near the Kansas River. Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff says no injuries were reported after the derailment Wednesday morning. He says the cars derailed on a curve and landed on their side just south of a railroad bridge that crosses the river. The derailed cars ...