8 years ago
A former Salina golf course employee was arrested on charges of forging payroll checks. Salina Police arrested 38-year-old James R. Hay on Sunday for allegedly creating a template that resembled Salina Country Club payroll checks. Police say Hay forged two checks to himself and cashed them in mid-September at the Money Zone, 1819 S. Broadway and the ...

8 years ago
A Lincoln, Kansas man is booked into the Saline County Jail on charges that include attempted 2nd degree murder in a domestic assault case in Salina. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 25-year-old Sawyer A. Reinert was taken into custody on Saturday in Ellsworth County and transported to the jail. Sweeney says the investigation began after a woman ...

8 years ago
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters are coming to Salina. The Globetrotters will bring their family show of basketball and entertainment to Salina, when their 2017 world tour rolls into the Bicentennial Center on January 21st. The Globetrotters recently wrapped a busy 90th year tour, during which they named Pope Francis the ninth Honorary Harlem Globetrotter in team ...

8 years ago
A woman from New Cambria was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Dickinson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 71-year-old Joyce Morgan was riding a 2000 Honda motorcycle, headed west on K 18 Highway. A 2017 Ford Escape was headed south on Barn Road. It failed to stop at a stop sign at K ...

8 years ago
A couple of different upcoming candidate forum events are planned in Salina. The first event is later this week. The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters will sponsor a Candidates Forum for Saline County Clerk candidates, Saline County Commission candidates, and State Legislative candidates from Saline County on Thursday. It will ...

8 years ago
The Kansas State Animal Response Team is planning the first statewide Kansas Animal Response Exercise, to be held at Salina's Crisis City venue. According to the organization, this event is open anyone interested in learning more about how animals are cared for during and after a disaster. No previous training is required. The event will be ...

8 years ago
Kansas is overhauling a program that confines sex offenders indefinitely for post-prison mental health treatment. The changes to be rolled out this month follow a federal lawsuit, a critical legislative audit and legal challenges to similar programs in other states. Officials at the Larned State Hospital program said treatment will become more structured, personalized and focused on ...

8 years ago
Hundreds of people in Salina kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month Saturday morning by lacing up their shoes and running, or walking, the length of Santa Fe Avenue.  It was the "Fe for a Cure" event to help locally in the fight against cancer. Fe for A Cure is a unique event. It is very colorful, ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office released more details regarding a plane that made an emergency landing on Saturday morning. According to Lt. Mike Smith, pilot Terry Burger, 68 of rural Salina experienced engine trouble just after take-off from Salina Regional Airport and crash landed in a soybean field in the 5000 block of S. Fairchilds Road. Deputies ...

8 years ago
Thousands of prospective voters in Kansas who did not provide citizenship documents will be able to vote in the November election under a federal appeals court ruling late Friday that upheld a judge's order. The ruling upholds U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson's temporary order forcing Kansas to register more than 20,000 voters. The court previously refused ...

8 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says a task force will outline proposals next week for improving the state's revenue projections. The Republican governor said Friday that the proposals are aimed at addressing problems the state has faced in predicting how much tax revenue it will collect. Brownback appointed the task force earlier this year. Republican legislators slashed personal ...