8 years ago
Four Kansas Supreme Court justices facing a campaign to oust them in the Nov. 8 election are defending the court's handling of capital punishment cases. Past high court rulings overturning death sentences are at the center of the effort to remove Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justices Carol Beier, Dan Biles and Marla Luckert. Justice Caleb Stegall ...

8 years ago
A Salina man stops a sale from going forward to avoid being scammed. The Saline County Sheriff's reports that the 55-year old man was trying to sell a garden tub online at LetGo.com and found a buyer who agreed to pay $440 for the item. He became suspicious of the deal when the buyer sent him a ...

8 years ago
U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp is eyeing the 2018 election in a move to possibly reclaim the Kansas congressional seat he lost in the Republican primary. The Hutchinson News reports Huelskamp quietly filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Oct. 17 for the sprawling 1st District of western and central Kansas. The ultra-conservative Republican ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary and theft in the 300 block of North 10th Street. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that sometime between 9am and 9pm Wednesday, someone entered the home and removed two flat screen televisions. Police say the combined value of the 43-inch Sharp TV and the 32-inch Roku TV is $600. ...

8 years ago
An online link pulls a man away from Amazon and into a scammer's web. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a 52-year-old man who lives in northwest Saline County was shopping for a GPS unit for his combine on the web through Amazon. Soldan says he clicked on a link that took him off ...

8 years ago
Salina Arts & Humanities is seeking public feedback about arts and cultural programs in Salina through a new online survey. The survey, live as of October 28, asks questions about the Smoky Hill River Festival, accessibility and availability of the arts, and community perceptions about cultural-arts programs and services. The survey’s questions are modeled after a ...

8 years ago
Between October 11, 2016 at 9:00PM and 6:00AM on October 12, 2016 an unknown suspect or suspects broke into the Assaria Lutheran Church located at 124 W. 1st Street in Assaria. Entry was gained by breaking a window. Items stolen include a 60” Vizio TV, an HP computer and a Quart Q series guitar. Total loss & ...

8 years ago
             The storied career of Rural Vista Head Coach Jeff Hostetter came to a close tonight in White City as the Heat fell to the Centre Cougars 36-34.  Centre finished the season 4-4 while Rural Vista dropped their final three games to finish 5-4.  Neither team made the postseason as ...

8 years ago
Westar Energy has filed a request to raise its prices by about $17.4 million, which would raise the average residential bill in Kansas by about $1.54 per month. Westar spokeswoman Gina Penzig says the company filed the request with the Kansas Corporation Commission to recover costs that weren't available when last year's full price was conducted. The  ...

8 years ago
More than twice as many Kansas voters are now casting ballots at early polling sites across Kansas, compared to the last presidential election. The latest figures from the Kansas Secretary of State's office show 67,211 people voted in-person as of 8 a.m. Thursday - more than double the 33,832 who did so at that point in ...

8 years ago
The aviation program at Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus is enhancing its students' flying experience with the addition of new aircraft to its fleet. Kansas State Polytechnic has purchased a quartet of Beechcraft Bonanza G36 aircraft from longtime university partner Textron Aviation as part of its plan to continuously provide professional pilot majors with the most ...