8 years ago
The Kansas Corporation Commission has expanded restrictions on the amount of oilfield wastewater that can be injected underground, a practice that has been linked to earthquakes in south central Kansas in recent years. During a meeting Tuesday, the commission left in place an 8,000-barrel per day limit in five specific areas of Harper and Sumner counties. ...

8 years ago
In a 4-0 vote, the Saline County Health Department’s Advisory Council recommended that the Saline County Commission continue to make home health services available to Saline County residents, through its Health Department.  Prior to her motion, Amanda Michaelis said it was also good that the County Commission had asked if its home health agency was ...

8 years ago
A dramatic increase in the amount of “unreserved funds” that might be carried over from the 2016 budget drew many comments from Saline County Commissioners, hopeful Commission candidates, and the public at Tuesday’s 2017 budget hearing. At the televised hour long public hearing, Republican nominee from the Second Commission District, Robert Vidrickson asked that the 2016 ...

8 years ago
In the wake of the tragic accidental death of a 10-year-old boy at Schlitterbahn Waterpark on Sunday, questions are surfacing about regulations of pools and waterparks around the country. "Yea, the news from Kansas City at Schlitterbahn, that's disturbing," said Salina City Manager Jason Gage. "We have not heard all the story to that - so we ...

8 years ago
At least two people who've ridden the waterslide on which a 10-year-old boy was killed over the weekend say shoulder straps snapped or popped off during the ride in Kansas City, Kansas. Paul Oberhauser told local television station KCTV that the safety restraints on his raft on the Verruckt waterslide weren't working properly when he rode ...

8 years ago
A description of a car burglar from eyewitnesses helps police identify and arrest a Manhattan man in Salina. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 33-year-old Deveral Wilson was taken into custody on Sunday evening around 7pm after customers at the Food Mart, 220 W. Crawford observed Wilson reaching into a BMW and removing about $1.80 ...

8 years ago
A couple who rented a Kansas farmhouse is suing a company over an internet glitch that brought them numerous legal problems. The glitch put the coordinates for the center of the U.S. in the front yard of James and Theresa Arnold near Potwin. The farmhouse became the default location for any website owner that didn't have ...

8 years ago
A Linsdborg student is the winner of a statewide essay contest. According to the Kansas Attorney General's Office, Smoky Valley Middle School student is the winner of this year’s state D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) essay contest. Taylor Hinderliter was named the winner of the statewide contest, which is coordinated by the Kansas Juvenile Officers Association. During ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary from a company vehicle. Police report that sometime between 5pm on  August 1st and 7:30pm on August 2nd, someone forced the parking lot gate open at Busboom Rauh Construction located at 1201 E. North Street. Police say thieves broke a window on a work van and stole a Craftsman socket ...

8 years ago
A Lindsborg woman was arrested in connection to a stolen guitar from a Salina music store. Police arrested 29-year-old Roberta Brock on a warrant Sunday. Authorities used video surveillance footage from SM Hanson Music, 335 S. Clark, to identify and find Brock who is accused of stealing a Taylor sunburst guitar valued at $3,778. Brock was listed on ...

8 years ago
Ever wonder what happens if a person shows up at the polls to vote, but the address on their identification doesn’t match the address in the polling books?  Or, if a voter shows up to vote in one precinct but is registered to vote in another?  Polling staff should have directed the voter to the ...