9 years ago
A fired suburban Kansas City public works director has pleaded guilty to stealing fuel. Sixty-one-year-old Randall Carroll admitted Thursday in Johnson County District Court to a felony count of official misconduct. The Kansas City Star reports that a second charge of theft was dismissed as part of the plea. The Olathe man worked for the city of ...

9 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has told a federal court he is changing interagency policies that will improve the state's ability to verify proof of citizenship for people who register to vote at motor vehicle offices. The notice filed shortly before midnight Wednesday comes a day after a federal court ruled thousands of Kansans who ...

9 years ago
Thousands of mail-in ballots never reached potential voters in Salina's sales tax question, because they came back undeliverable. "We have a lot of people who move, it's a very mobile society," said Saline County Clerk Don Merriman on Thursday. "It's their responsibility to get themselves updated." Merriman joined City Manager Jason Gage on the KSAL Morning News with ...

9 years ago
The discovery of a counterfeit bill highlights Thursday's Salina Police Log. Another counterfeit bill has been found in Salina. Police say that a counterfeit $20 bill was discovered on Wednesday in a deposit at First Bank Kansas at 235 S. Santa Fe.  The bill was in a deposit from the Dollar General store at 654 S. Broadway.     ...

9 years ago
A couple of teens are accused of burglary and vandalism. Police say that 18-year-old Devin Murrell and 15-year-old Xavier Murrell were both arrested Wednesday. The brothers are accused of breaking into a building at 748 Duvall that is being used as a warehouse. An air conditioning unit was torn out of a back wall to gain entry. ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a road rage case in which a car was shoved from behind by a pickup truck, and force out into a busy intersection. Police Captain Chris Trocheck says that at around 4:50 Wednesday afternoon, 35-year-old Timothy Thornton was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Impala, headed north on 9th Street. He stopped at a ...

9 years ago
Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people of all ages to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species - rare, threatened, and endangered animal and plant species - and the everyday actions they can take to help protect them.  Rolling Hills Zoo is joining this effort by celebrating Endangered Species Day on May ...

9 years ago
A unique new podcast series focusing on tornadoes is now available. KSAL Radio's weather partner, The Storm Report Radio Network, has launched Tornado Talk.   The weekly show features interviews with storm chasers, storm victims, scientists, and interacts with listeners by phone so they may share their tornado stories. Tornado Talk is available for download online at www.tornadotalk.com, ...

9 years ago
Kansas' state universities are calling for tuition increases of up to 5 percent, at least for now. The schools submitted their tuition proposals Wednesday to the governing Kansas Board of Regents. But those came before Gov. Sam Brownback signed a budget bill Wednesday afternoon that cuts higher education funding by 4 percent - one percent more ...

9 years ago
A standoff in a McPherson County community ended Wednesday evening when a man came out of a house and surrendered. Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in the incident  in the McPherson County community of Roxbury. Law enforcement began responding at around 4:00 in the afternoon to reports of gunshots inside a home. Multiple officers ...

9 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback signed a budget bill Wednesday that makes significant cuts to the highway fund, Medicaid and higher education and trims most state agency budgets by 4 percent. Brownback announced cuts to address the more than $290 million shortfall faced this year and in the fiscal year beginning July 1. The plan includes cutting $185 ...