9 years ago
A spring festival that highlights Kansas products, music, food and places is opening this weekend. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Sampler Festival is planned for Saturday and Sunday at Winfield's Island Park. It includes more than 300 exhibitors from 150 communities. A shift in focus is planned. Starting in 2018, the foundation that promotes the festival ...

9 years ago
Federal court documents show that a 29-year-old Topeka man plans to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with a plot last year to bomb the Fort Riley military base. Alexander E. Blair's attorney filed a request Thursday to change the not guilty plea entered for him last year by a federal magistrate. A change-of-plea ...

9 years ago
An educator and farmer who previously ran against congressman Tim Huelskamp as a Republican is now planning to run in the 1st District of Kansas as an independent candidate. Alan LaPolice of Clyde announced Thursday that he is leaving what he called a failed political system to run as an independent. He said outsiders must get ...

9 years ago
A top Republican in the Kansas Senate says he made a mistake in supporting Gov. Sam Brownback's 2012 income tax cuts and will not seek re-election because of the state's political climate. Sen. Vice President Jeff King of Independence was the only member of Senate leadership to vote this week against a budget that will require ...

9 years ago
Area leaders will join forces at the Salina Community Theatre on Friday, for Leadercast 2016 - the biggest one-day leadership conference of the year. "Some names that everyone is familiar with are coming to the big screen this year," said Hayley Morrical with the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. Morrical detailed the list of keynote speakers during ...

9 years ago
University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has vetoed student funding for a parallel government for minority students. The chancellor said in a letter to the Student Senate Wednesday that she could not recommend a $2 student fee because the revenue would be collected during the next academic year, even though the new government is not in ...

9 years ago
Fred Iutzi, who grew up on an Illinois farm and whose career has focused on the sustainability of agriculture and rural communities, has been named president of The Land Institute, based in Salina. Institute Chairman Angus Wright said Iutzi’s vision for a more just and sustainable agriculture is a good fit for the nonprofit agriculture research ...

9 years ago
The sound of cannon fire will signal the unveiling of 22 new sculptures in Downtown Salina on Saturday for Sculpture Tour Salina. It's the sixth year for a tradition that continues to bring new art and conversations about art into downtown. "It really does add some flair to the community and part of the reason that we ...

9 years ago
A Thursday morning donut disturbance has Salina Police investigating an odd hit and run case. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that at about 7:30 Thursday morning, officers were sent to the Elmore Center at 755 E. Crawford to the report of a disturbance. Hurts Donut from Wichita was selling donuts in the parking ...

9 years ago
A damage to property and a theft case highlight Thursday's Salina Police Log. A 4' X 4' double pane window was damaged at Salina Scale, 415 N. 9th Street. The damage, from a small projectile, was discovered this week. Total damage is estimated at $1,000. A 5-drawer rolling tool chest, and the tools in it, ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman trying to get a consolidation loan falls for a scam. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a woman in her 40s was researching loan consolidation online. The woman found a website titled cashnetpayday.com and filled out an application. A short time later she was contacted via a phone call. A man with a ...