9 years ago
A push in Kansas to end an income tax break championed by Gov. Sam Brownback is being led by fellow Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature. A state House committee is having a hearing Thursday on a bill that would repeal a 2012 policy that benefited more than 330,000 farmers and business owners. Its Republican chairman backs ...

9 years ago
Russ Tuttle told over 80 professionals that child sex trafficking can be summed up in three words:  “exploitation of vulnerability”.  They’d gathered to attend his three hour presentation at CAPS on Wednesday.  Tuttle and co-presenter Stacey Lareau then explored the role of social media in sex trafficking Wednesday evening at K-State Polytechnic; Tuttle and Lareau ...

9 years ago
One person was transported to the hospital late Tuesday night after escaping from a mobile home fire in West Salina. Salina Fire Marshall Roger Williams tells KSAL News that first responders were called at 9:50 Tuesday night to the report of a mobile home on fire at 1512 Teakwood. There was an active fire, with smoke ...

9 years ago
Interviews and promotions are underway at the Saline County Sheriff's Office following the swearing in of Sheriff Roger Soldan last week. Soldan tells KSAL News that on Friday, January 27, deputies will be officially promoted during a pinning ceremony inside the training room. According to Sheriff Soldan, Jim Hughes is being promoted to Operations Captain, and will ...

9 years ago
An attorney for Kansas State Treasurer Ron Estes says Estes is remaining neutral on a key proposal from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback for balancing the state's current budget. Treasurer's office General Counsel Scott Gates said Wednesday that if legislators liquidate a $317 million state investment portfolio, Estes wants the authority to re-establish one when state finances ...

9 years ago
A Salina Police patrol unit was towed from the scene of a two car crash on Tuesday morning. Police cited 39-year-old Candilyn Riggle for running a stop sign after she struck an SPD 2015 Ford Explorer at the intersection of Santa Fe and North Street around 10:25am. Officer Randy Constantino, who was a passenger in the patrol ...

9 years ago
Following a marathon 4.5 hour Salina City Commission Special Meeting,  a refurbished and revitalized downtown is a step closer to becoming a reality. By a 5-0 vote city commissioner approved multiple complex funding mechanisms that include adopting a STAR Bond Project Plan for a STAR Bond District, which has already been approved by the Kansas Department ...

9 years ago
The Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel is coming to Abilene to broadcast his show, lecture, and sign copies of his new book. On February 2nd Bret Baier will broadcast his top-rated Fox News cable series "Special Report with Bret Baier" live from the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. At 7:30 p.m. a public book ...

9 years ago
At their second Saline County Commission meeting, newly elected Commissioners Mike White, Jim Weese, Robert Vidricksen and Rodger Sparks had to determine if Rural Fire Department #2 would be allowed to proceed with building a second fire station, near Assaria. They also had to decide on salaries. Frustrated at being given a breakdown of proposed building ...

9 years ago
A conservative Kansas House member says he's drafting a bill to require transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms associated with their genders at birth. Republican Rep. John Whitmer of Wichita said Tuesday his bill also would impose the same policy for locker rooms and accommodations for students on overnight trips. Whitmer said he plans to ...

9 years ago
President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who leaked classified documents. The White House says Manning is one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama is shortening. Manning is more than six years into a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government and military documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. ...