9 years ago
The roads and highways are busy with holiday travelers.  A record number of travelers is anticipated. AAA Kansas projects the number of year-end holiday travelers will top 100 million for the first time on record. Nearly one in three Americans will take a trip this holiday season, with 100.5 million expected to journey 50 miles or more ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down a law that attempts to curb its administrative power to appoint chief judges and threatened the state judiciary's entire budget. The high court ruled on Wednesday that the law changing how chief judges are selected is unconstitutional. District Judge Larry Solomon of Kingman County challenged the 2014 law, which says ...

9 years ago
A Kansas electric utility provider has contracted with a company to construct a 280-megawatt wind farm for Ford County. The Hutchinson News reports that Westar Energy contracted the more than $400 million Western Plains Wind Farm with Infinity Wind Power of Santa Barbara, California. Construction is expected to start in late spring or early summer. Infinity will ...

9 years ago
A former Kansas Highway Patrol trooper has been convicted of threatening his wife and children. The Great Bend Tribune reports that Darrin Hirsh was convicted Tuesday in Barton County District Court of aggravated assault, criminal threat and domestic battery. He was found not guilty of witness intimidation and violating a protective order. Hirsh was accused of threatening ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman reported her stolen jewelry to Salina police yesterday. $1,000 in assorted jewelry items were stolen from the residence on the 1800 block of Stone Ridge on December 11. No suspects have been named.   Copyright © Alpha Media, 2015.  All Rights Reserved. No part of this story or website may be reproduced without Alpha Media’s ...

9 years ago
A 29-year-old Salina woman is victim to a robbery that happened around 12:10 this morning. The known suspects, a Hispanic male and a female, entered the home on the 300 block of South 3rd Street. Upon entering the residence, the male suspect showed the resident a gun, and stole a nickel-plated 22 caliber handgun and  wallet ...

9 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Candidates' applications for two Saline County Commission openings filled last year by Gov. Sam Brownback are not exempt from the Kansas open records law, a judge has ruled. Shawnee County District Judge Rebecca Crotty sided with The Salina Journal and The Associated Press in ordering the disclosure of information on more than ...

9 years ago
Michael St. John has been walking into the KSAL studio every Christmas Eve since 1990 to steer his special music show on NewsRadio 1150 AM. "My first song and my last song are set - but everything else is winging it pretty much," he said. According to St. John's plan: "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby always kicks ...

9 years ago
Three laptops and three tablets were stolen from a home office on the 1400 block of State Street on December 6. A Dell, Acer and an unknown brand laptop were stolen for a total of $400 and three tablets were stolen. The total haul is estimated at $1,800. Copyright © Alpha Media, 2015.  All Rights Reserved. No ...

9 years ago
A Salina man came to an unhappy surprise when he entered his residence and found a man attempting to steal tools from his home yesterday morning. Ben Videricksen, 63 of the 1100 block of Beverly, found 39-year-old Gerald Brown in his residence attempting to steal various tools valued at $60. Videricksen confronted Brown, then called police. Brown ...

9 years ago
A motor grader that was parked at the intersection of Hedberg and Muir in the southwest part of the county was damaged when someone shot two tires and the glass out. No suspects have been named yet, and the crime happened between Thursday and Monday. Copyright © Alpha Media, 2015.  All Rights Reserved. No part of this ...