10 years ago
At a rare Monday meeting Saline County Commissioners got a lot of work done, including pondering a possible reduction in the mil levy tax. In a Monday morning meeting, Saline County Commissioners budgeted $28,766 for each of five County Commissioners, effective when the new commission is sworn in, in January 2017.  They also set aside $260,000 ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a vehicle burglary that occurred over the weekend at the Bavaria grain elevator. Deputies say Jace Trembley decided to park his 1985 Chevy Camaro at the elevator after having some car trouble on Friday night around 7pm. When he returned on Sunday morning he discovered someone had entered the car ...

10 years ago
"We're not going to allow the schools to close, that's not going to happen," said Salina Representative J. R. Claeys during the KSAL Morning News on Monday. Claeys stopped in Monday to address what scenarios may play out as Kansans wait to see if legislators will reconvene before June 30th. The last day of this month has ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary from a storage shed at Lakewood Middle School, 1135  Lakewood over the weekend. Police say someone forced open the door and stole a Grasshopper brand, zero-turn, 72-inch cutting deck riding mower sometime between 9pm Saturday night and 8am Sunday morning. Loss and damage is listed at $8,050. Officers were contacted about ...

10 years ago
A Hutchinson woman will be sentenced July 22 for killing her former lover and leaving her body in a rural Reno County creek bed. Jamie Hatfield pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree intentional murder for the June 2015 strangulation death of 38-year-old Mary Ann Arnett. The plea agreement amended the original charge of premeditated first-degree murder and ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating an alleged rape charge after a 26-year-old female victim contacted police on Sunday night. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that the victim and suspect are acquaintances and the crime took place in a central Salina home on Sunday night around 11pm.

10 years ago
A Salina man is in custody after leading police on a short car chase. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol attempted to pull over a car for an illegal tag on Sunday at about 11:30am in the 200 block of N. Ohio. Police say the driver of the Chevy Celebrity sped away ...

10 years ago
A rural Saline County farmer suffered a broken leg after the 3-wheel ATV he was riding overturned in a pasture near the intersection of Sundberg and Corner on Friday evening at about 5pm. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Eldon Tillberg, 75, was flown by helicopter to Salina Regional Health Center for treatment, after it ...

10 years ago
As crews begin to turn Oakdale Park into an artistic village for the 40th Anniversary of the Smoky Hill River Festival this week, patrons will need to rush to area outlets to pick up their $10 festival button before the clock strikes midnight tonight. In years past, festival buttons were available until noon on Thursday of ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas is working to prevent another internet fiber cable cut that crippled the campus earlier this spring, with some officials arguing for funding to build a backup system. On March 29, construction crews accidentally cut a section of fiber, shutting down internet access across the Lawrence campus and wireless internet at the Overland ...

10 years ago
Kansas Democratic lawmakers say they've been circulating a petition to force a special legislative session to address the school funding. The move comes after the Kansas Supreme Court rejected the Legislature's latest attempt to enact a constitutionally equitable school funding system. The high court has meanwhile kept a June 30 deadline for lawmakers, raising the possibility that ...