10 years ago
Salina City Commissioners have decided to end a management contract on the Fieldhouse Salina project. Salina Mayor Jon Blanchard tells KSAL News that a vote on Monday to end a contract with McCown Gordon now opens up the project to a competitive bidding process. At the meeting,commissioners heard from Bob Miller, CEO of Busboom & Rauh, who ...

10 years ago
Kansas House members are comfortable raising the speed limit on some highways to 70 miles per hour, but they aren't ready to increase it to 80 on interstates. The House approved a bill on a 106-19 vote Tuesday to allow the state's secretary of transportation to increase the speed limits on non-interstate highways another 5 miles ...

10 years ago
The federal Justice Department is refusing to support a U.S. elections official who sided with Kansas, Alabama and Georgia in a fight over whether voters should have to show proof of citizenship. The government contends in a court filing that the executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission strayed from federal law when he required ...

10 years ago
Hundreds of Kansas City Royals fans from around the area made their way to Salina's Central Mall Tuesday to get a selfie with the trophy that capped off the 2015 World Series Championship run. "I'll keep it on my phone, maybe get it printed off ...it's definitely going on Facebook," Kyle Burch of Salina said gazing ...

10 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's administration has cancelled a $20 million contract for construction of a utility center to replace units in the Docking State Office Building, located across the street from the Statehouse in Topeka. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the decision came after bipartisan pressure from state lawmakers who opposed the deal because they viewed ...

10 years ago
WAKEENEY, Kan. (AP) - A northwest Kansas man charged in connection to the killing of his ex-girlfriend's fetus has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Scott Bollig of WaKeeney received a sentence of 117 months Thursday in the January 2014 death of his ex-girlfriend's 8- to 10-week old fetus. He was found guilty ...

10 years ago
Kansas City Royals fans in Central Kansas have an opportunity to get up close and personal with a little historic hardware on Tuesday. The Royals World Series trophy has headed out on the road,  and is making a stop in Salina. The trophy will be on display at center court of the Central Mall, from 11am ...

10 years ago
One of the most eclectic performances in the entertainment world is coming to Salina. Blue Man Group is coming to the Salina Bicentennial Center. The wildly-popular, award-winning production Blue Man Group will visit Salina for the first time on Sunday, May 1 at 7:00pm. Blue Man Group is comedy, theatre, rock concert and dance party all rolled ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of unrelated scams. Police say that a 54-year-old male was bilked out of nearly $3,000 after meeting someone named "Diana Shannon", from Nigeria, via Facebook. The victim was convinced to wire two moneygrams to Shannon, one in the amount of $1,060, the other in the amount of $1,989. The victim ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary in which a couple of guns were stolen. Police say that a burglary occurred in the garage area of a home at 647 E. Republic on Friday evening between 5:30 and 7:30. Items taken include: .357 Colt Revolver Smith and Wesson 9 mm Handgun Total loss is estimated at $700. Copyright © Alpha Media, ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating cases of vandalism in Brookville. According to the agency, the bulbs on nine street lights were shattered, possibly with a BB gun. The lights are located throughout the community. The vandalism happened between December 25th and February 19th. Total damage is estimated at $3,600. Copyright © Alpha Media, 2016.  All Rights Reserved. ...