10 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says he's not drawing clear lines on what he'll accept as the GOP-dominated Kansas Legislature considers backtracking on one of his major economic initiatives. Brownback said Wednesday that such an approach is more helpful as lawmakers work on a plan for raising taxes. They must close a projected $406 million budget shortfall ...

10 years ago
The discovery of a mortar shell at a Salina scrap business prompted an area of Salina Downtown to be blocked off Wednesday afternoon. Division Chief David Turner from the Salina Fire Department told KSAL News at the scene that employees of Salina Iron & Metal at 312 N. 5th Street made the discovery at around 1:30 ...

10 years ago
Four of five teenagers accused of conspiring to carry out a shooting at Hutchison High School have pleaded not guilty in juvenile court. The Hutchinson News reports three of the suspects denied the charges in court Tuesday, while a fourth suspect previously denied the charges in writing. The fifth suspect is scheduled for a court hearing ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a small storage shed. The owner told officers a tan, 4-foot by 6-foot, metal shed was removed from a property he had recently purchased in the 600 block of N. Broadway. Police say someone also stole a tool box from the lot sometime between Monday at 5pm and Tuesday at ...

10 years ago
A Clay Center man was hurt late Tuesday when he was ejected from his car as it flipped end-over-end. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 25-year-old Justin Lee Keen was driving a 2006 Pontiac G6, headed north Kansas Highway 15. The car left the road, vaulted a field entrance, and flipped three times front to back. Troopers ...

10 years ago
Security officers have found a loaded handgun in a carry-on bag at Wichita's Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport. Local media outlets report a .380 caliber Smith & Wesson Bodyguard firearm was found loaded with six rounds on Monday. Wichita Airport Police took the weapon and interviewed the passenger, who was allowed to continue on his flight. The ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Legislature continues to wrestle with a mix of proposals and ideas as discussions continue on ways to shore up the state budget. Salina Representative J.R. Claeys tells KSAL News that everything is still on the table. "It becomes kind of a mishmash of proposals," he said. Recent plans in play would turn the clock back ...

10 years ago
A half-dozen people from the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina's most wanted is released. The latest list went online back on Saturday, May 2nd. Since that time, six have been arrested. Those on the list this month are wanted for crimes that ...

10 years ago
An Abilene man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole for at least 25 years under Jessica's Law. According to Kansas Attorney General Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's Office, 46-year-old John R. Harwood Jr. was sentenced in Geary County District Court by Judge David R. Platt. Harwood was convicted by a Dickinson ...

10 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library has partnered with the Kansas City Public Library to create the "Ike 125" lecture series commemorating the 125th birthday of Dwight Eisenhower. Dwight David Eisenhower was born 125 years ago on October 14, 1890, the same year the U.S. Census Bureau declared the western frontier closed. He died in March 1969, the ...

10 years ago
Legislative committees are planning more discussions about proposals for raising taxes to erase a state budget shortfall. The House Taxation Committee was having a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would narrow a tax break for business owners and farmers enacted in 2012. The measure would backtrack on a policy advocated by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback as ...