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 ...

10 years ago
A 17-year-old Wichita boy has been robbed while trying to buy a pit bull puppy. Local media outlets report the victim told police that he requested information about pit bull puppies on Facebook. Lt. James Espinoza said someone the victim knew responded and gave him an address for where a transaction would happen. Espinoza said the victim ...

10 years ago
Four Salina men accused in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Salina South High School student appeared in court Monday morning. 22-year-old Macio Palacio, 19-year-old Jerome Forbes, 19-year-old Daniel Sims, and 18-year-old Stephen Gentry all appeared in Saline County District Court in person for the first time. Each is facing charges that included 1st degree ...

10 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says he has been using private email and cell phones for official business since he was a U.S. senator. Brownback said during a news conference Monday that he began the practice while serving in the U.S. Senate from 1996 through 2010. He said there were situations where it was unclear whether the ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a vehicle burglary from over the weekend. Police say a Nikon camera, and photo gear were taken from a Honda Odyssey that was parked in the 600 block of N. 10th Street. There was no sign of forced entry and loss is listed at $960.   Police are searching for a stolen vehicle. ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of farming equipment from a rural property. Deputies say sometime between April 1st and May 16th, someone entered two storage barns located on a farmstead in the 10,000 block of Rosehill Road and removed farm implements for planting and harvesting. Loss is estimated at $2,350. ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating damage to a building at the sewage treatment center. Officers say it appears a vehicle hit the structure in the 2000 block of W. Crawford sometime between May 13th and May 15th, causing $1,200 to the meters and gauges on the property.