10 years ago
A former sheriff's dispatcher who played Santa Claus for preschool children in central Kansas' Marion County is accused of sexually attacking an 8-year-old girl. KWCH-TV reports that prosecutors have charged 46-year-old Kenneth Newell of McPherson with 13 counts involving sexual misconduct. Newell's Dec. 23 arrest was revealed Monday night to Marion County commissioners. The sheriff says the county ...

10 years ago
Several colleges in Kansas are ignoring a recent order by Governor Sam Brownback repealing a policy that barred discrimination against gay, lesbian, and transgender state employees. Wichita State, Kansas State University, and the University of Kansas have all released statements saying that they would not discriminate against employees based on sexual orientation. Fort Hays State University ...

10 years ago
Saline County Commissioners established a new salary structure during their regularly scheduled formal meeting on Tuesday. Each member of the previous three person commission was paid an annual salary of about $28,000, and also had an insurance option that would make the total package, including benefits, about $39,000. In a 3-2 vote, the commission decided to keep ...

10 years ago
A couple of years after playing a sold out show, a country music legend is coming back to Salina. Don Williams is coming to the Stiefel Theatre this spring. According to the Stiefel, they came to call Don Williams “the Gentle Giant” in the decades he was a dominating country hit maker because of his unique ...

10 years ago
A man escapes injury after his skid steer catches fire. Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to an equipment fire northwest of Salina on Friday afternoon. The operator was cutting trees in a field with a John Deere skid steer in the 3200 block of W. Humbarger at about 3:15pm when he heard a hissing ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman is facing charges of endangering a child after allegedly leaving her toddler on a bus to buy liquor. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 29-year-old Kathy Johnson was arrested after a ride to the hospital in an ambulance with her injured child. Police say last Friday, the 13-month-old boy was wandering around ...

10 years ago
A Saline County man is injured in a two vehicle accident on Monday morning. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office says 25-year-old Jordan Hann of Salina was driving westbound on Assaria Road in her 2007 Mazda 3, and skidded into a 1997 Ford Ranger driven by 72-year-old Danny Manion of rural Assaria. Deputies report ...

10 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center has launched a new mobile health app, called Salina Regional Engage. According to the hospital, the app allows patients greater access to their health records and helps them manage their care. Engage is currently available for hospital patients at both Salina Regional Health Center and its affiliate, Lindsborg Community Hospital. The product was ...

10 years ago
A federal court has sided with Kansas on immigration, and against the President. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office, a federal judge Monday granted a request by Kansas and 26 other states to block President Obama’s “executive action” related to immigration while the states challenge his legal authority to act unilaterally, Kansas Attorney General ...

10 years ago
Steve Forbes, chairman and editor in chief of Forbes Media, will give the first Landon Lecture of the year at Kansas State. Forbes, who is also an author, served as chairman of the Board of International Broadcasting under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also ran for president in 1996 and 2000 with a platform ...

10 years ago
The Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe will close in mid-to-late fall. The owners of the 786,000-square-foot mall said in a statement Monday that economic realities such as the economic downturn and changing buying habits prompted the closing. The mall has struggled to remain profitable since it opened in 1997. VanTrust, the asset manager for ...