10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case. Police say someone punctured both passenger side tires on a Toyota Tacoma pickup that was parked in the 2200 block of S. 9th sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning around 3:30am. Damage is listed at $500. Salina Police are investigating after an internal audit at Western ...

10 years ago
An Ellsworth man is pulled from the wreckage of a stolen truck. Forty-Four year-old Larry Jones was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with a broken arm, broken scapula, bruised ribs and a punctured lung after he crashed a 2000 Nissan Frontier pickup at the Brookville Cemetery on Brownhill Road. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that ...

10 years ago
A Salina toddler is injured after a TV tip-over. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers responded to a medical emergency on Saturday night around 6:20pm at an apartment in the 200 block of N. Oakdale after a 16-month old male pulled over a heavy box style television that was on a small nightstand. "Apparently ...

10 years ago
Two Republican state representatives are proposing a constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to hunt, fish and trap in Kansas. Rep. Adam Lusker, of Frontenac, says the amendment is a reaction to bans or restrictions pushed by animal rights supporters in other states. For example, trapping is banned in Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts and Washington. 18 ...

10 years ago
Sexual assault on college campuses and in personal relationships will be the topic of the latest Civic Luncheon Lecture Series presentation at Kansas State University Salina. "What Defines Sexual Violence and Rape?" will be presented at noon Thursday, Feb. 12, at K-State Salina's College Center conference room. The gathering will feature three expert panelists: Amanda Olivier, ...

10 years ago
Republican Congressman Tim Huelskamp and Brig. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr. will speak with reporters ahead of a meeting on Fort Riley's future. The public meeting Monday was called to allow Army officials to hear from the community about how possible troop reductions at Fort Riley would affect them. Fort Riley employs more than 25,000 people in ...

10 years ago
Divorce is expected to be the focus of two days of informational Legislative committee hearings on marriage. Rep. Jan Pauls says one of the key questions to be addressed is whether Kansas has made it too easy for couples to get divorced, especially in cases that don't involve domestic violence. The Hutchinson Republican serves on the ...

10 years ago
A 30-year-old city of Manhattan worker has died in a trench collapse. The Riley County Police Department said in a news release that William Albert Wiske of Wamego was repairing a water main Friday evening when the trench gave way. The Manhattan Mercury reports that Wiske was buried up to his waist in dirt and mud when ...

10 years ago
A deal involving land owned by Salina based The Land Institute will insure that the property involved will be a part of the organization's mission of sustainability. According to The Land Institute, two agreements reached with a Colorado foundation promise to bolster work in developing perennial grain crops. Those agreements with the Denver-based Malone Family Land ...

10 years ago
Lottery officials say no jackpot winner was selected in the latest $380 million Powerball drawing. The next drawing will be Wednesday after no one matched Saturday's winning numbers. Sue Dooley is the senior drawing manager for the Multi-State Lottery Association, which oversees Powerball. She says the estimated value of Wednesday's drawing will be $450 million. The huge jackpot ...

10 years ago
A 25-year-old man has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened Saturday morning when a Honda ATV read-ended a Sport Trac ATV less than five miles west of Fort Scott. The Honda flipped, injuring Billy Gale Minor, of the small Bourbon County town of Bronson. Minor was ...