10 years ago
A government estimate of crop production shows Kansas farmers are bringing in bountiful harvests of corn, sorghum and soybeans this season. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday it's estimating the state's corn crop at 581 million bushels, about 14 percent more than a year ago. The agency said in its monthly update that Kansas farmers were ...

10 years ago
A new Kansas revenue forecast says the state will face a $279 million budget shortfall by July and an even bigger gap to close in the year after that. State officials released a new financial forecast Monday that revised the state's revenue projections for budget year that began in July. The forecasters dropped the expectation of total ...

10 years ago
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has issued an order temporarily blocking gay marriage in Kansas. Sotomayor's brief order Monday puts on hold indefinitely a lower-court order clearing the way for same-sex couples to marry despite a ban in Kansas on gay marriage. The lower-court order was set to take effect at 5 p.m. Central time Tuesday. ...

10 years ago
The biggest two hunting days of the year kept game wardens busy over the weekend. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism reported a number of violations during the opening weekend of the pheasant and quail regular season which began Saturday. The weekend reporting period ran from 7:00 p.m. on Friday to 11:59 p.m. Sunday. No ...

10 years ago
A local trucking firm is conned out of $2,500. According to Detective Jim Feldman with Salina Police, someone posing as an employee from a legitimate truck service company in Madison, Georgia called Great Plains Trucking Company in Salina to request payment. Detective Feldman tells KSAL News that the scammer apparently has knowledge of how electronic funds are ...

10 years ago
A northeast Kansas woman is awaiting her first court appearance in a hit-and-run accident that killed an elderly man. Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says the Clay County resident was arrested Friday after the accident on U.S. 24 near Clay Center. She made her $4,000 bond and had a first court appearance scheduled for Nov. 17. Dunn ...

10 years ago
A disagreement leads to a broken windshield. Police arrested 25-year-old Joshua Hiers of Salina after he allegedly used his foot to smash the windshield on a 2004 Kia. Police say he was arguing with a female acquaintance on Saturday afternoon in the 900 block of N. 13th when he stuck the car. Police say an adult and three ...

10 years ago
Nonprofit groups say they are looking forward to raising money from charity raffles, after voters approved a constitutional amendment clarifying that the raffles are legal. However, the nonprofit groups are waiting to see what new rules lawmakers will write for the raffles during the next legislative session. The Kansas Department of Revenue says lawmakers will consider such ...

10 years ago
A woman is assaulted, and a family member arrested after an argument in the 100 block of Oakdale. Police arrested 21-year-old Dallas Backman after he allegedly took a woman's cell phone following a dispute around 10:30pm Friday. Officers found him about two hours later in the 400 block of S. Santa Fe Ave.   A Salina man ...

10 years ago
A multi-award winning singer and song writer is coming to Salina. Sarah McLachlan is coming to the Stiefel Theatre. According to the Stiefel,  McLachlan is one of the most celebrated singer songwriters in entertainment with over 40 million albums sold worldwide. She is an eight-time Juno Award winner and a three-time Grammy Award winner. McLachlan's landmark ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for an alleged rape of a 16-year-old female. Saline County Undersheriff  Dave Dunstan tells KSAL News that the female victim recently came forward about an incident that occurred in May or June of this year in southwest Saline County. The investigation led to the arrest of 33-year-old Michael S. Pfeifer on Friday. Dunstan ...