11 years ago
A Kansas House committee has approved a bill eliminating a projected state budget deficit by relying more on moving money around than cutting spending. The Appropriations Committee passed its budget-balancing measure on a voice vote. The full House is expected to take up the bill Tuesday. The state faces a projected shortfall exceeding $330 million in its ...

11 years ago
A pickup is stolen early Sunday morning. Salina Police are investigating the theft of a 1993 Chevy S-10 pickup truck from the 1000 block of Johnstown. Police say someone stole the vehicle sometime between 1:19am and 2:19am Sunday morning. The owner told officers he had left the key in the ignition. The truck is valued at $3,000. ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a church burglary that occurred between January 28th and January 30th. Police say there was no sign of forced entry at the Ray Avenue Baptist Church, 2801 Ray Ave., after someone removed a Sentry brand combination safe with historic church paperwork locked inside. Total loss is listed at $550. Police are investigating ...

11 years ago
Salina firefighters late Monday morning  battled the cold, and a large structure fire. Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams told KSAL News at the scene that crews were called at around 10:30 to the report of a duplex on fire at 805 W. Ash Street. Williams says that one half of the duplex was fully involved, with heavy ...

11 years ago
A classic violin and cash is stolen from a vehicle. Salina Police are investigating a vehicle burglary in the 400 block of E. Clafliln. Police say sometime between January 26th and January 29th, someone entered an unlocked 2000 Chevy Cobalt and stole a 1923 Carlo Micelli violin with case valued at $2595. Two violin bows and $95 cash ...

11 years ago
Parts of northern Missouri and northeast Kansas are digging out from a winter storm. National Weather Service meteorologist Jenni Laflin says accumulations of up to 6 to 10 inches were reported Sunday near the Missouri-Iowa border. The Kansas City area got up to 2 inches, but the snow melted quickly across much of the metro. Temperatures dropped ...

11 years ago
Senate Democrats in Kansas say they plan to introduce a bill this week aimed at closing loopholes in open records laws when it comes to private e-mail accounts and electronic devices. The Wichita Eagle reports that the move comes after state budget director Shawn Sullivan used a private email account to send a draft of the ...

11 years ago
Police in south-central Kansas say a 45-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after being shot by officers who say he confronted them with a hunting knife and ax handle. A press release from the Pratt Police Department says officers were dispatched to an apartment complex around 9 p.m. Saturday after a report of a ...

11 years ago
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters rolled into Salina on Sunday,and the "clown princes of basketball" did not disappoint. The Globetrotters brought their family show of dunks, dance, and fun to the Bicentennial Center. The afternoon featured incredible ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious comedy, and lots of interaction with fans young and old. With a little help from ...

11 years ago
Only a matter of days after record setting warmth, bone-chilling cold is on the way. According to the National Weather Service, much colder air will overspread the area, with low temperatures Sunday night into Monday dropping into the single digits and low teens. Wind chills will be even lower, dropping just below zero for several hours very ...

11 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has said he wants to tie school funding to student performance. Brownback discussed the concept Friday while speaking to the Agri-Business Council of Wichita. Brownback said earlier this month that he wanted to ditch the current school-finance formula and fund the state's districts with interim block grants for the next two years. In his ...