11 years ago
Kansas legislators are starting work on school funding issues after a state Supreme Court ruling, and Attorney General Derek Schmidt is telling them they have many options. Schmidt was briefing House Republicans on Monday. He said the high court left legislators with some discretion in addressing constitutional flaws in the state's school funding system. The court ruled ...

11 years ago
Salina City Commissioners Monday addressed the topic of smoking, and to be precise, hookah and vapor bars. Salina City Manager Jason Gage told commissioners that there are currently two vapor bars operating in Salina. There are not any hookah bars operating. In general, a hookah bar is a tobacco bar. There is a request to open a ...

11 years ago
Community Access Television receives a large donation. A donation from the James R. Allen Donor Advised Trust was made the amount of $24,366.00. Bart and Theresa Allen requested the gift. This is the largest donation ever given in the history of Community Access Television. According to the organization, Executive Director Marnie Rhein and the staff are ...

11 years ago
As temperatures warm up around central Kansas, gardeners are dreaming again about getting their hands in the soil. Jason Graves, Central Kansas District Horticulture Extension Agent stopped into the KSAL Morning News Monday and said his phone has been ringing, "We're starting to get a lot of calls about soil temps," he said. "There are methods you ...

11 years ago
A federal judge spared a Wichita businesswoman from prison, but imposed a $25,000 fine for selling fake luxury goods. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Monday sentenced Glenda Sue Morgan to five years of probation and ordered her to make payments of not less than $500 a month toward the fine. She pleaded guilty in October ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary. Staff at Lorenson Welding, 218 W. Elm, contacted SPD after an inventory revealed that a Snap-On Tool box was missing. The red tool box which is valued at $900, 38-inches by 4-foot by 2-feet, was kept in a store room and had no tools in the drawers. Police say there was ...

11 years ago
Salina Police arrest a woman in connection to a miscellaneous theft case. Multiple items were stolen from the 1400 block of Osborne on December 12th, including gold jewelry and various collectables. The property also sustained damage to a storm window. Total loss and damage is estimated at over $1000. Police arrested 44 year old Kaylene Denise Sheffield of ...

11 years ago
Police arrest a man after he allegedly stole a jewelry collection from his grandmother. Salina Police arrested 34-year-old James Curtis Walle, 1716 Summers Rd, after he allegedly removed numerous pieces of gold jewelry from his grandmother's home in the 600 block of Huehl Circle, and sold it without her permission. Police say he sold over $4,000 worth ...

11 years ago
Salina Police arrest a woman who had been writing and passing counterfeit checks. Christine Elizabeth Rice faces charges on 14 counts of forgery, one count misdemeanor theft and one count felony theft from forging checks between November 1st and January 16th. The checks were stolen from Steven Jacobs of Salina, and written in town. Checks were also ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after a vehicle was damaged in the Central Mall parking lot. Officers were called after someone damaged an SUV. Police say sometime between 2-4 p.m. Friday someone vandalized a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer at 2259 S. 9th St. The vehicle was dented at the passenger rear near the wheel well. Total ...

11 years ago
Weather experts in Kansas say people should not trust in myths to keep them safe during severe weather. A legend called the Tonganoxie Split, for example, purports the hills divert severe weather away from the Kansas City metropolitan area, Lawrence and Tonganoxie. But in fact, a tornado hit Tonganoxie in 2000, causing $2.1 million in damage ...