11 years ago
Federal and state agriculture officials are setting 568 traps across Kansas to detect and prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer. The beetle has killed millions of ash trees since it was first discovered in North America in 2002. In Kansas, it was found in Wyandotte County in 2012 and Johnson County in 2013. Kansas is ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Senate has rejected a proposal to keep concealed guns out of libraries and local community centers. Senators considered Kansas City Democrat Pat Pettey's proposal Tuesday before giving first-round approval to a bill stripping cities and counties of their power to regulate guns. Pettey offered her proposal as an amendment. The Senate rejected it on a ...

11 years ago
Federal election officials are asking a federal judge to stay his order that the agency help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring voters to prove their U.S. citizenship. The court filing Monday comes after U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren ruled on March 19 that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission should immediately modify a national voter ...

11 years ago
A Kansas House committee has approved a bill declaring that the federal government has no authority to regulate prairie chickens or their habitat in the state. The measure is a response to the federal government's listing last week of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species. Members of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee approved ...

11 years ago
Budget committees in the Kansas House and Senate are working on competing proposals to increase aid to poor school districts to satisfy a recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling. The House Appropriations and Senate Ways and Means committees met into Tuesday evening. Both were considering proposals to boost aid to poor districts by $129 million during the ...

11 years ago
Several citizens spoke out against the new executive director of the Saline County Health Department Tuesday morning, including one former employee accusing him of sexual harassment. Melissa Lill of Brookville spoke out during the public forum session of the Saline County Commission televised meeting against the hiring of Bronson Farmer as the health department's new executive ...

11 years ago
A burn ban continues in Saline County. According to the Saline County Emergency Management Office warm, dry and windy weather conditions continue to create an extreme fire hazard in the grass and crop lands of Saline County. Once started, these fires are difficult to control and strain firefighting manpower and resources. The County Commissioners have ordered ...

11 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo welcomes two new arrivals. According to the zoo, two new scimitar-horned oryx have arrived. The addition of the two males marks the return of the species to Rolling Hills. Previously, Sahara and Sahel were part of the zoo family, but had both passed away. The two oryx, Ndamukong, who will be four years ...

11 years ago
The audience will be seeing things at Salina Community Theatre this weekend, as the play "Harvey" comes to life. Director Gary Demuth says the comedy turns seventy this year, "There's a reason it's a classic, and it's still charming, relevant and every time it's done there's new life," he said. The story is driven by the eccentric ...

11 years ago
With the help from numerous Salina and Kansas departments, the I-135/I-70 Drug Task Force carried out six search warrants stemming from a long-term investigation into drug violations by a group of Salina citizens on Monday. Warrants were issued for Jerry Lee Robinson, Jr., 34, 1 Willow Court; Jacob Wayne Thompson, 25, 115 West Wilson; Zacari Dwayne ...

11 years ago
Numerous items were reported stolen yesterday to Salina Police after the owner of a farmstead garage finds her property forcefully entered. Sometime between December 25, 2013 and March 31, 2014 the property on E. Gray Rd. in Northeast Saline County owned by Fern Darnell, 66, of Salina was broken into. The suspect entered into the building ...