11 years ago
The Wichita City Council has reaffirmed its decision to rename Mid-Continent Airport to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport a day after the city's airport advisory board voted 10-1 against the change. Tuesday's 5-2 council vote was the same as in March, when members first approved the change. It was largely a symbolic vote and cleared ...

11 years ago
An Arizona couple has given Kansas State University $1.5 million toward the expansion of the College of Engineering. The university announced the gift from Tucson residents Alan and Jan Levin on Tuesday. The Levins are natives of Kensington, Kan., and own Century Park Properties LLC in Tucson. The donation will help complete the fourth phase of the ...

11 years ago
Leaders of the top Kansas teachers' union are vowing to continue the fight through November's elections against the Legislature's vote to eliminate tenure. Lawmakers inserted the provision Sunday into a bill that increases state funding for public schools. The measure is now on Gov. Sam Brownback's desk. The Kansas National Education Association said Tuesday that ...

11 years ago
The new director of the Saline County Health Department has been on the job for only two days, and has already discovered a major problem. Bronson Farmer met with Saline County Commissioners Monday afternoon for an update session on the agency. Farmer, who started the new position on Monday, said that he spent the day working with ...

11 years ago
After deliberating for about two hours a jury finds an Abilene man guilty of a Salina murder. Jurors late Tuesday morning found Dane DeWeese guilty of 1st degree murder and guilty of conspiracy in connection with the disappearance and murder of Kristin Tyler. The case began last Spring when Tyler disappeared on April 25th. Her body ...

11 years ago
The final numbers are in, and voters pass the Salina School Bond issue. Saline County Clerk Don Merriman released the final results Tuesday afternoon. YES: 8,779 NO: 5,934 Merriman said there are still 53 provisional ballots left to count. Merriman says that there were 300 envelopes not signed, so those votes were not counted. The $110.7 million bond ...

11 years ago
A Salina man has been arrested after stealing video games from a retail store. Salina Police were called to Kmart (400 S. Broadway) Monday morning for a shoplifting in progress at 11:39 a.m. Clinton Thompson, 25, attempted to flee officers, but was pursued and arrested near a creek behind the store. Capt. Chris Trocheck tells KSAL news that ...

11 years ago
George Logan Meinhardt, 33, of Salina was arrested on Monday in connection to a high speed chase on April 1. Meinhardt fled police after an officer recognized him driving a dark blue Ford Rausch mustang as a suspended driver. The chase began near Ninth St. and South Broadway and escalated southbound as Meinhardt pulled into the ...

11 years ago
Organizers Tuesday morning unveiled some of the plans for the 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival. The annual celebration of the arts this year is June 12th - June 15th in Oakdale Park. This year there will be 34 food booths. Many favorites will be back, along with several new ones.  The Ninja Express featuring oriental food, ...

11 years ago
At 4:46 p.m. Monday, Salina police were involved in a high speed chase starting near the intersection of Centennial Road and West Republic in which speeds of 80 mph were reached. Capt. Chris Trocheck tells KSAL news that a patrolling officer recognized the driver of the silver Ford passenger car as a person wanted on felony ...

11 years ago
No drunk driver are caught DUI Saturation Patrol. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 30 cars were stopped between the hours of 10:00 PM and 2:00 AM. Three drivers were given standardized field sobriety tests. No drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. There were no alcohol-related arrests. Numerous ...