11 years ago
Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp has revised his plans for raffling off tickets to men's college basketball games for small campaign contributions because of legal questions. Huelskamp announced Tuesday he's no longer requiring a donation of at least $10 for a chance to win four tickets to NCAA men's tournament games this week in St. Louis. Kansas, ...

11 years ago
A new airline has been chosen to provide commercial service from the central Kansas community of Great Bend. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued an order Monday granting Portland, Ore.-based SeaPort Airlines a two-year contract under the federal Essential Air Service program. The announcement comes less than a week after Great Lakes Airlines notified the city it ...

11 years ago
Dry conditions prompt a burn ban in Saline County. According to the Saline County Emergency Management Office, effective Tuesday, the county commission declared a State of Local Disaster Emergency to ban open burning operations in Saline County. This resolution is in effect for seven days for all cities and townships within Saline County. Saline County has ...

11 years ago
Police in Ohio have arrested a former Kansas man in connection with bomb threats made at two Dodge City restaurants. The Hutchinson News reports the 30-year-old former Dodge City resident was arrested Monday morning in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, on a Ford County warrant for aggravated criminal threat and two counts of criminal threat. Dodge City police say ...

11 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after a vehicle is damaged at a Salina business. According to Lt. Sean Morton a 2005 Chevy Impala was damaged in the parking area of Great Plains  sometime between 4 p.m. and 3 a.m. March 17th through March 18th. The owner of the vehicle who is an employee of ...

11 years ago
A key Kansas senator says legislators are going back and looking at all recommendations for education funding in order to comply with a court mandate to boost school aid. Sen. Tom Arpke says the Senate Ways and Means Committee anticipated reopening discussions of the public school budget on Thursday. Arpke and two senators met briefly Monday to ...

11 years ago
A Salina man admits to a federal gun crime. Acording to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, 45-year-old Stephen M. Smith, Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. In his plea, Smith admitted that he possessed a .40 caliber handgun when he was arrested Sept. 6, 2013, ...

11 years ago
Police are looking for a suspect who was attempting to steal spools of wire from Westar Energy. Salina Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that a white, male ran away from the dock area at 1001 Edison on Saturday morning at about 5:45am. A worker arrived to find the suspect lining up eleven spools of copper ...

11 years ago
Fires kept rural firefighter crews busy over the weekend. According to Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a Morton Building burned down Saturday while a hay loft in a barn was damaged by fire on Sunday. Captain Soldan tells KSAL News that Rural Fire District #7 responded to a fire at 2752 W. ...

11 years ago
A locker in an apartment hallway is broken into. Police are investigating the theft of three duffel bags that were stolen from a wooden locker box in an apartment hallway at 2130 E. Crawford sometime between February 16th and March 16th. Someone apparently cut the padlock to gain access. The owner told officers the bags ...

11 years ago
A house and several older vehicles were damaged after a grass fire grew and engulfed the back of a house at 4533 S. Burma Road on Friday. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that a squirrel was electrocuted on an overhead Westar wire and fell to the ground, igniting the ...