11 years ago
In just a couple of days three of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The new list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line Saturday. Already, three of them have been arrested. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office Jerimy Carlson, Kala Davidson, and Travis Glavin have all been caught. They were wanted for crimes that include aggravated ...

11 years ago
The Medal of Honor awarded in April to the Rev. Emil Kapaun has returned to his Kansas home. Kapaun's family presented the award to the town of Pilsen Sunday during Father Kapaun Day, an annual celebration that was especially noteworthy this year. In April, President Barack Obama conferred the award on Kapaun to honor his heroism while ...

11 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is expected to sign the tax plan pushed through the Kansas Legislature by its GOP leaders. The measure raises new revenues for the state to prevent future budget shortfalls while still cutting individual income tax rates in the future. It's designed to close projected budget cuts caused by massive income tax cuts ...

11 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has failed to gain authority he's sought to prosecute election fraud allegations because the state House rejected a bill containing the proposal. The House's vote of 64-45 early Sunday was against compromise legislation drafted by House and Senate negotiators. The two chambers approved similar versions of Kobach's proposals earlier this year. ...

11 years ago
Kansas legislators finished their business for the year after stretching the 99th day of their annual session well past midnight. The Senate adjourned at just after 2 a.m. Sunday. The House followed 11 minutes later. The only remaining scheduled business is a brief, formal adjournment ceremony on June 20. Lawmakers left the Statehouse after giving final approval to ...

11 years ago
Salina City Commissioners will consider allowing Sunday liquor sales. At their Monday meeting commissioners will discuss the topic, and consider an ordinance. The issue first arose back on May 20th when the commission was discussing a change in the law to allow packaged liquor sales at a new microbrewery under construction in Downtown Salina. Current Salina law ...

11 years ago
Southwest Airlines has begun service to Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport. Wichita city officials said in a release that Southwest's first flight from Chicago arrived in Wichita on Sunday afternoon. Mayor Carl Brewer says the addition of Southwest will beef up economic development efforts for the south-central Kansas city. Southwest's initial schedule includes two daily flights to Dallas, Chicago ...

11 years ago
It took ten days, but Sunday morning the 2013 Festival Quest ended. This year's coveted medallion turned out to be a cast of a bean pod, with a note inside it. Shortly after Sunday's clue was released, Denise Tarver of Salina found the prize. The pod shaped medallion was discovered in a public green space, just north ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run accident. Acording to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 62-year-old Lewis Grider of 1007 Hartford was arrested late Friday evening. Grider is accused of hitting 49-year-old Gail Lynne Kline, who was riding a bicycle on West Crawford Street west of Salina Friday morning. She was found ...

11 years ago
Four people are hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 west of Salina Saturday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2004 Pontiac Bonneville passenger car and a 1998 Dodge Durango SUV were headed west. The car rear-ended the SUV. Both vehicles slid into the north ditch,  and the SUV rolled. The driver of the car, ...

11 years ago
A ceremony at a Hawaii national cemetery will honor an Army chaplain from Kansas who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In April, President Barack Obama awarded the nation's highest military honor to Capt. Emil Kapaun, who risked his life dodging gunfire to provide medical and spiritual aid to wounded soldiers before dying in captivity ...