5 years ago
The neighborhood around downtown Wichita's new baseball stadium will be subject to a new sales tax. The Wichita City Council voted yesterday to approve a two-percent sales tax for businesses near the new ballpark, which opens in April. Proceeds from the special sales tax will help offset the cost of the 75-million-dollar stadium project.

5 years ago
A man from Bennington was injured in a single vehicle crash early Tuesday morning. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that 18-year-old Nathaniel Jamison was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with non-life threatening injuries following a crash north of Salina on K-143. Deputies say Jamison may have fallen asleep before his 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse ...

5 years ago
A Kansas hunter is in the record books. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism bowhunter Brian Butcher harvested a whitetail buck in Chase County last October that he knew was something special. It wasn’t until the buck’s rack was measured by Boone and Crockett Club certified measurers on Friday, Jan. 3rd, that ...

5 years ago
Saline County Commissioners have allocated special funding to ten different organizations. During their meeting on Tuesday, among other things, commissioners allocated funding through a couple of different funds, the alcohol fund and the parks and recreation fund. Saline County receives a portion of funds derived from the gross receipts tax on alcohol in the unincorporated areas of ...

5 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court will meet in special session later this month to swear in a new justice. Evelyn Wilson will be sworn in on Friday, January 24th. She will fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Lee Johnson. Wilson currently serves as chief judge of the 3rd Judicial District, which is composed of ...

5 years ago
A Concordia man has 10,000 reasons to be excited about the new year. Vonn Malcuit is taking home a $10,000 cash prize from the Kansas Lottery. According to the lottery, Malcuit was already a big fan of the $2 Celebrate Kansas ticket because of the extended play style. Now he has even more reasons to celebrate. “I ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a wide spread damage to property case after numerous mailboxes were destroyed southeast of Salina. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 14 mailboxes at rural properties on E. Water Well Road and S. Simpson Road were smashed and destroyed in the hours between Sunday evening and Monday morning ...

5 years ago
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not running for the Senate. Multiple reports indicate that Pompeo met yesterday with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to tell him that he would not run for the seat currently held by retiring Kansas Senator Pat Roberts. Pompeo served as the Kansas Fourth District Congressman from 2011 to 2017 before ...

5 years ago
On Monday, Jan. 6, Kansas State University police recovered the utility terrain vehicle stolen from Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State Police continue to seek information and help in identifying two suspects in the thefts of the UTV and money from an ATM inside the football stadium. The thefts took place between Dec. 26 and Dec. 29, ...

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly today shared details of a plan to stabilize the state budget and ensure long-term viability of the state employee pension system while protecting KPERS benefits. Kansas accumulated a record level of debt under the previous administration, and the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) fund was shortchanged due to the failed tax ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of three rifles and a compound bow from an attached garage at a home in the 200 block of S. Front Street. Police say sometime between January 2 and January 3, someone entered the garage and stole 3 rifles, a rifle scope, gun case and a compound bow. Total ...