Tim Horan
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Abilene fires City Manager
After two executive sessions, the Abilene City Commission voted 4-0 to terminate the services of City Manager Austin Gilley.Directly asked by a member of → Read More
Directors to leave Great Plains Theatre
Great Plains Theatre Executive Director Margaret Clair and Artistic Director Randal West are leaving Abilene.According to an email sent out by a staff → Read More
Freezing rain causing crashes in northwest Kansas
GOODLAND — A winter weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service until 6 p.m. today for counties in northwest Kansas.Light freezing drizzle was falling across most of the area this morning. A rollover crash on Interstate Highway 70 near Colby was attributed to icy road conditions. The freezing drizzle was expected to continue through this morning, then gradually change over… → Read More
Law offices burglarized in downtown Salina
Two downtown Salina law offices were burglarized and ransacked overnight Tuesday.Capt. Paul Forrester, of the Salina Police Department, said the law offices of Marietta, Kellogg and Price, 148 S. Seventh, were broken into between 5:20 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday. About $825 in cash was stolen. Damage to the door was estimated at $1,000.During those same hours, the front door was broken at… → Read More
Still in charge
BELOIT — “I’m still responsible (for Kansas government),” Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback told students Tuesday at St. John’s Catholic School, in response to a question about turning over duties to Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer.Brownback said he could not comment on his confirmation as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, but he said a vote could occur soon.If Brownback is… → Read More
Rescue dog in training to find trapped people
All arson-sniffing dogs can detect the presence of gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, lighter fluid and 10 other accelerants.Hoke, the Salina Fire Department’s new arson dog, also can detect a 15th smell: carbon dioxide. That enables him to find live people trapped under rubble.“That’s how that dog differentiates between a dead person and a live person,” said Salina Fire Marshal Troy Long . “A… → Read More
The bear is back
ABILENE — More than a year after it was stolen, the Russell Stover bear is back.“The bear has been located,” said Sgt. Mark Haaga, of the Abilene Police Department.Officers with the Abilene Police Department found the stolen bear at an undisclosed location in Salina Wednesday morning, he said.According to Haaga police have a suspect in the theft, but no arrests have been made. Police are still… → Read More
Topeka man seriously injured in one-vehicle crash on Saline County road
A Topeka man was in serious condition at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in Wichita Wednesday morning after being injured Tuesday night in a one-vehicle crash.Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said Jason Powell, 41, was driving a Toyota Scion west in the 6800 block of Country Club Road about 9:45 p.m. when the vehicle left the road to the north. The car hit a driveway and went airborne… → Read More
Windows shot out at expo center
Fourteen windows in buildings at the Saline County Livestock and Expo Center in Kenwood Park were shot out with a BB gun.Undersheriff Brent Melander said that between 6 p.m. Monday and 7:15 a.m. Tuesday two windows in Kenwood Hall, eight windows in Ag Hall and two in the 4-H Building where damaged.Damage was estimated at $1,000. → Read More
County not ready for talk of new jail
Saline County commissioners agreed at their Tuesday meeting that they aren't ready to present to voters in November a proposal for a new jail. → Read More
Alabama man accused of strangling woman
An Alabama man is accused of strangling and threatening to kill a 21-year-old woman at a Salina hotel Tuesday.Capt. Paul Forrester, of the Salina Police → Read More
Tax form on a postcard?
Fourteen questions on a 5-inch by 7-inch postcard.That's how Rep. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, would like to see the majority of Kansans file their federal income taxes in the future.Can it really be that simple?“It will be if the Senate approves our tax plan. Ninety percent of Kansans will be filling out this postcard,” Marshall said. “Right now 80 percent of Kansans do not itemize.”The House tax… → Read More
Adopt-a-family program growing
During his Thanksgiving break from college, Rayne Schmidtberger bought shoes, shirts and jeans, but they weren’t Black Friday deals.He was volunteering for Catholic Charities’ Adopt-a-Family program, which made him realize just how much need there was for Christmas gifts for Salina area families.“I didn’t really know, obviously, the magnitude that they do here. That expanded my knowledge of it… → Read More
Large crowds swarm to Moran town hall meetings
CLAY CENTER — People came from Wichita, Kansas City, Manhattan, Concordia. Some who attended Sen. Jerry Moran’s town hall meeting on Saturday were actually from Clay Center.More people were standing than sitting in the Tasty Pastry during the Saturday meeting. At one point, an employee had to clear a path so customers could get to the back counter to make purchases.Several in the audience… → Read More
Moran grilled about tax cuts for rich, health care
CLAY CENTER — He stopped short of promising to vote against the tax reform bill that passed the U.S. House last week, but Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, said he will not support a tax bill that just helps the wealthy.“I do think a tax code that encourages a business to stay here and grow here is something we ought to try to pursue. I am for some tax bill,” Moran told more than 150 people who… → Read More
Spike strip stops fleeing car, plus 3 others
The vehicle of a driver who was attempting to elude Kansas Highway Patrol troopers was stopped by a spike strip Friday — but so were three other vehicles, Sheriff Roger Soldan said.Deputies assisting the troopers laid down the spike strip on the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 shortly after 5 p.m. The strip was placed on a bridge between the Ninth and Ohio street entrances to stop a tan… → Read More
Blanchard accused of violating ethics policy
City Commissioner Jon Blanchard said Monday he probably violated the city ethics policy when he released to the Salina Journal unredacted documents relating to the city’s ending a contract with the chamber of commerce in 2014.Those documents showed the city did not pay the entire amount owed to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce for 2013 and didn’t offer a contract in 2014 because of a… → Read More
Salina honors veterans
Everyone in the audience that could, and even some that probably shouldn’t, stood during the playing of the national anthem during Veterans Day ceremonies Saturday at the War Memorial in Salina's Sunset Park.Despite a cold, windy day and a light mist, most stood during the entire 25-minute ceremony.“I admire them,” said George Dolezal, 90, of those attending the ceremony. Dolezal, of Salina,… → Read More
Crisis center will benefit adults
Saving lives by reducing the number of suicides would be the primary benefit of an adult crisis stabilization center, said Kathy Mosher, executive director of Central Kansas Mental Health Center.“We want to save lives and keep families together and in doing that, we intend to decrease the amount of suicides and other deaths in our community. That is the primary role,” she said.But there also is… → Read More
Woman out $1,200 in shipping scam
A 22-year-old rural Salina woman is out $1,200 after trying to sell her sofa online.Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said the woman posted her → Read More