Saline County News

Based on what she can see, Joan Pool would call this a good wheat harvest. The Phillips Seed Farms office manager in Tescott has watched the company's grain elevator overfill with the crop that has far exceeded predictions in north-central Kansas.

The figures, which break population changes down to the city and township level across the state, were released earlier this week.

At 77, Merlin Stephens says he's a little old to shoot off fireworks himself this year.

The Saline County Sheriffa s Office is investigating 3 business burglaries where business account checks had been stolen.

For the first time in nearly 30 years, fireworks will be sold in Saline County. Fireworks stands in Saline County, outside the Salina City Limits, open on Wednesday.

Trooper Craig Davis pulled into the field shortly after 9 p.m. at Old Highway 40 and Gypsum Valley Road and left his vehicle to see if he could assist the driver of the combine that apparently started the blaze, said Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski.

The trooper arrived at the field off US-40 highway and got out of his vehicle to check out the situation.

A Kansas Highway Patrol cruiser burned up on Friday, the Saline County Sheriff's Department said.

Bryan Armstrong divides his emergency management career into two distinct periods: before Sept.

Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski said Shirley, 39, was a passenger on the 2007 Harley Davidson, which was driven by Cody Tenpenny, 29, 241 S. Ninth.

Continuing difficulties in locating witnesses led prosecutor Christina Trocheck to request a delay Wednesday in the preliminary hearing for three men charged in connection with the attempted murder of a Salina man who was later found shot to death in his home.

At a news conference Tuesday, Marcia Demuth, one of the fair organizers, said a total of 1,850 Saline County students in kindergarten through 12th grade are expected to be eligible for the backpacks, which are provided by the Salina Area United Way in partnership with the Saline County Back to School Fair and The Volunteer Connection.

Although the opponents claimed to have 2,150 signatures gathered, the Saline County Clerka s office could find only 1,757 on the 90 pages of petitions that were turned in by Gary Swartzendruber and Beth Owens on June 9. Opponents are seeking to have the ordinance, which took effect May 2, repealed.

The ruling Friday was the outcome of a second trial in the case. Dixon first was convicted in 2002 but successfully appealed.

He began harvesting what appears to be a good crop Thursday, and kept the combines running more than four hours.

Saline County Clerk Don Merriman tells KSAL News that the petition needed 1,390 valid signatures.

The four arrests from the most wanted list now make a total of eleven who have been arrested this month.

Linda Leander and Don Merriman look over some signatures on petitions on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at the Saline County Clerk's office.

Saline County commissioners are to conduct their yearly review of a five-year plan for use of Kansas Department of Transportation grant funds for bridge replacement at their weekly formal meeting Tuesday.

This old horse does not really need another beating, but we can't help but comment on Saline County Commission's lifting of its fireworks ban.