Salina: Smoking ban challenged

A group opposing a limited smoking ban in restaurants has presented petitions seeking to repeal the ban.

Gary Swartzendruber, leader of the Coalition for Reasonable People, presented county officials with petitions bearing 3,833 signatures of registered voters on Monday.

If 1,606 of the signatures are certified by the County Clerk’s Office, the Salina City Commission could choose to either repeal the ordinance or put it on the August primary ballot for voters to decide.

The ordinance would allow smoking in restaurants only between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Leonardville: Tanker driver arrested after U.S. 24 milk spill

A tanker truck carrying about 60,000 gallons of milk overturned and spilled its load across U.S. Highway 24 in Riley County.

The spill of milk and diesel fuel closed off part of the highway after the accident about 11 p.m. Thursday. Emergency crews contained the liquid.

The driver was treated for minor injuries in Manhattan, then arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, police said.

Arcadia: Body found floating in strip pit is identified

A body found in a strip pit has been identified as that of a missing Fort Scott woman.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office on Friday identified the body as Mary Susan Taylor, 52. She had been a missing person since last month.

Her body was found June 29, floating in a strip pit about one mile northwest of Arcadia.

The case is being investigated as a homicide.