February 2, 2016, 9:00 am
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A group of hearty volunteers is getting ready to go off the deep end, and take an icy dip. The Salina Polar Plunge event to help support Kansas Special Olympics is Saturday, February 20th, at the Webster Conference Center.
The event features an entire morning of activities, including a "Polar 5k" run, a costume contest, and a pancake feed.
A pancake feed will begin the day, starting at 7:30 in the morning.
Registration for the run, and plunge, begins at 8:30. The run is at 9:30, awards are at 11:15, followed by the highlight of the day, the plunge off the dock into ...
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February 2, 2016, 10:06 am
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On a day Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow and predicted an early spring - Central Kansas Extension Agent Jason Graves stopped into the KSAL Morning News with a look getting your garden soil ready.
"Soil is a great thing to focus on during the off season," Graves said.
"Consider that if you have not done that in the last couple of years we do that down at the Extension Office. You can bring your soil in we can get it tested for you and get results back."
Graves recommends taking samples from six different areas in your garden.
"Go down six inches or ...
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February 2, 2016, 1:22 pm
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Kansas transportation officials are discouraging travel to western Kansas as a massive winter storm continues causing extreme travel problems.
The Kansas Department of Transportation says snow and high winds have forced many highways to close west of Salina. That has resulted in hotels filling up and tractor-trailers being stranded along highways.
As of Tuesday afternoon westbound Interstate 70 was closed from Salina to the Colorado border, while eastbound I-70 was closed from the Colorado state line to Hays.
The Transportation Department says several other highways in northwestern Kansas are closed, while highways in the southwest part of the state are snow-packed and icy.
KDOT ...
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February 2, 2016, 1:46 pm
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Court documents show a federal raid of a hunting lodge in the Flint Hills capped a months-long investigation that included the use of undercover hunters, GPS tracking of vehicles and camera surveillance.
Federal agents executed the search warrant on Jan. 26 on Eagle Head Outfitters Lodge in Grenola. Court documents filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas show authorities seized cameras, phones, photos, firearms, ledgers, waterfowl and other items.
Its owner, Josh Hedges, did not respond to telephone and email messages seeking comment.
The U.S. attorney's office said Monday that no charges have been filed.
Prosecutors typically don't make charging decisions until months ...
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February 2, 2016, 3:07 pm
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Frustrated by a lack of progress in repairing a railroad crossing at the 3300 block of East County Club Road, Saline County Commissioners instructed County Counselor Mike Montoya to notify the Union Pacific Railroad, Scoular Grain, and Exline. A series of complaints last August prompted the County to reduce the speed and place road hazard signs. Today, Commissioners spoke of the possibility of closing the road, as an alternative.
Going Out to Bid to Remodel Road & Bridge Shop
County Commissioners directed Road & Bridge Director Gary Nash to get bids to make a “bare minimum” set of improvements to the Road ...
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February 3, 2016, 6:30 am
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HAYS, Kan. (AP) - Residents of northwest Kansas are digging out from a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on some areas.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jessica Hill says 4 to 15 inches of snow fell across the region before the storm moved out Tuesday afternoon. She says wind gusts of up to 50 mph blew the snow into large drifts in some areas.
The snow left many roads in the region packed with snow and icy. Part of Interstate 70 was closed for several hours Tuesday before reopening in the evening. But the Kansas Department of Transportation reports ...
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February 3, 2016, 8:31 am
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Police are looking for a thief who allegedly embezzled a large amount of money from a Salina man's disability account. 38-year-old Nathan Thompson reported that between June 25th of 2015 and February 2nd 0f 2016, money was embezzled from his account. Total loss is estimated $8,830.
A Wichita man's phone was stolen as he was making deliveries in Salina. Police say that 35-year-old Michael Olmstead was making a delivery in Salina Wednesday morning at the Dillons grocery store in Sunset Plaza. Sometime between 5:00 in the morning and 5:27 in the morning an iPhone 6 was stolen from his unlocked delivery ...
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February 3, 2016, 8:44 am
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The craft show at the Smoky Hill River Festival is one of the top 50 in the country.
According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the national ranking of the Smoky Hill River Festival’s Four Rivers Craft Show rose 57 slots in the annual Art Fair SourceBook ranking for 2015, released January 16.
The Four Rivers Craft Show ranked 42nd last year, up from 99th in the country’s top 100 fine craft shows in 2014, according to the Art Fair SoureBook of Nashville, TN a recognized resource for high-caliber show artists and event organizers.
The AFSB rankings are based on participating artist reported show ...
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February 3, 2016, 9:00 am
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Work at a Salina quarry has been recognized for its conservation efforts with a Governor's Award.
According to Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation, Alsop Sand Co. Inc. of Concordia has been awarded the 2015 Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award for their reclamation work at their Salina quarry. This award is presented to a company that demonstrated excellence in implementing mined land reclamation and conveying a positive image of mining in Kansas.
The reclaimed area covers 160 acres on the southeast edge of Salina. A 34-acre lake is the centerpiece for the reclaimed sand dredge operation. Alsop Sand sloped and seeded ...
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February 3, 2016, 11:01 am
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A man of firsts will be highlighted during the First Thursday Presentation tomorrow at the Smoky Hill Museum.
Robert Caldwell was born in Pittsburgh, Kansas just before WW I, and broke social barriers to became the first African-American Mayor in Salina.
Marie Johnson joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look back at Caldwell, "What is significant is that in 1970 he was just one of 135 African-American mayors in the United States,"Johnson said.
Johnson has done extensive research on Robert Caldwell who was also the first black teacher in a Salina integrated school.
Johnson added his integrity and trust from his ...
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February 3, 2016, 12:49 pm
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school administrators to be prosecuted for presented material perceived as harmful to minors.
The bill passed the Senate last year and was considered in a House committee Tuesday. It stems from a 2014 controversy in the Shawnee Mission school district over a poster in a sex education classroom that listed oral sex and other acts as ways people express their sexual feelings.
Currently, state law protects school officials against the misdemeanor charge of presenting harmful material to minors if it's part of a lesson. The proposed legislation ...
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February 3, 2016, 12:53 pm
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts in connection with a plot to plant a bomb outside an Army post in northeast Kansas.
John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, changed his pleas to guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use an explosive device to damage government property. A plea agreement with prosecutors recommends that he be sentenced to 30 years in prison on the first charge and 20 years on the second charge, to be served at the ...
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February 3, 2016, 1:07 pm
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A former Manhattan banker will serve time in federal prison for embezzlement.
According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, the former branch manager of Kansas State Bank was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for embezzlement. In addition, she was ordered to pay $277,000 in restitution.
34-year-old Melissa Vinsonhaler pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from a bank. In her plea, she admitted the crime occurred while she was branch manager of Kansas State Bank on East Highway 24 in Manhattan. She embezzled $277,000 from the bank and made false entries in the bank’s ledger to cover up the ...
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February 3, 2016, 4:02 pm
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A small portion of Downtown Salina looked a little like Christmas Wednesday evening. Bright colored winter scarves were wrapped around trees, poles, and meters in an alley between Santa Fe and 7th Street.
The scarves were not decorations. They were gifts for those who might be trying to fight off the cold.
Each scarf had a small note attached to it, saying it was free for the taking. The scarves were left in area where the homeless often travel, and would be a welcome bit of warmth from the cold.
The note indicated that the scarves were left by an organization called Salina ...
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February 4, 2016, 4:33 am
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A former White House photographer offered a behind the lens look at what goes on behind scenes in Washington DC politics during a presentation in Salina Wednesday night. Retired White House Press Corps member Mark Reinstein spoke at Kansas Wesleyan University.
Reinstein began as a freelance photographer for The Washington Star. He worked for Time magazine until he was assigned to cover the White House at the end of President Jimmy Carter’s term. He continued on the White House beat through President Bill Clinton's term.
During his presentation, Reinstein showed a selection of his favorite photographs from each era, and shared anecdotes. ...
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February 4, 2016, 7:47 am
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - A mason working at Kansas State University has found an 88-year-old handwritten note that gives a glimpse into the lives of laborers in 1928.
The mason found the note in a tobacco can he encountered in December while restoring and replacing stones at Kansas State University's East Memorial Stadium in Manhattan.
A Facebook post from the Kansas State Historical Preservation Office says the five authors dated the note Feb. 2, 1928, and wrote that they hope the letter is found someday in the future, perhaps after they've died.
University archivist Cliff Hight says the document will be sent to ...
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February 4, 2016, 10:47 am
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Former KSAL Sports Director Chris Allison is in San Francisco this week for Super Bowl 50 covering the Carolina Panthers.
Allison is now part of 730 ESPN in Charlotte and joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at the NFL's biggest show.
"This is my first Super Bowl," he said.
"The media center is incredible where all your television and national radio shows are being held. It's a circus to say the least."
Allison left Salina for sports radio KGSO in Wichita about ten years ago and then made the jump to Charlotte in the Fall of 2013.
Allison noted with all ...
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February 4, 2016, 12:55 pm
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The Greater Salina Community Foundation is pleased to a call for grant applications from the YW Legacy Fund. This fund makes grants to initiatives that support the mission of the former YWCA in our community. Approximately $20,800 in grant funds will be available this year for multiple projects.
Grant requests should address one or more of the following criteria:
• Encourage women’s growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision for peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people
• Help children attain their greatest potential
• Create an environment to assist in the physical and mental health and well-being of ...
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February 4, 2016, 7:18 pm
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Emmy-Award winning journalist John Stossel brought his message of less government to Salina Thursday. The former co-anchor and correspondent for ABC's "20/20" and current Fox Business News host was the featured speaker in front of about 800 people at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Banquet.
Stossel spoke about his career as a consumer affairs reporter, and how his views evolved over time.
Stossel believes that the best thing for the country, and for the economy, is a smaller government with much less regulation. "Market competition protects us much better than government regulation," he said. He referred to the ...
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February 5, 2016, 7:15 am
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Sometime between 11:00 PM on January 30, 2016 and 1:00 PM on January 31, 2016 an unsecured vehicle was entered at 430 Regent.
The following items were taken:
Henry Lever Action .22 Rifle
Benelli Model 90 Synthetic 12 Gauge Shotgun
Remington 770 Synthetic .270 Bolt Action Rifle
Camouflage backpack
Jump start battery pack
Black K-Bar Knife
Wood K-Bar Knife
Loss and damage is estimated at $1,320.
If you have any information concerning who committed this crime, call Crimestoppers at 825- TIPS, text SATIPS to CRIMES (274637), or visit www.pd.salina.org and follow Crimestoppers
link to submit a web tip. You may receive a cash reward of up to $1,000 and you are ...
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A group of hearty volunteers is getting ready to go off the deep end, and take an icy dip. The Salina Polar Plunge event to help support Kansas Special Olympics is Saturday, February 20th, at the Webster Conference Center.
The event features an entire morning of activities, including a "Polar 5k" run, a costume contest, and a pancake feed.
A pancake feed will begin the day, starting at 7:30 in the morning.
Registration for the run, and plunge, begins at 8:30. The run is at 9:30, awards are at 11:15, followed by the highlight of the day, the plunge off the dock into ...
On a day Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow and predicted an early spring - Central Kansas Extension Agent Jason Graves stopped into the KSAL Morning News with a look getting your garden soil ready.
"Soil is a great thing to focus on during the off season," Graves said.
"Consider that if you have not done that in the last couple of years we do that down at the Extension Office. You can bring your soil in we can get it tested for you and get results back."
Graves recommends taking samples from six different areas in your garden.
"Go down six inches or ...
Kansas transportation officials are discouraging travel to western Kansas as a massive winter storm continues causing extreme travel problems.
The Kansas Department of Transportation says snow and high winds have forced many highways to close west of Salina. That has resulted in hotels filling up and tractor-trailers being stranded along highways.
As of Tuesday afternoon westbound Interstate 70 was closed from Salina to the Colorado border, while eastbound I-70 was closed from the Colorado state line to Hays.
The Transportation Department says several other highways in northwestern Kansas are closed, while highways in the southwest part of the state are snow-packed and icy.
KDOT ...
Court documents show a federal raid of a hunting lodge in the Flint Hills capped a months-long investigation that included the use of undercover hunters, GPS tracking of vehicles and camera surveillance.
Federal agents executed the search warrant on Jan. 26 on Eagle Head Outfitters Lodge in Grenola. Court documents filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas show authorities seized cameras, phones, photos, firearms, ledgers, waterfowl and other items.
Its owner, Josh Hedges, did not respond to telephone and email messages seeking comment.
The U.S. attorney's office said Monday that no charges have been filed.
Prosecutors typically don't make charging decisions until months ...
Frustrated by a lack of progress in repairing a railroad crossing at the 3300 block of East County Club Road, Saline County Commissioners instructed County Counselor Mike Montoya to notify the Union Pacific Railroad, Scoular Grain, and Exline. A series of complaints last August prompted the County to reduce the speed and place road hazard signs. Today, Commissioners spoke of the possibility of closing the road, as an alternative.
Going Out to Bid to Remodel Road & Bridge Shop
County Commissioners directed Road & Bridge Director Gary Nash to get bids to make a “bare minimum” set of improvements to the Road ...
HAYS, Kan. (AP) - Residents of northwest Kansas are digging out from a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on some areas.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jessica Hill says 4 to 15 inches of snow fell across the region before the storm moved out Tuesday afternoon. She says wind gusts of up to 50 mph blew the snow into large drifts in some areas.
The snow left many roads in the region packed with snow and icy. Part of Interstate 70 was closed for several hours Tuesday before reopening in the evening. But the Kansas Department of Transportation reports ...
Police are looking for a thief who allegedly embezzled a large amount of money from a Salina man's disability account. 38-year-old Nathan Thompson reported that between June 25th of 2015 and February 2nd 0f 2016, money was embezzled from his account. Total loss is estimated $8,830.
A Wichita man's phone was stolen as he was making deliveries in Salina. Police say that 35-year-old Michael Olmstead was making a delivery in Salina Wednesday morning at the Dillons grocery store in Sunset Plaza. Sometime between 5:00 in the morning and 5:27 in the morning an iPhone 6 was stolen from his unlocked delivery ...
The craft show at the Smoky Hill River Festival is one of the top 50 in the country.
According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the national ranking of the Smoky Hill River Festival’s Four Rivers Craft Show rose 57 slots in the annual Art Fair SourceBook ranking for 2015, released January 16.
The Four Rivers Craft Show ranked 42nd last year, up from 99th in the country’s top 100 fine craft shows in 2014, according to the Art Fair SoureBook of Nashville, TN a recognized resource for high-caliber show artists and event organizers.
The AFSB rankings are based on participating artist reported show ...
Work at a Salina quarry has been recognized for its conservation efforts with a Governor's Award.
According to Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation, Alsop Sand Co. Inc. of Concordia has been awarded the 2015 Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award for their reclamation work at their Salina quarry. This award is presented to a company that demonstrated excellence in implementing mined land reclamation and conveying a positive image of mining in Kansas.
The reclaimed area covers 160 acres on the southeast edge of Salina. A 34-acre lake is the centerpiece for the reclaimed sand dredge operation. Alsop Sand sloped and seeded ...
A man of firsts will be highlighted during the First Thursday Presentation tomorrow at the Smoky Hill Museum.
Robert Caldwell was born in Pittsburgh, Kansas just before WW I, and broke social barriers to became the first African-American Mayor in Salina.
Marie Johnson joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look back at Caldwell, "What is significant is that in 1970 he was just one of 135 African-American mayors in the United States,"Johnson said.
Johnson has done extensive research on Robert Caldwell who was also the first black teacher in a Salina integrated school.
Johnson added his integrity and trust from his ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school administrators to be prosecuted for presented material perceived as harmful to minors.
The bill passed the Senate last year and was considered in a House committee Tuesday. It stems from a 2014 controversy in the Shawnee Mission school district over a poster in a sex education classroom that listed oral sex and other acts as ways people express their sexual feelings.
Currently, state law protects school officials against the misdemeanor charge of presenting harmful material to minors if it's part of a lesson. The proposed legislation ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts in connection with a plot to plant a bomb outside an Army post in northeast Kansas.
John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, changed his pleas to guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use an explosive device to damage government property. A plea agreement with prosecutors recommends that he be sentenced to 30 years in prison on the first charge and 20 years on the second charge, to be served at the ...
A former Manhattan banker will serve time in federal prison for embezzlement.
According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, the former branch manager of Kansas State Bank was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for embezzlement. In addition, she was ordered to pay $277,000 in restitution.
34-year-old Melissa Vinsonhaler pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from a bank. In her plea, she admitted the crime occurred while she was branch manager of Kansas State Bank on East Highway 24 in Manhattan. She embezzled $277,000 from the bank and made false entries in the bank’s ledger to cover up the ...
A small portion of Downtown Salina looked a little like Christmas Wednesday evening. Bright colored winter scarves were wrapped around trees, poles, and meters in an alley between Santa Fe and 7th Street.
The scarves were not decorations. They were gifts for those who might be trying to fight off the cold.
Each scarf had a small note attached to it, saying it was free for the taking. The scarves were left in area where the homeless often travel, and would be a welcome bit of warmth from the cold.
The note indicated that the scarves were left by an organization called Salina ...
A former White House photographer offered a behind the lens look at what goes on behind scenes in Washington DC politics during a presentation in Salina Wednesday night. Retired White House Press Corps member Mark Reinstein spoke at Kansas Wesleyan University.
Reinstein began as a freelance photographer for The Washington Star. He worked for Time magazine until he was assigned to cover the White House at the end of President Jimmy Carter’s term. He continued on the White House beat through President Bill Clinton's term.
During his presentation, Reinstein showed a selection of his favorite photographs from each era, and shared anecdotes. ...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - A mason working at Kansas State University has found an 88-year-old handwritten note that gives a glimpse into the lives of laborers in 1928.
The mason found the note in a tobacco can he encountered in December while restoring and replacing stones at Kansas State University's East Memorial Stadium in Manhattan.
A Facebook post from the Kansas State Historical Preservation Office says the five authors dated the note Feb. 2, 1928, and wrote that they hope the letter is found someday in the future, perhaps after they've died.
University archivist Cliff Hight says the document will be sent to ...
Former KSAL Sports Director Chris Allison is in San Francisco this week for Super Bowl 50 covering the Carolina Panthers.
Allison is now part of 730 ESPN in Charlotte and joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at the NFL's biggest show.
"This is my first Super Bowl," he said.
"The media center is incredible where all your television and national radio shows are being held. It's a circus to say the least."
Allison left Salina for sports radio KGSO in Wichita about ten years ago and then made the jump to Charlotte in the Fall of 2013.
Allison noted with all ...
The Greater Salina Community Foundation is pleased to a call for grant applications from the YW Legacy Fund. This fund makes grants to initiatives that support the mission of the former YWCA in our community. Approximately $20,800 in grant funds will be available this year for multiple projects.
Grant requests should address one or more of the following criteria:
• Encourage women’s growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision for peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people
• Help children attain their greatest potential
• Create an environment to assist in the physical and mental health and well-being of ...
Emmy-Award winning journalist John Stossel brought his message of less government to Salina Thursday. The former co-anchor and correspondent for ABC's "20/20" and current Fox Business News host was the featured speaker in front of about 800 people at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Banquet.
Stossel spoke about his career as a consumer affairs reporter, and how his views evolved over time.
Stossel believes that the best thing for the country, and for the economy, is a smaller government with much less regulation. "Market competition protects us much better than government regulation," he said. He referred to the ...
Sometime between 11:00 PM on January 30, 2016 and 1:00 PM on January 31, 2016 an unsecured vehicle was entered at 430 Regent.
The following items were taken:
Henry Lever Action .22 Rifle
Benelli Model 90 Synthetic 12 Gauge Shotgun
Remington 770 Synthetic .270 Bolt Action Rifle
Camouflage backpack
Jump start battery pack
Black K-Bar Knife
Wood K-Bar Knife
Loss and damage is estimated at $1,320.
If you have any information concerning who committed this crime, call Crimestoppers at 825- TIPS, text SATIPS to CRIMES (274637), or visit www.pd.salina.org and follow Crimestoppers
link to submit a web tip. You may receive a cash reward of up to $1,000 and you are ...