Salina Police Log 8-5-16
Police are investigating after someone broke the glass on an exterior door at the Heather Ridge Apartments, 2130 E. Crawford, sometime between 5pm and 5:10pm on Thursday. Damage is listed at $500. A...
View ArticleApollo 11 Bag Used for Lunar Samples Focus of Legal Dispute
A bag carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and used for the first sample of lunar material is at the center of a legal fight after the government mistakenly sold it during the criminal...
View ArticleSalina’s Most Wanted August 2016
UPDATED - August 6th The latest list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. Last month's list, and expanded lsit of 24,...
View ArticleADM Cares Supports Zoo Summer Camps
Archer Daniels Midland Company recently donated $3,400 to Rolling Hills Zoo. The donation helps support the Zoo’s the summer camp program where 150 students enjoyed hands on activities and close...
View ArticleDelta Dental Donates $8,700 to Salina Tech
Delta Dental of Kansas has announced a grant of $8,700 to the Dental Assistant program at Salina Area Technical College. Brooke Horner, Administrator of the Dental Assistant program, said the grant...
View ArticleEfforts to Curb Gun Violence Supported by Young Adults
A new poll shows most young adults across racial and ethnic groups support tighter gun polices including background checks, stricter penalties for gun law violations, and banning semi-automatic...
View ArticleEisenhower Foundation Campaign Gets $500,000 Boost
A $500,000 grant from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan, KS, to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Foundation will contribute to the Legacy of Leadership campaign. The Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Legacy of...
View ArticleSalina Man Hurt in Motorcycle Crash
A Salina man was hurt in a motorcycle crash near Bennington on Saturday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 39-year-old Steven Light was riding a 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle, headed west on...
View ArticleDaredevil Jumps 15 Police Vehicles
An Evel Knievel type daredevil on a motorcycle jumped 15 police vehicles in an event in downtown Topeka Saturday night. According to the Topeka Police Department, daredevil Doug Danger successfully...
View ArticleVIDEO: Race Driver Hurt in Belleville Crash
A three-time Indy 500 starter was badly injured in a crash at the Belleville High Banks Speedway Saturday night. Racing News reports that Bryan Clauson was airlifted to a hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska,...
View Article3 Most Wanted Arrests
The new August list of Salina's Most Wanted went online Saturday morning. By Sunday morning, three of them had been caught. According to Saline County Jail records, Holly Brockelman, Kristi Dean, and...
View ArticleSedgwick County commission may lose conservative majority
The Sedgwick County Commission's conservative majority may not hold together after an incumbent commissioner lost during the primary election. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2aLOWD5) reports Karl...
View ArticleFrom Salina Stadium to Snyder Stadium
It will be a silver anniversary season this year for the K-State football team. The 2016 season will mark Bill Snyder's 25th year as head coach. K-State had one of the worst college football programs...
View ArticleNew Walmart training center to open in Topeka
Walmart is planning a new 3,000-square foot training center in Topeka. Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg says the new Topeka facility is part of a nationwide plan that includes 200 centers located in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Child Dies at Schlitterbahn
A 10-year-old boy who died Sunday afternoon at a water park in Kansas City, Kansas was the son of a Kansas legislator. Caleb Schwab, son of State Rep. Scott Schwab, of Olathe, was killed on a water...
View ArticleMan gets probation for psychedelic mushrooms in Hutchinson
A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to probation for growing psychedelic mushrooms at a Hutchinson business. A Reno County judge on Friday sentenced Carlyeon Moore to three years of probation. He...
View ArticleDoubt Cast on Man’s Life Sentence
A Kansas man who has spent 22 years in prison for a double homicide that witnesses swear he didn't do hopes more than 40 affidavits supporting his innocence will help set him free. Lamonte McIntyre was...
View ArticleHelp Sought Again in Unsolved Murder
Authorities are again asking for the public's help in a case involving the unsolved murder of a Saline County woman. Just before 8pm on June 25th, deputies were sent to 10525 S. Hopkins Road in rural...
View ArticleMan Hurt in Crash Dies
A Junction City man hurt in a crash near Salina last week has died. Saline County Sheriff Lt. Mike Ascher says that his agency was notified Sunday that 69-year-old Joe Grimes had died. Grimes was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Men Accused of Plotting Murder
Three Salina men have been arrested for allegedly plotting a murder. Kansas Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Doug Younger says that multiple officers from multiple agencies worked together late...
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