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Shot Fired; Man Arrested
A Brookville man was arrested in connection with an incident in Salina back in December in which a shot was fired. Police say that 21-year-old Torionn Smith was arrested Tuesday on a warrant. Smith is...
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Johnson: Kansas Experiment Too Far Too Fast
Salina area Representative Steven Johnson joined in on the KSAL Morning News Wednesday on his cell phone as he sat outside the Kansas Statehouse. "The reception is better out here," he said. With...
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Unattended Cooking Blamed for Deadly Liberal Apartment Fire
Authorities say one person has died in an apartment fire in southwest Kansas. The Hutchinson News reports that the fire started early Tuesday in Liberal in a four-unit building. Liberal Fire Department...
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Kansas House Approves Plan for Balancing Next State Budget
The Kansas House has approved a plan for eliminating a projected deficit of nearly $200 million in the state's next budget. The vote Wednesday was 68-53 on a compromise bill drafted by negotiators for...
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Florist Who Refused Gay Couple Briefs Kansas Lawmakers
A Washington state florist who was sued for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has testified before a Kansas House committee in support of additional legal protections for people like...
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Legislature Seek School Funding Legal Advice
Republican lawmakers are preparing to set aside $50,000 so the Kansas Legislature can hire attorneys to represent it on school funding issues. The addition of the spending to a budget-balancing plan...
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Two-Day Childhood Cancer Radiothon Underway
Two radio stations have started a two-day effort to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Alpha Media Salina / Manhattan radio stations Y 93.7 and Sunny 102.5 are hosting a two-day radiothon to...
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Boil Water Advisory For Saline County Water District
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the Howison Heights Water District located in Saline County. KDHE officials issued the advisory because the district...
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Bogus Bill at BK
Police are investigating after another counterfeit bill was used at a Salina restaurant. Captain Mike Sweeney reports that management at Burger King, 316 E. Iron discovered a bogus $20 bill in their...
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ACLU Sues Kansas over Citizenship Documents Law for Voting
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship when people register to vote at state motor vehicle offices. A federal lawsuit filed Thursday contends the...
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Storm Tested
One watchman on the wall is hoping the lack of severe weather won't lull Salinans to sleep this spring. "My concern is that people sometime become complacent because not much has been happening around...
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Legislative Effort on Common Core Could Doom AP, IB Programs
An effort by Kansas lawmakers to repeal Common Core standards could also mean the end to Advanced Placement Classes and International Baccalaureate programs. The Wichita Eagle reports the House...
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A Time to Give
Chad and Hannah from the "Y-Wake Up Show" hit the air running Thursday morning as KSAL's sister stations Y93.7FM and Sunny 102.5FM kicked off a two day radiothon to raise money for St. Jude Children's...
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Soldiers Coming Home Soon
Fort Riley is preparing to welcome home a large group of soldiers. According to the Army, more than 200 Soldiers with the "Durable" brigade are set to return soon from a nine-month deployment to...
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Former Police Chief Arrested
SAWATOMIE, Kan. (AP) - The former police chief for an eastern Kansas town has been arrested on charges including witness intimidation. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a release that Robert...
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Fatality Crash During Police Pursuit
One person was killed Thursday when a vehicle they were driving was hit by a car fleeing a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol the two-vehicle fatality crash happened...
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Salina Crime Stoppers 2/19/2016
Sometime between February 10, 2016 at 9:00PM and 8:00AM February 11, 2016, unknown suspect(s) burglarized two vehicles in the 700 block of N. Palmer Street in Brookville, KS. The vehicles, which had...
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Rental Car Stolen
Police are looking for a vehicle reported stolen from a Salina car rental business. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a 2015 Hyundai Elantra was stolen from the lot at Hertz Rental, 3230 Arnold...
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Door Damaged in Burglary
Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a break-in at a storage building. According to Lt. Mike Ascher, someone damaged a garage door to enter a storage building located in the 1300 block of...
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Suspect Sought in Assault
Salina Police are searching for a known male suspect who allegedly held a knife to a young woman's throat. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, an argument turned violent in a room at the Airliner Motel,...
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