Business Burglary
Salina Police responded to a burglar alarm that sounded early Sunday morning at Chuck's Bar and Grill, 600 N. Santa Fe at 4:53am. Minutes later officers found an empty safe inside the business with the...
View ArticlePaintball to The Rescue
A Salina man is trying to paint a better world for those in recovery with a paintball tournament at Elite Sports. Chris Heffner joined in on the KSAL Morning News Monday with a look at his upcoming...
View ArticleWWE Wrestling Coming to Salina
WWE Wrestling is coming to Salina. The Salina Bicentennial Center announced Monday that the #NXTRoadTrip will be stopping in Salina, for the first time ever. Wrestlers scheduled to appear include NXT...
View ArticleCrews Monitor Wildfire in Kansas, Oklahoma
Crews will continue to patrol a wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles of sparsely populated land in Kansas and Oklahoma. The fire, which started last week in Oklahoma before spreading to...
View ArticleGunman Robs Salina Store
Salina Police are investigating an overnight armed robbery. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a man with a gun robbed the Kwik Shop at 657 Fairdale. According to Sweeney a white male entered the...
View ArticleBoys Solicited For Sex in Park
A man was arrested after allegedly propositioning two boys for sex in a Salina park Monday evening. Salina Police say that at around 8:00 Monday night, 40-year-old Laurence Couillard approached two...
View ArticleQuick Change Scammer Hits Salina Store
A "quick change" scammer ripped off the Salina Walmart store Saturday evening. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, a man turned an $18 purchase of soap and lotion into a $700 loss for the store....
View ArticleWoman Maced, Nearly Run Over
A couple of incidents in which a woman was sprayed in the face with mace, and nearly run over with a car, prompted the arrest of a Salina man on Monday. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that...
View ArticleFort Hays State Student Found Dead
Authorities are investigating the death of a student at Fort Hays State University. A campus-wide notification went out Tuesday informing the FHSU community that a student had been found dead at a...
View ArticleCovering Cover Crops on KSAL
Conservation of farmland and getting the soil to work all year long are just a couple of benefits found in maintaining cover crops. "It completes a system, you've got that soil working 12 months of the...
View ArticleCargill Considers Relocating Wichita-Based Operations
Agribusiness giant Cargill says it's considering moving several operations out of the Wichita buildings where they are headquartered. But the company hasn't said whether it's looking into moving the...
View ArticleCCR, Led Zeppelin to Come Alive In Salina
The sounds of two legendary rock and roll bands will fill Salina's Stiefel Theatre. Creedence Clearwater Revival and Led Zeppelin will come alive in two big shows. The venue is bringing Creedence...
View ArticleCounty Considers Newspaper Alternative
Saline County Commissioners heard John Lewis, President of the Lewis Publications, offer an alternative to routinely printing public notices in The Salina Journal. Lewis said he could reduce the cost...
View ArticleUniversity of Kansas Expands Annual Spring Powwow
An annual spring powwow at the University of Kansas is expanding into a daylong educational festival. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the 2016 KU Powwow and Indigenous Dance and Culture...
View ArticleDrugs Found on School Playground
A man is facing multiple felony charges in connection with an early morning incident in which he was found hiding under a car by a police dog following a chase, and drugs were found on a school...
View ArticleThreat With Knife Prompts Arrest
A Salina man was arrested after allegedly pinning a woman into a corner, and threatening her with a knife. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 38-year-old Michael Walle was arrested following an...
View ArticleTenant Trashes Rental Property
A tenant being evicted from a Salina rental property is alleged to have left a parting gift, in the form of thousands of dollars of damage. Police say that the landlord of a property at 315 N. 10th...
View ArticleSalina Police Log 3-30-2016
Several burglaries, a stolen truck, and a stolen turbo actuator from a truck engine highlight Wednesday's Salina Police Log. Saline County Sheriff Deputies recovered a stolen truck Tuesday. An orange...
View ArticleFarm Expo Focus: Cattle Handling
Day two of the Mid America Farm Expo is teed-up for ranchers, with a pair of seminars aimed at handling cattle. "Years ago when I grew up it was who could yell the loudest and who could carry the...
View ArticleSheriff Says Evidence Indicates Sex Assault on Swim Team Bus
The Barton County sheriff says its initial investigation found evidence of a sexual assault during a bus ride last month involving members of the swim team at Great Bend High School. Sheriff Brian...
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