Eleven Most Wanted Now Arrested
Two more of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The latest arrests include Heather Platte and Mendy Befort. They were wanted for crimes including felony theft, forgery, and drug crimes. Those on...
View ArticleStolen Truck Recovered
A police 'tag reader' alert leads to the arrest of a Salina man. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol followed a stolen vehicle with a stolen dealer's tag into a Salina...
View ArticlePreschoolers Left Home Alone
A Salina woman is facing two counts of child endangerment after leaving a boy and a girl home alone. Police were contacted by the Department of Children and Families in reference to a situation where...
View ArticleTrocheck Named Salina City Prosecutor
The top Assistant Saline County Attorney will become the new Salina City Prosecutor. According to the City of Salina, City Manager Jason Gage has appointed Christina Trocheck as the new city...
View ArticleSalina Police Log 4-11-16
Police are investigating the criminal use of a financial card. Carol Johnson of Salina told officers someone gained access to her credit card on Saturday and made 18 unauthorized purchases online...
View ArticleBarn Door Stolen in Burglary
Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary at a rural home in the 5000 block of West State Street. Deputies report sometime between noon on April 2nd and 7pm on April 9th someone forced...
View ArticleCadets Referred to Youth Services
Three 16-year-old cadets at St. John's Military School were arrested and referred to youth services after a couple of incidents at the school on Thursday. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL...
View ArticleKobach Says He Advised Trump on immigration, Mexico Wall
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he has advised Donald Trump's campaign on immigration issues, particularly the GOP candidate's plan to force Mexico to pay for a border wall. Trump has...
View ArticleMarching On
Forging partnerships from Ike's hometown to organizations throughout the nation is a legacy that Karl Weissenbach will leave cemented at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and Boyhood Home...
View ArticleDancers Uniting to Fight Cancer
Dance schools and dancers from around the area will be uniting for a common cause this weekend in Salina."Dancers For Pediatric Cancer" is Sunday afternoon . Some of the best dancers and groups will be...
View ArticleShooter Scenario at KWU
Law enforcement and EMS converged on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University Tuesday morning to simulate a scenario that has become all too real across the country, an active shooter on campus....
View ArticleDriver Falls Asleep, Hits Bridge
A drowsy driver was injured in a single-vehicle crash near Salina on Interstate 135. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan says that 29-year-old Jason Hope of Smith Center was driving a 2013...
View ArticleSerial Arsonist Gets Another 3-Plus Years in Prison
A man serving almost six years in prison for setting fires to a vacant Salina motel has been sentenced in another case. The Hutchinson News reports that Dustin James Gordon was sentenced Monday in Reno...
View ArticleScammer Controls Woman’s Computer
A Salina woman narrowly avoided becoming a scam victim, but lost control of her computer. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a woman in her 50s in South Salina received a phone call on Monday. She...
View ArticleSalina Police Log 4-12-16
A vehicle burglary and the theft of tools from a work truck highlight Tuesday's Salina Police Log. A thief has stolen a 5 ton commercial air conditioning unit. Police say that the unit was taken...
View ArticleHusband of Woman Shot at Kansas Jewish Site Sues Gun Sellers
The husband of one of the three people killed by a white supremacist at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City is suing over the sale of the shotguns used in the April 2014 attack. The Kansas City...
View ArticleFair Housing on KSAL
Rights of renters and educating landlords is the focus of an event coming up next week in Salina. "Fair housing is important. A lot of people, and we have a lot of renters and most communities do - but...
View ArticleCounty Rejects Loader Bids
Once again, Road and Bridge Director Gary Nash will have to request bids for a front end wheel loader. At Tuesday’s Open Forum, Commissioners decided in a 3-1 vote to reject four bids. R&B’s 2016...
View ArticleTrial Underway in Teen Murder Case
A trial for the first of five men accused in a case involving the shooting death of a Salina teen last spring is underway in Saline County District Court. 19-year-old Stephen Gentry is the first person...
View Article6-Year-Olds Take Pickup for a Joyride in Newton
Police say two 6-year-old boys took a joyride in a pickup truck through a central Kansas town, damaging five other vehicles and two mailboxes along the way. Newton police Sgt. Josh Millspaugh says the...
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