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Lenexa-based nonprofit sending team to Ecuador
A suburban Kansas City nonprofit has sent an official team to Ecuador to determine what type of medical assistance the group can provide in the wake of the deadly earthquake. Rescuers pulled survivors...
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District Ponders Charging For All-Day Kindergarten
Another Kansas school district is considering charging parents for all-day kindergarten. Newton district in south-central Kansas is looking into a $200-a-month charge. Half-day kindergarten would...
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Cigarette Ignites Car’s Backseat
A Lindsborg man told Saline County Sheriff's Deputies that he flicked a lit cigarette out of the window of his 2014 Honda Civic while driving southbound on I-135 on Friday afternoon at about 2:30pm....
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2 Charged in Stabbing
A man and woman are both facing charges after an argument turned violent on Friday morning. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says 26-year-old Clyde Dirton walked into the front lobby of the Salina Law...
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Lawrence Considering Indigenous Peoples Day
Lawrence may soon join a growing number of cities that use Columbus Day to honor the contributions and culture of Native Americans. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that a measure the City Commission...
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Burglary at Army Reserve Center
Salina Police are investigating a burglary and theft from the Army Reserve Center, 1700 S. Broadway sometime between 5pm on April 13th and noon on the April 17th. Police say someone cut a hole in the...
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Shoplifter Caught
A shoplifter is arrested after returning to a Salina store where he allegedly took a TV. Police say 24-year-old Logan Jones was captured Thursday on video at Wal-Mart, 2900 S 9th, walking out of the...
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Woman Attacked with Hot Iron
Salina Police are looking for a known male suspect after a woman was burned on the lip and arm with a hot iron. A female in her 20's told officers that she and a male acquaintance were arguing inside a...
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Salina Police Log 4-18-16
Salina Police are reviewing video from the lot at The Car Shoppe, 1409 W. Crawford, after two people jumped into a 2005 GMC truck and drove off. Police say sometime early Saturday morning between...
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Salina Vice-Mayor Position Becomes Issue
Salina has a new mayor and vice-mayor, but not before there was a little drama Monday evening at the Salina City Commission Meeting. The commission reorganized Monday evening, as it annually does....
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Archaeologists Search for Location of Fort Larned Graves
Archaeologists think they have a better idea of where bodies are buried near the Fort Larned National Historic Site in Kansas. The fort's history stretches back to 1859, when thousands of soldiers were...
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Commission Approves Vaping on Sedgwick Count Property
Electronic cigarettes will be permitted in public buildings in a southern Kansas county under a newly approved policy. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Sedgwick County commission took up the issue...
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U.S Senator Moran Files for Re-election in Kansas
Republican Sen. Jerry Moran has filed for re-election in GOP-leaning Kansas. Moran submitted the necessary paperwork Monday to the Kansas secretary of state's office to claim a spot on the ballot in...
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Artillery Shell at Salina Home
An explosive ordinance disposal unit from Fort Riley responded to Salina Monday to help dispose of an artillery shell. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that the shell belonged to a recently...
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Business Bilked Out of $28,000
A Salina business has been bilked out of $28,000. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that between April 15th and April 18th, JRI Management transferred $28,000 to an account which they believed...
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Man Stabbed in Chest
Salina Police are investigating a Monday night stabbing. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that officers were sent to Salina Regional Health Center at 10:36 pm where a 31-year-old man was being treated...
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Murder Plea in Teen Murder Case
One of four men still facing charges in connection with the shooting death last May of a Salina South High School student has pleaded no contest to murder charges. Court officials tell KSAL news that...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Chase Ends in Injury Accident
A high speed chase late Tuesday morning ended in an injury accident in rural Dickinson County. The chase, involving a stolen white Toyota passenger car, started just east of Abilene on Interstate 70....
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VIDEO: All Things Smoky Hill River Festival
It is a landmark year for the arts in Salina. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Salina Arts and Humanities organization, the 40th anniversary of the organization’s premier event the Smoky Hill...
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A Time to Remember at KWU
Left for dead – Holocaust survivor Edith Eger, PhD was found by American forces as they liberated a Nazi death camp in 1945. “She was found in a pile of bodies with a broken back and she only survived...
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