Salina Police Log 5-11-16
Salina Police are investigating the theft of some fishing gear from a truck that was parked at 717 W. Grand. Sometime between 9pm Saturday and 9am Monday, someone entered an unlocked pickup and stole 4...
View ArticleEconomic Impact of Balls and Strikes
Organizers are once again preparing to host the State 4A Division I & II Baseball and Softball Championships in Salina. Each year the twin tournaments bring in a total of 16 teams, plus family,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Three St. John’s Cadets Killed in Crash
Three teens from St. John's Military School are dead, and another is injured after their pickup crashed in the foothills outside Denver. The Colorado State Patrol says 18-year-old Jake Whitting of Glen...
View ArticleSubway Burglaries Solved
A McPherson teen was arrested in connection to a pair of burglaries at two Salina Subway restaurants. Officers arrested 17-year-old Kyle Farley on Wednesday after investigators connected surveillance...
View ArticleTeen Charged with Rape
Police have arrested a 16-year-old Salina boy on charges of raping a pre-teen girl. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that police were contacted by the Department of Children and Family Services on...
View ArticleTransgender Advocates Decry Kansas Proposal on Birth Records
Transgender rights advocates have called on Kansas' health department to abandon a proposal to make it far more difficult for people to change the gender on their birth certificates. Topeka resident...
View ArticleSuspect Sought in Thursday Morning Stabbing
Salina Police are looking for a suspect in connection with a Thursday morning stabbing. Salina Deputy Police Chief Sean Morton tells KSAL News that officers were sent at around 9:30 in the morning to...
View ArticleThree Arrested in Drug Investigation
The I-135/I-70 Drug Task Force makes 3 arrests following a months long investigation. According to Task Force Commander Lt. Bill Cox, officers surrounded a 4-plex apartment at 766 Comanche at noon on...
View ArticleUPDATE: Stabbing Victim Dies
A woman who was stabbed during an incident in South Salina early Thursday morning has died. Salina Police say that at approximately 9:34 a.m. officers were sent to the area of Roach Street and Max...
View ArticleGovernor Signs Laws in Salina
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback made a stop in Salina Thursday to ceremoniously sign two bills into law. The governor signed a bill that modernizes, and keeps the STAR Bond program alive in Kansas. He...
View ArticleGreat Plains Manufacturing Sold to Japanese Company
A long-time Salina-based company is being sold to a company in Japan. Employees at Great Plains Manufacturing were notified Thursday that the company is being sold to Kubota U.S.A. Inc. Kubota...
View ArticleMarshall Named Abilene Police Chief
A former Salina Deputy Police Chief will be the new top cop in Abilene. The City of Abilene announced in a media release Thursday that that Mike Marshall will serve as Police Chief of the Abilene...
View ArticleArrest In Stabbing Murder Case
Salina Police have made an arrest in connection with a stabbing death on Thursday. According to police, on Thursday morning at 9:34 officers were sent to the area of Roach Street and Max Avenue...
View ArticleUPDATE: Arrest in Suspicious Fire
A Salina man has been arrested after allegedly setting a house on fire, and then stealing a truck to leave the scene. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 38-year-old John Miller was arrested in...
View ArticleElderly Woman Bilked in Sweepstakes Scam
An elderly woman in Salina who thought that she won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes instead has been scammed. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that the woman, who is in her 80s,...
View ArticleSalina Commercial Flights to Resume Soon
Commercial flights in and out of the Salina Regional Airport will soon resume, and officials gathered there Friday morning to celebrate. Great Lakes Airlines will start nonstop flights from the Salina...
View ArticleAccused Teen Shooter Found Guilty
The man accused of firing the fatal shot that killed a 17-year-old Salina South High School student last spring has been found guilty of 1st degree murder. At the end of a trial that lasted a full...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Dust Causes Crashes
Blowing dust, causing near-zero visibility, caused a couple of multiple vehicle crashes along Interstate 70 in Geary County west of Junction City late Friday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway...
View ArticleNew Kansas Law Will Specifically Ban Abortions by Midwives
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas will specifically prohibit nurse-midwives from performing abortions or administering abortion-inducing drugs, starting next year. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill...
View ArticleKansas Asks Supreme Court to Revisit Sex Registry Rulings
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the state Supreme Court to revisit conflicting rulings it issued simultaneously last month dealing with the sex offender registry....
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