7 years ago
The mother of a man who was shot and killed by Wichita police following a fake emergency call is calling for change. Lisa Finch attended yesterday's Wichita City Council meeting where she called for reform in the police department. Twenty-eight-year-old Andrew Finch was shot and killed by police at his home near Seneca and McCormick last December ...

7 years ago
A former U.S. Attorney for Kansas is considering a run for the Senate. Barry Grissom says he's considering running in 2020 as a Democrat against incumbent Republican Kansas Senator Pat Roberts. Grissom, who was appointed by then-President Barack Obama as U.S. Attorney for Kansas in 2010, says he has no timetable on when he will make a ...

7 years ago
A barber shop's window was shattered by a pellet from a BB gun. Salina Police are investigating after someone fired a single pellet into the window at Doc's Barber Shop, located at 228 S. Santa Fe. Police say sometime between Saturday at 5pm and Monday afternoon at 12:30pm, someone shot a hole in a 6-foot by 6-foot ...

7 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary in west Salina. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that sometime between noon on Saturday and Monday just after 5pm, someone forced open a door on a home in the 2000 block of Page Avenue and removed several items from the home and garage. Police say someone damaged the steering column ...

7 years ago
Saint Francis Ministries has earned a 2018 Kansas Quality Award for business excellence from Midwest Excellence Institute (MEI), the Missouri and Kansas state-level partner of the National Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The Baldrige Program was established by President Ronald Reagan and Congress in 1987 and honors those recognized as industry role models, setting a standard ...

7 years ago
Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus is offering $500 scholarships to first responders interested in attending the small unmanned aircraft systems, or sUAS, commercial remote pilot training course in 2019. The available scholarships reduce the overall course cost by 50 percent and still cover the fee for the Federal Aviation Administration written exam at the completion of ...

7 years ago
When the Georgetown Santas suit up for the 20th year in a  row this weekend it will be a little extra special. They will be santa-suiting up during "Georgetown Santa Days". Salina Mayor Karl Ryan on Monday proclaimed December 21st-24th, 2018, as Georgetown Santa Days. Via social media the group called it "a tremendous honor from the ...

7 years ago
Westar Energy and KCP&L are alerting customers of a scam. They say imposters claiming to work for the companies are threatening to disconnect service and asking for prepaid cards as payment. In some cases, the caller is using a prerecorded voice. Several customers have called to report receiving suspicious phone calls. Some imposters are very convincing. They ...

7 years ago
A Salina couple have won a $10,000 lottery cash prize. According to the Kansas Lottery, Brandon and Katherine Sheffield of Salina took their three kids shopping Saturday evening, so they could pick out toys for a local toy drive.  On their way home, the family stopped at a local convenience store for cups of hot chocolate.  ...

7 years ago
Police are looking for a thief who broke into a parked car in the 300 block of West Republic and stole $1,000 cash from a woman's purse. Police say someone broke the door handle on a 2007 Pontiac Torrent and also damaged the door frame to enter the vehicle and take the cash.   A semi-truck owned ...

7 years ago
Police are investigating the theft of a wedding set and more from a home in west Salina. Police say sometime between November 25 and December 8, someone removed a two wedding ring set and necklace from a home in the 800 block of Merrill Street. The female victim told officers that she had had numerous guests in ...