7 years ago
A mass email that made bomb threats against numerous banks, schools, news outlets and government buildings across the country on Thursday, was also sent to a Salina business. According to Salina Police Sergeant David Villanueva, staff at Bergkamp Inc. contacted authorities after finding the threatening message in the company's general email box. The note warned the recipients ...

7 years ago
An aggravated burglary highlights this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. On Saturday December 1st at 6:30AM deputies responded to an aggravated burglary in the 300 block of S. Main Street in Smolan, Kansas. The resident reported that at 4:00AM that morning, they heard someone walking around inside their house. Upon further inspection, the ...

7 years ago
The new governor will just have to chat with President Trump another time. Officials say Democratic Gov-elect Laura Kelly declined to attend a bipartisan meeting yesterday in the nation's capital. White House officials say the event was held to give newly elected governors of both parties a chance to present their priorities to the president and ...

7 years ago
Thousands of  lights will adorn a Christmas display in east Salina. Prairie Lane Park at First Christian Church in Salina will be lit up with over 50,000 lights all next week,  from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, December 16th-22nd. The display includes lights around the nearly quarter mile Reflection Path, three 24 ft. Christmas trees, a number of ...

7 years ago
A former Salinan piloted what was hailed as a successful private mission to space. Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity, one of its SpaceShipTwo planes, touched down back on Earth after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California an hour earlier and was successfully released into space. Along with 2 pilots on board the ...

7 years ago
Dozens of bomb threats were being reported at schools, news outlets, government buildings, banks, libraries and other businesses across the U.S. Thursday afternoon. Police say they have responded to threats from New York to Colorado. The NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau tweeted they are "currently monitoring multiple bomb threats that have been sent electronically to locations throughout the ...

7 years ago
A group of Kansas Highway Patrol recruits raised their right hand, took an oath, had their badges pinned on, and officially became troopers. Class #58, the newest class of Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers, graduated from the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy in Salina Thursday afternoon. Throughout their time at the training academy in Salina the recruits ...

7 years ago
A suspected drunk motorcycle rider was hurt after he hit a curb and was thrown off his bike. Salina Police Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that 46-year-old Patrick J. Frank of Salina was taken to Salina Regional Health Center just before midnight on Wednesday after he apparently failed to negotiate a slight jog in the ...

7 years ago
McConnell Air Force Base is preparing for the arrival of the new KC-46 tanker. Base officials say training operations are continuing until the aircraft arrives later this month. Crews are receiving hands-on training with a replica of the KC-46. Officials say the KC-46 is designed to be faster, less expensive and fly longer distances.

7 years ago
The Arthur E. and Cornelia C. Scroggins Fund through the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas has awarded Smoky Hills Public Television a grant for $3,500. The Foundation’s grant will provide two books (one English/Spanish bilingual and one English only) to each of the 417 children enrolled in Head Start in Ford County during the 2018-2019 school ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University Forensic and Debate Squad placed third overall against much larger schools in the recent Annual Christmas Classic Swing competition at the University of Oklahoma City. In the overall sweepstakes, the Coyote squad placed behind Texas Christian University and Texas Southern University in the competition that was staged from Nov. 30 through Dec. ...