7 years ago
A Salina woman was handed a citation to appear in municipal court after police officers reportedly found her smoking marijuana in the presence of seven children. Police Sergeant Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that officers were sent to an apartment in the 700 block of Fairdale on Tuesday afternoon around 5pm after a concerned citizen called ...

7 years ago
A Salina man who was wanted for threatening a business owner with a pocketknife has been taken into custody. Police arrested 37-year-old Randy L. Bartlett on Tuesday after he gave a false name to officers. Police say on Monday evening Bartlett allegedly approached the victim with a pocket knife and demanded his wallet as the man sat ...

7 years ago
A Salina man is behind bars on six charges of rape and one count of sodomy involving a girl under the age of fourteen. Police Sergeant Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that 41-year-old Phillip J. Garrett was taken into custody on Tuesday after investigators determined he had had sexual contact with the victim inside a south ...

7 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center and Geary Community Hospital entered into a period of discovery in August of 2017 in order to examine the potential of a long-term strategic partnership between the two hospitals. The due diligence was completed by Eide Bailly LLP, a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm. A consultant with Eide Bailly ...

7 years ago
Nearly 20 missing children who ran away from Kansas foster homes are back in custody. The state Bureau of Investigation announced yesterday that more than 100 law enforcement officers took part in an effort last week to find runaways from the Kansas Foster Care Program. Eighteen-children were found during Operation Hope, which was focused in Sedgwick, Johnson ...

7 years ago
It will be a great start to the Thanksgiving Holiday, but a big change is anticipated by Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, it should be great traveling weather if you are headed out on the roads for Thanksgiving Wednesday or Thursday. Expect a sunny sky and a high temperatures near 60 degrees. Rain chances return ...

7 years ago
The Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University has launched a Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer Research. The center has three areas of focus: cancer detection, drug discovery and studies involving in-vivo techniques and magnetic resonance imaging. The center is led by Stefan Bossmann, professor of chemistry. The focus areas are led by, respectively, ...

7 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University Director of Forensics and Debate Gary Harmon was this year’s recipient of the prestigious John Shields Award for Outstanding Contributions to Pi Kappa Delta, the national honor society for undergraduate university students and a professional organization for graduates, typically university Speech and Debate Coaches. The Concept that resulted in the creation of Pi ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a known suspect who threatened a man with a pocket knife and allegedly smashed the glass door on his business. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 500 block of E. Iron Monday evening around 6:15pm after a witness saw a man throw a brick through ...

7 years ago
A joint effort in Kansas with multiple agencies resulted in over a dozen found who had been missing from the foster care system. Last week, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation came together with more than 100 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, for a joint effort led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

7 years ago
A Kansas company is receiving FDA approval for its cancer treatment trials. The decision will allow Genzada Pharmaceuticals in Sterling to start human clinical trials for its plant-derived treatment. Officials say the treatment will help shrink tumors and help prevent the cancer from spreading. Genzada will start enrolling patients for the clinical trial in 2019.