7 years ago
A stolen motorcycle is recovered at a motel after someone damaged the bike. Salina Police are investigating a theft and damage to property case after someone took a 2011 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle from a home in the 1000 block of Johnstown. Police say someone stole the bike sometime between Thursday night at 10:30pm and 2pm Friday afternoon. ...

7 years ago
A woman was threatened with a gun outside a Salina business on Saturday. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to a dispute in the Wal-Mart parking lot that escalated quickly to violent threats made against a woman. Police say 41-year-old James Sparks was arrested on Saturday evening after he allegedly grabbed a ...

7 years ago
He’s had a different employer for his entire 42-year sports journalism career, but for Bob Davidson, it might as well be called his personal homecoming. Davidson starts his new role as Special Correspondent for Kansas Wesleyan University’s Coyote Sports Network beginning Oct. 23. And while this will be his first stint as an employee, he probably is ...

7 years ago
Anticipated multiple rounds of heavy rain through Tuesday have forecasters warning about the possibility of flooding in some parts of Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, four inches or more of additional rainfall is possible through Tuesday.  Locally higher amounts are possible as well. The best chance for widespread heavy rain and flooding will be Monday ...

7 years ago
The Kansas American Legion's 38th annual Eisenhower Pilgrimage will be held in Abilene next weekend. The event is next Saturday. Activities will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m. with Captain Kyle Higgins from the U.S.S. Eisenhower laying the wreath for the Presidential wreath ceremony. A formal program will start immediately following the wreath laying ceremony.  Naval Captain ...

7 years ago
Five first-year students in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University have been chosen for the largest veterinary scholarship program offered by the state of Kansas: the Veterinary Training Program for Rural Kansas. This year's recipients are Natasha Vangundy, Americus; William Patterson, Holton; Whitney Sloan, Lebo; Colton Hull, Stockton; and Shaylee Flax, WaKeeney. "The Veterinary ...

7 years ago
Authorities have arrested thee people from Colorado in connection with a murder in Western Kansas. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Larimer County, Colorado Sheriff’s Office, three arrests were made connected to the murder of Bayron O. Diaz-Bautista. Diaz-Bautista was found dead in a field in Hodgeman County on Oct. 1. The ...

8 years ago
President Donald Trump traveled from the capital of the United States to the capital of Kansas Saturday evening. The President hosted a "Make America Great Again" rally in Topeka, in front of a large, raucous crowd. Many in the crowd waited hours outside the Kansas Expocentre, standing in the cold and at times rain, for an opportunity ...

8 years ago
How does it look when the dead walk the streets? The streets of downtown Salina will again be crawling with zombies. On October 27th zombies awake from a fitful slumber to crawl in Salina Downtown's fifth annual Zombie Pub Crawl. A large crowd is expected for "Zombie Pub Crawl Part V:  Nightmare on Main Street". Those who ...

8 years ago
A man from Missouri was hurt in a single vehicle crash in the rain near McPherson on Interstate 135 late Friday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 51-year-old Gregory Williams from Mount Vernon, Missouri, was driving a 2013 Peterbilt semi headed south. The truck and trailer left the road to the left into the center median. ...

8 years ago
An attempted theft of a heavy piece of construction equipment is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to the Salina Police Department, on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, between 3:07 AM and 3:30 AM, a male subject attempted to steal a Bobcat Auger Driver valued at $1950.00 from Construction Rental located at 515 ...