8 years ago
A charity claiming to raise funds to send care packages to deployed service members has been shut down for violating state charity and consumer protection laws. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office, Tennessee-based Operation Troop Aid (OTA) reached an agreement with Kansas and 15 other states to resolve allegations that it mishandled funds that ...

8 years ago
A campaign event in Wichita featuring Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is being moved to a larger venue. Sanders will now appear tomorrow at Century II Convention and Performing Arts Center to endorse Kansas Fourth District Democratic Congressional candidate James Thompson in a "Unite for America" rally. Officials say the event was moved from the Orpheum Theatre because ...

8 years ago
Salina Police have released the names of the five people who escaped an apartment fire late Tuesday evening with their lives. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, 41-year-old Tammy Reinbold suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns along with smoke inhalation and was transferred to a burn unit at a Wichita hospital while 13-year-old Dailen Reinbold suffered ...

8 years ago
Tolls on the Kansas Turnpike are about to increase. The Kansas Turnpike Authority says it will raise prices starting October 1st. Vehicles with a K-TAG will see a five-percent increase in fees, but drivers who pay with cash will see their costs rise by more than 12-percent. Officials say the fee increase will allow the Turnpike Authority ...

8 years ago
A Lindsborg man who traveled to the Philippines and had sex with minor females there pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography. According to the U.S. Department of Justice 55-year-old Anthony Shultz, a helicopter pilot from Lindsborg, was charged by complaint in July 2016 and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Eric F. ...

8 years ago
A crash west of Salina sent six people to the hospital Wednesday afternoon. It happened at the intersection of State Street Road and Lightville Road. Saline County Sheriff Deputies told KSAL News at the scene the crash involved a mini van and a pickup truck, which were headed back to Salina from Rolling Hills Zoo and ...

8 years ago
A high speed pursuit involving multiple agencies that began in Salina early Wednesday afternoon ended when a motorcycle being chased crashed in a field north of town. Deputies arrested 30-year-old Markus Johnstone of Salina on multiple charges for fleeing from officers. Saline County Sheriff Deputies told KSAL News at the crash scene the incident began when ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to a garage fire in Smolan on Tuesday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the fire in the garage started after 9 a.m. at 101 S. 3rd St. in Smolan. Rural Fire Districts No. 2 and 6 responded, extinguished the blaze and kept it from spreading to nearby ...

8 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is getting help from the Trump family in his bid to become the next governor. Donald Trump Junior spoke at a campaign event for Kobach in Wichita yesterday and noted Kobach would drain the swamp in Topeka. The Republican Kobach advised President Donald Trump on immigration policy and he is a ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after an Abilene man told them that someone had used his identity to purchase thousands of dollars of services. According to Police Capt. Paul Forrester, authorities were told on Tuesday that Travis Ringquist, 20, Abilene, had pulled his credit report from his bank and learned that somebody had been using his identity ...

8 years ago
A man from Pittsburg, Kan. was duped out of thousands of dollars at a Salina truck stop on Tuesday. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 59-year-old Pittsburg man David Lowder was fueling up his RV at Pilot Travel Center, 1944 N. 9th St. Lowder was approached by a white male subject who claimed that another ...