9 years ago
An Army veteran from Reno County was sentenced Wednesday to three years on probation and ordered to pay back $70,000 in benefits he received by pretending to be blind. The man’s ex-wife was sentenced to a year on probation for helping with the scheme. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 62-year-old Billy J. Alumbaugh of Turon, ...

9 years ago
A dog that had been missing from Ottawa County ever since his owner was found murdered, has been found alive and well in California. On Saturday, Aug. 12, Matthew Schoshke’s body was discovered by a family member in his Tescott area home. Schoshke’s Ford F150 pickup truck was missing from the scene, as was his dog ...

9 years ago
Why We Fight, a documentary film by Eugene Jarecki, will be shown on Monday, September 11, at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home. This free public program begins at 7 p.m. in the Visitors Center The 98-minute film was produced by the Eisenhower Project, with support from Sony Pictures Classics and BBC Storyville. It was ...

9 years ago
Salina Police wrapped up a nearly two year investigation on Tuesday in to an aggravated burglary. The incident occurred on October 9, 2015, when Elizabeth Weeks was at her home at 841 1/2 S. 5th St in Salina. Weeks was with her three-year-old son when a female acquaintance came by to borrow a vacuum.  When the acquaintance ...

9 years ago
The Salina Public Library is answering a call to action by collecting funds to help hurricane victims. According to the organization, they will be donating two weeks of all fines collected Wednesday, September 6 through Wednesday, September 20th. The fine funds will be donated to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. “We want to do our ...

9 years ago
A familiar voice in Salina for nearly 20 years on KSAL Radio will no longer be heard. Family, friends, and colleagues are remembering Richard Volk, who was known to his listeners on the radio as Rich Alexander. Volk passed away late Monday morning following a battle with cancer. Volk started his radio career in Wichita, going by ...

9 years ago
Volunteers from the Red Cross office in Salina are preparing to head to Texas on Wednesday. An Emergency Response Vehicle team from the agency is scheduled to leave early in the afternoon. The American Red Cross is mobilizing thousands of volunteers to support hurricane relief oprations in Texas, Louisiana and Florida. As volunteers provide support to ...

9 years ago
Kansas officials are reacting to the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congressman Roger Marshall says his heart goes out to the children covered by DACA, and Congress must use legal ways to help them. Congressman Ron Estes says he supports President Trump's decision and says the move gives Congress time ...

9 years ago
An inmate was hospitalized after a fight at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. KSN News in Wichita reports that Butler County Dispatch confirmed an inmate was taken to Wesley Hospital following a Monday night disturbance involving two inmates. One of the inmates suffered serious injuries with stab wounds to the stomach and the chest. Monday’s disturbance comes after ...

9 years ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers had a busy Labor Day Weekend, assisting over 900 motorists on roads and highways around the state. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2017, through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 4, 2017. Two fatal crashes were worked during this reporting period, which killed two ...

9 years ago
Thanks to the generosity of people from around the Salina area, the Rocking M Media group of radio stations collected $5,000 on Tuesday to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. The radio station group, which includes News Radio 1150 KSAL, Y 93.7, FM 104.9, 95.5 The Rock. The New Zoo 92.7, and Real ...