9 years ago
Smoke from controlled burns in Kansas drifted into Salina Tuesday morning, causing a hazy sky. Authorities tell KSAL News that the smoke is more than likely from a large controlled burn in Ottawa County. Late Monday night there were also several large controlled burns to the east of Salina in the Flint Hills region. Officials stressed that ...

9 years ago
A multi-Grammy Award-winning gospel performer is coming to Salina. The Gaither Vocal Band is coming to the Tony's Pizza Events Center. According to the venue, Gaither will host a spectacular evening of music, laughter and encouragement. Named ASCAP's Songwriters of the Century, Bill and Gloria Gaither have written more than 700 popular gospel songs throughout their multi-decade ...

9 years ago
Authorities in Lenexa, Kansas, are identifying two teenagers killed when the vehicle in which they were riding slammed into a tree shortly after the driver refused to stop for police. Police say 15-year-old Isaiah Stroble and 13-year-old Angelito Espinosa died in the accident about 5 a.m. Sunday. Both victims were from Kansas City, Kansas. Seven other people were ...

9 years ago
The number of mumps cases at Kansas State University is now up to 15 since February. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is recommending that people in close contact to others diagnosed with mumps receive a third dose of the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. The recommendation is based on the Centers for Disease Control ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of unrelated burglaries, one at a motel the other in a home in the Schilling area. Police say sometime between 5:45pm and 6:10pm on Saturday, someone forced a door open on a storage room at the Ambassy Motel, 217 S. Broadway and stole power tools, door locks and documents ...

9 years ago
Kansas' unexpectedly competitive special congressional election pulls Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to Wichita to campaign for Republican candidate Ron Estes amid a flood of out-of-state GOP money in a late-hour scramble for votes. His Democratic rival James Thompson is spending the final day of campaigning before Tuesday's election talking directly to voters. His campaign says Thompson ...

9 years ago
Authorities say an 86-year-old Kansas man wasn't hurt when his plane flipped on a muddy field. The Wichita Eagle reports that Milton "Bud" Pinkston went off a grass runway while preparing to take off Sunday afternoon from the Stafford airport. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the plane's landing gear dug into mud and the aircraft overturned. Pinkston was ...

9 years ago
Salina Police arrested two suspects on Sunday after stolen sports memorabilia was found in their car and house. Police took 20-year-old Gelynn Cook into custody and informed 21-year-old John Grennan of his additional charges as he sat in the Saline County Jail Sunday. The charges link back to a residential burglary on April 3rd at 1400 E. ...

9 years ago
An elderly Salina man falls victim to a phone scam. According  to Police Sergeant Jim Feldman a 75-year-old man received a phone call last month informing him that he had won a big cash prize in the California Lottery. The caller claimed to be a "federal agent" and convinced the victim he needed to wire 3 payments ...

9 years ago
Kansas State University is remembering 48 students who died in World War I as the nation marks the recent 100-year anniversary of entering the global conflict. The Manhattan Mercury reports that the event is planned for April 21 at Memorial Stadium, where football games were played from the 1920s through 1967. Among the soldiers to be honored ...

9 years ago
A weekend fire badly damaged a South Salina fourplex apartment unit. First responders were called during the noon hour Sunday to the report of a fire in the Schilling area, at 2949 Foxboro. Salina Fire Department Battalion Chief David Turner told KSAL News at the scene that the front of the complex was fully involved when ...