9 years ago
Motion-activated cameras intended to capture images of mountain lions in a Kansas park have instead snapped pictures of pranksters dressed as animals, monsters and Santa Claus. Police said they found the images on the two cameras at the park in Gardner on Monday. Interspersed among images of skunks and coyotes were photos of people wearing costumes pretending ...

9 years ago
The North Central Kansas Coordinated Transit District has launched www.ksrides.org, a website devoted to improving public transportation in north central Kansas. The new www.ksrides.org will provide consumers in north central Kansas easy access to all the public transportation providers in the eight county region of Saline, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Ottawa, Mitchell, Cloud, Jewell and Republic.  The site ...

9 years ago
Chef Bill Fekas grew up in Athens, Greece – but loves Christmas in America. Fekas stopped by the KSAL Morning News with a look at the upcoming 34rd Annual Fekas Family Christmas Dinner. "Growing up we ate so many delicious things wrapped in grape leaves and sauce, like a delicious lemon sauce," he said. Now the cook who ...

9 years ago
A Kansas man has been arrested in the killing of a woman who was pronounced dead after deputies responded to a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian. The Wichita Eagle reports that 32-year-old Amber Lehman, of Wichita, has been identified as the woman found dead Friday. A 61-year-old Derby man is jailed on $250,000 bond ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a suspect following a short Monday evening pursuit. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that right around 5:00 an officer on patrol noticed a person who he believed to have a suspended license driving a green 1999 Ford Taurus. The officer attempted a traffic stop. The driver did not stop, but fled. A ...

9 years ago
Salina police are investigating the theft of a cellular telephone. Police say that at 1:15 Tuesday morning a Samsung cell phone was stolen from inside the Casey's convenience store located at 500 N. Ohio. The phone belonged to a clerk who was working at the time. It is believed to have been stolen by a ...

9 years ago
A bullet fired from the outside at an occupied house nearly struck a sleeping woman as it passed through her mattress. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that back on November 16th, at about 3:30 in the morning an elderly woman heard what might have been a gunshot outside her home in the 2100 block of ...

9 years ago
Things are back to normal at Salina Central High School. According to USD 305, based on an investigation and under advisement from law enforcement, a heightened security status is no longer required. On Wednesday school will go back to normal operating procedures. Regular safety and security precautions will continue as usual. All events scheduled at Central HS ...

9 years ago
A female student says Kansas State University's failure to investigate the rape of another woman allowed the same alleged assailant to sexually assault her. The accusations were in court documents filed Monday seeking to add Crystal Stroup to a lawsuit against the university by Sara Weckhorst. The Associated Press typically does not name alleged rape victims, but ...

9 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo has a new member of their animal family, a baby giraffe. The zoo announced earlier this fall that Zuri, a 6-year-old giraffe, was in the later stages of pregnancy. The gestation period for giraffes can last up to 15 months, so the baby giraffe was expected to arrive in late November or early ...

9 years ago
A man from Concordia was transported to the hospital in Salina with facial injuries after leading police on a chase Sunday afternoon. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol clocked a vehicle driven by 33-year-old Jacob Deckert speeding in the 600 block of E. Iron on Sunday at about 4:30pm. Police say Deckert ...