9 years ago
A mistrial has been declared in a Kansas murder trial after a Nebraska television station aired footage of people in the jury pool. A judge put a stop Tuesday to the trial of 37-year-old Bobby Tallent after Nebraska TV showed footage Monday night of prospective jurors waiting to be questioned. The Kearney, Nebraska, station said on its ...

9 years ago
A 2002 Ford Windstar van was stolen from the lot at Abner's Autos, 212 E. Iron sometime between Monday at 8pm and Tuesday morning at 9:30am. The owner told officers the van is valued at $800 and has his dealer tag attached: D 2735 E.   A 2004 Pontiac Grand Am was damaged while parked in the ...

9 years ago
A skid loader was stolen from a tree line in the 6400 block of Old 81 Highway. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a yellow, New Holland LX565 skid loader that was last seen tucked away in a tree line. Deputies were contacted by Keith Buttenhoff of Lincoln, Kansas after he discovered the ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are requesting a warrant for two male suspects in connection to a number of power tools that were stolen from Lowe's Home Improvement, 3035 S. 9th earlier this month. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, 4 chain saws, 2 power generators and a 5-gallon bucket of paint were recovered after the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was injured in a motorcycle crash on a Roach Street. Police say 27-year-old Krystopher Roesch-Beem was transported to Salina Regional Health Center around 2am Tuesday with a head injury, broken pelvis and other fractured bones. Police say Roesch-Beem was riding his 2007 Kawasaki at a high rate of speed in the 700 block of ...

9 years ago
The cause of an overnight fire that engulfed three oil tanks is being investigated. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a Salina police officer on patrol spotted a fire burning on the property owned by Johnson Sand Company, 2100 E. Schilling Road. Rural Fire District 5 arrived on the scene around 1:10am and battled the blaze ...

9 years ago
A load of hay burns destroying the trailer it was on. A crew from Rural Fire District 3 responded to the intersection of Lockard Road and Brookville Road on Tuesday afternoon at 3:04pm. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that James Debold was pulling a load of round bales in his semi trailer truck and ...

9 years ago
A suburban Kansas City man has been sentenced to five months he already served in jail for sending fake IRS letters to former girlfriends and business partners. The U.S. attorney's office says that 56-year-old Jeffrey Nickerson, of Lenexa, Kansas, was sentenced Tuesday for one count of impersonating a federal employee. Nickerson sent letters on IRS letterhead ...

9 years ago
Authorities responded to a chemical spill Tuesday evening at the Biosecurity Research Institute on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan. According to the school, the Manhattan Fire Department responded at 5:31 p.m. Oct. 25, for a chemical spill at the Biosecurity Research Institute, housed in Pat Roberts Hall. The spill was determined to be contained ...

9 years ago
The Sedgwick County Zoo was placed on lockdown after an orangutan briefly escaped its enclosure. Zoo officials said Tuesday that all the orangutans are now secured indoors. KWCH-TV reports the orangutan was a new female to the exhibit named Tao. She apparently found a way out of the enclosure and then returned a few minutes later on ...

9 years ago
A Geary County man has pleaded guilty today to taking part in the kidnapping of a Junction City woman who was killed during the abduction. According to acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 26-year-old Drexel A. Woody, who lived at Fort Riley at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping resulting in ...