9 years ago
Kansas man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 months in prison for helping a would-be jihadist's unsuccessful plan to plant what they thought was a bomb at Fort Riley Army base. Alexander Blair, 29, also was sentenced to two years of supervised probation. He was accused of loaning $100 to 21-year-old John T. Booker Jr. to store ...

9 years ago
A former prison guard at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth has been sentenced to two years of probation for accepting bribes in exchange for providing inmates with contraband tobacco. The U.S. attorney's office says 53-year-old Michael Harston, of Kansas City, Missouri, also was ordered Monday to serve six months home confinement and pay $4,800 in fines. The ...

9 years ago
A group of people gathered in Salina over the weekend to show support for an event that is happening 650 miles to the north. The gathering in Salina was in solidarity with those who have set up camp in North Dakota in protest of a controversial proposed oil pipeline. The Dakota Access oil pipeline would carry ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback isn't ruling out a tax increase next year to balance the state budget even though he thinks it would be harmful to raise taxes with agriculture in a slump. Brownback had a Statehouse news conference Monday to tout what he sees as several successes that include highway projects and a reading program ...

9 years ago
The ruby slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas in three clicks are looking a little down at the heels, prompting the Smithsonian to launch a $300,000 online campaign to conserve them. Museum officials started a Kickstarter fundraising drive Monday to repair the iconic slippers from 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" and create a new state-of-the-art ...

9 years ago
Downtown Salina was alive Monday, with teens roaming the streets. The first "Cultural Crawl" was held. Groups of 50 students rotates through six of  twelve available stations at various locations. Lessons were learned over curriculum areas that include arts, science, history, social studies, math and more. There was plenty for the students to do, including hands-on activities. Access ...

9 years ago
USD 305 Superintendent Bill Hall stopped into the KSAL Morning News on Monday with an update on Salina schools as he keeps an eye on the upcoming elections. "We have six of our eight elementary schools completely finished, we still have Stewart and Sunset yet to go," Hall said. Construction continues at South Middle School as well ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating after vandals shattered a glass door that leads to a laundry room at Hillcrest Apartments, 2140 E. Crawford sometime between midnight and 1am Saturday. Damage is estimated at $750.   Someone damaged a toilet in the men's restroom at Jerry Ivy Park, 2465 Edward sometime between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Police report someone ...

9 years ago
A Newton woman was injured at Salina Speedway after a demolition car rolled over her leg on Saturday night. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 23-year-old Shelby Crawley and her husband Bradly, both of Newton were sitting on the hood of a demolition car they own at the speedway located at 2841 S. ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are once again warning citizens about phone scams. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a Salina man in his 50's was cheated out of $1,550 after a caller convinced him he had won millions last week. The victim told police a man who called himself, Bob Green told him over the phone he had ...

9 years ago
Burglars hit three downtown stores in Salina over the weekend. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that thieves broke into the back door at Iron Street Tattoo, 113 E. Iron and then gained access to Income Tax Services, 115 E. Iron and Salina Vapor, 117 E. Iron by punching through the back walls of the ...