9 years ago
A Salina man is booked into jail following a Wichita Police internet crime unit's investigation that has linked him to child pornography. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers used a search warrant to enter a home at 562 Upper Mill Heights on Tuesday morning at 10am and arrested 53-year-old Michael N. Rodenbeek. Captain ...

9 years ago
In a 4-0 vote, the Saline County Commission declined to accept a bid to lease oil and gas rights for property given to the county by the late Oliver Hagg.  Citing Hagg’s intention to preserve the land for agriculture, the Commission wrestled with the impact that leasing the oil and gas rights might have on ...

9 years ago
Progress continues on the Fieldhouse Salina project even though crews have had to live with some rain delays. "We've had a few rain days, but who is going to complain about a little bit of rain in August and early September," said Salina City Manager Jason Gage during his monthly visit on the KSAL Morning News ...

9 years ago
Federal workplace safety officials are investigating a Kansas grain bin accident in which a worker's leg got caught in a running auger and was later amputated. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that the 28-year-old Ellsworth Co-op worker had his left leg surgically removed Monday after the accident. OSHA says in ...

9 years ago
Court documents allege that a man's blood-alcohol level was double Kansas' legal threshold when he caused a crash that killed a Johnson County sheriff's deputy. The Kansas City Star reports Adrian Espinosa-Flores' blood-alcohol content measured .160 after the Sept. 11 crash. Espinosa-Flores is charged with involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatality traffic crash in ...

9 years ago
A pawned stolen saw, and then a disturbance with police, landed a Salina man in jail. Police say that a Stihl brand pole saw valued at $599 was stolen on September 15th from outside a home at 902 West Elm Street where a tree crew was working. The saw was pawned later in the day for ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was arrested early Tuesday morning after allegedly threatening an acquaintance with a knife, and then setting a house on fire. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that an officer on routine patrol in the 600 block of North 12th Street at 12:13 in the morning could see and smell smoke. He discovered a fire, ...

9 years ago
Robert Glenn is a math teacher at St. John’s Military School. In an effort to better accommodate the needs of his students, Glenn has taken an innovative, and effective approach to teaching by implementing what is known as a “flipped classroom.” Under the flipped model, Glenn’s lectures and homework course elements are reversed, with students ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck extreme northern Oklahoma late Monday and was widely felt throughout parts of Kansas. No injuries or damage were reported. The earthquake was centered near the town of Wakita, which is right on the state's border with Kansas and is about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City. The ...

9 years ago
Stepping up to lend a hand or sending a check to help a cause has been a hallmark of the Salina community for decades. Tuesday evening, Salinans will come together again to learn more about getting connected with the Salina Area United Way's Volunteer Hub. The Hub is the new version of the old, Volunteer Connection - ...

9 years ago
The Salina Police Department is warning citizens about phone scams after a man in his 60's was swindled out of $1,700. Police say the caller told the victim he had won $8.8 million plus a new Mercedes Benz in the 'Golden Nugget Cash Giveaway." Over the course of several days the caller convinced the man ...