9 years ago
Kansas has seen its once-conservative Legislature lurch to the center with the flowering of a bipartisan coalition. Democrats and moderate Republicans are bent on erasing much of Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's tax-cutting legacy and ready to bedevil other GOP leaders. In a week's time, the state House approved a huge increase in personal income taxes, voted to ...

9 years ago
Salina Police have made an arrest in connection with a Thursday afternoon shooting. At around 3:00 in the afternoon on Thursday first responders were sent to the parking lot of the Executive Plaza in the 1500 block of East Iron Avenue to the report of a possible shooting. They found 22-year-old Tyler Reinbold suffering from two ...

9 years ago
Elementary school students in Saline County are taking a lead role in helping Rolling Hills Zoo select a new name for its baby giraffe. Born November 27th, this baby boy arrived standing 6’ tall and weighing 117 lbs.  Now over 7' tall, this “little” guy is still in need of a name.  To accomplish the naming ...

9 years ago
A lawyer for a Kansas man accused of plotting to attack Somali refugees says his client believed then President Barack Obama would declare martial law and not recognize the validity of the election if Donald Trump won - forcing militias to step in. The defense claim of a "self-defensive posture" surfaced during a detention hearing Friday ...

9 years ago
National angst that has been sweeping the nation as members of congress return home for public events boiled over into Salina on Friday morning. What was supposed to be a simple ribbon cutting event at First District United States Congressman Dr. Roger Marshall's office in Downtown Salina instead turned into a sometimes angry town-hall type event. ...

9 years ago
A crowd of about 150 people experienced a real storm fury in Salina Thursday evening.  National Weather Service Meteorologists Chance Hayes and Robb Lawson were in town to present the "Storm Fury On The Plains" spring severe weather safety and spotter class. Hayes handled the main part of the presentation this year. Hayes began with an informal ...

9 years ago
Salina Police identify the victim in yesterday's shooting that took place in the parking lot at the Executive Plaza on E. Iron. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 22-year-old Tyler Reinbold was shot once in the stomach and once in the calf with a handgun while inside a pickup truck Thursday afternoon around 3pm. He was ...

9 years ago
The Kansas House has given final approval to expanding Medicaid, years after many states had already expanded the program. The House on Thursday gave final approval by an 81 to 44 vote.  The vote came after a proposal to expand the program was denied votes and floor debate for years. The bill will now move to the ...

9 years ago
Four runaway teens were taken into custody after they were found in a stolen car from Lawrence on Wednesday evening. Salina Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that a license plate reader in a patrol unit pinged back a hit as a 'stolen car' as the vehicle passed by. The officer confirmed the 2011 Chevy Traverse ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a couple stole a display model phone from the Verizon store at 2401 S. 9th Wednesday evening. Police say a white man and white woman entered the store just before 9pm and began looking at a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge display model phone and discussed the model with a salesperson. The male ...

9 years ago
Half of the people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrests include Edee Blevins, Cady Cole, and Laurence Couillard. They were wanted for crimes that include forgery, theft, drug crimes, and child sex crimes. Including the latest arrests,  12 of those on the ...