9 years ago
Officials are on the scene of a gas line leak west of Salina, and a portion of Interstate 70 is back open. A spokesperson from Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha tells KSAL News that one of their underground natural gas lines ruptured early Thursday afternoon. There was no explosion when the line ruptured. The leak is ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement continue to work on an unsolved murder in Saline County. August, 25 marks two months since authorities were called to 10525 South Hopkins Road near Assaria to investigate the brutal murder of 57-year-old Lori Heimer. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that investigators are working alongside ...

9 years ago
A neighbor's dog warns a Salina man of would-be thieves in his yard. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that around 2:30am Thursday morning, Charles Kirby heard a dog barking next door to his home at 605 W. Grand and looked out the window. Kirby told police he then saw three teens dressed in dark hoodies ...

9 years ago
Thieves broke into a construction trailer at the top of Coronado Heights and stole some high-end power tools. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says sometime between 12:40am and 7:30am Wednesday someone forced open the hasp on a trailer owned by Harbin Construction of Salina and stole an $800 Husqvarna concrete saw, a Hilti chipping hammer worth ...

9 years ago
The lead elephant in the 1980s film "Smokey and the Bandit 2" is among two new pachyderms at the Topeka Zoo. The 58-year-old Asian elephant named Cora arrived Wednesday. She was joined by her longtime companion, Shannon, a 34-year-old African elephant. Topeka Zoo director Brendan Wiley says the pair quickly took to exploring after being unloaded. Currently, they ...

9 years ago
A sold-out crowd of 560 attended the Sixth Annual Night with the Yotes event this past  Saturday in Heritage Hall at the Salina Bicentennial Center. Preliminary results indicate the dinner/auction event set a record with more than $90,000 in revenue to benefit the Coyote Student-Athletes. Kansas Wesleyan alumni Bryon and Sandy Norris and community supporters Ken ...

9 years ago
Thieves have not set back a project at an area landmark. A break-in this week, and theft of several thousand dollars worth of tools and equipment, will not impact the reopening of Coronado Heights. Within a couple of days, possibly as early as Saturday, the 80-year-old Central Kansas landmark will be open again. The final concrete ...

9 years ago
State health officials say they have not discovered a single cause for high lead levels found in some children in Saline County. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been investigating since routine physical exams found 32 children in and around Saline County with elevated levels of lead in their blood. The health department has notified ...

9 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback wants to hear what the public thinks about how schools are funded. Brownback told WIBW-AM that the old system had "a lot of problems," and it's time to talk about a new one. He said Tuesday that his office plans to announce a system for collecting public feedback in the next couple ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating a business burglary that occurred at Advanced Motorsports, 527 S. Broadway. Police say sometime between 6:30pm Monday and 5:30am on Tuesday someone forced open a door and stole $8,200 cash that was kept inside the business.

9 years ago
A counterfeit $100 bill was passed at a Salina liquor store. Police say staff at Bennington State Bank discovered the fake bill in a deposit on Monday from AJ's Retail Liquor, 671 Westport Boulevard. The bill was stamped, "For Motion Picture Use Only."