9 years ago
An elephant is the people's choice. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the 2016 People's Choice in the Salina Sculpture Tour program is '"Slim" by Dale Lewis of Hastings,Minnesota. The work will be placed in an elevated planter at the south entrance to the Salina Bicentennial Center. "Slim" is the sixth People's Choice selected by the public ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a suspect who swapped keys on a key ring to steal a 2004 Chevy Tahoe. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the owner of Gordine Auto Service at 500 W. North Street contacted police after realizing a thief had stolen a vehicle they had listed for sale. Police say the suspect ...

9 years ago
Three injury accidents kept deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office on the run Friday. According to Sheriff Roger Soldan, a rollover crash on I-70 Friday morning at about 8:50am injured the driver, who was later arrested for DUI and theft of the vehicle. Deputies say 40-year-old Richard Griffin of Salina was headed westbound on the Interstate ...

9 years ago
President Trump's executive order on immigration is sparking protests in Kansas. Nearly 400 people gathered Sunday at Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita to show support for people who were impacted by travel restrictions. More than 100 people demonstrated outside the Islamic Society of Wichita Sunday to speak out against the President's order, which temporarily bans immigration ...

9 years ago
Hundreds of brides-to-be enjoyed a special event Sunday afternoon at the Salina Bicentennial Center. The soon-to-be-married ladies were joined by family and friends at the Salina Bridal & Prom Expo. Future brides and grooms had a chance to meet with over 50 vendors throughout the day to get inspiration on how to plan their perfect wedding. ...

9 years ago
Kansas welfare officials rarely release details after a child's death or serious injury despite a decade-old law designed to provide more transparency. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2jcpFXe) reports that it has made numerous requests for documents to see how officials with the Kansas Department for Children and Families were complying with the 2004 law. Of 15 media ...

9 years ago
A 22-year-old man who attacked and injured several children at a suburban Kansas City playground has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness. A Johnson County judge on Friday found Javan Lockett not guilty but ordered that he be committed to Larned State Hospital for evaluation. Police say that in March 2015, Lockett injured three ...

9 years ago
The special election for the congressional seat formerly held by new CIA Director Mike Pompeo has added new urgency to pending court decisions in multiple federal lawsuits challenging restrictive voter registration requirements in Kansas. Gov. Sam Brownback has called an April 11 special election to fill the 4th District seat covering southcentral Kansas. Preliminary court orders allowed ...

9 years ago
More than a hundred Fort Riley soldiers are helping University of Kansas researchers study how intense running affects wounded soldiers with mild traumatic brain injury. David Johnson, who is leading a two-year study, says many soldiers have significant problems with traumatic brain injuries. Many of the injuries are caused by improvised explosive devices and other blasts. Clinical ...

9 years ago
A Hutchinson man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a drunken-driving accident that killed his friend. Twenty-year-old Dakota Wade James was sentenced Friday for a May 15 wreck on the Barton/Stafford county line. Investigators say James missed a curve and rolled his pickup truck rolled, leaving 20-year-old Jacob Kenny of Great Bend dead. The ...

9 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Syrian man whose family was the first to be resettled in the U.S. as part of the U.S. "surge" refugee program says President Donald Trump should help topple Syria's regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to more refugees. Forty-eight-year-old Ahmad Alabood's ...