9 years ago
A high speed pursuit that reached speeds of 99 mph on Old 81 Highway ends with an abandoned truck found in Salina. According to Saline County Sheriff-elect Roger Soldan, a deputy turned around to follow a truck that matched a stolen vehicle's description on Sunday afternoon around 1:50pm on Old 81. A suspect described as a white ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after 500 pro wrestling figurines were stolen from a locked storage unit. Police say sometime between October 1 and November 12, someone broke into a storage unit in an apartment complex at 2130 E. Crawford and removed numerous pro wresting collectibles. Police say 500 wrestling figurines, 2 toy wrestling rings, trading cards, and ...

9 years ago
A transgender soldier serving 35 years at a Kansas military prison for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks is asking President Barack Obama to commute her sentence to the 6 1/2 years she has already served. Chelsea Manning says in her application for commutation that she's a "far different person" than she was in 2010, when her ...

9 years ago
A suspected truck thief is arrested after he allegedly spray painted a stolen Honda. Police arrested 21-year-old Malachi Lageman of Salina after investigators found a 2006 Honda Ridgeline truck parked behind his home in the 100 block of E. Bond on Saturday. The vehicle, which is valued at $10,000 now has $4,000 in damage to the exterior ...

9 years ago
A suspected car thief is taken into custody after twisting his ankle in a creek bed. A chase that began around 3am Sunday in Dickinson County ended in Saline County after a deputy used spike strips at K-4 and Old 81 Highway to disable a stolen car. Saline County Sheriff-elect Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a ...

9 years ago
Salina Police continue to investigate a drive-by shooting that happened Friday morning in the 700 block of Sheridan. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that no one was hurt after someone drove by and fired multiple shots at an occupied home located at 725 Sheridan on Friday at about 9:45am. Police say an SUV that was parked ...

9 years ago
A person of interest has been taken into custody in the disappearance of an 87-year-old woman and her 65-year-old son in eastern Kansas. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Monday that family members reported Betty Mcnaab and Kenneth Mcnaab missing late Friday evening. The release says a check of their rural Pleasanton home ...

9 years ago
Thousands of hunters were in Kansas fields over the weekend for the opening of pheasant season, benefitting hundreds of businesses and philanthropies. Mike Miller, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism information chief, told The Wichita Eagle that pheasant season - especially opening weekend - is an important economic boost.  He says up to 50,000 hunters ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas campus plans to be tobacco-free beginning in the fall of 2018. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://j.mp/2fPGcgP) reports that an official university announcement about the new rule isn't expected until fall of 2017, but the Tobacco Free KU initiative is continuing its efforts to get the word out. University spokeswoman Erinn Barcomb-Peterson says it's hoped ...

9 years ago
Textron Aviation has announced more layoffs. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://j.mp/2g0tkYq) that the layoffs occurred Thursday. But the company isn't providing details about how many people were let go from the company, which has three campuses in Wichita. Textron manufactures business jets as well as turboprop airplanes and also operates a plant in Independence. Company spokeswoman Rosa ...

9 years ago
Organizers are ready for one of the biggest, and most continuous events of its kind in Salina and the Midwest. Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland is inviting the public to kick off the holiday season by shopping at the 50th annual See & Sell Holiday Market and supporting Kansas Girl Scouts at the same time. This ...