9 years ago
Salina Police terminated a car chase after reaching speeds of 93-mph on I-135 Tuesday. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that around 11am on Tuesday, an officer on patrol attempted to make a traffic stop in the 1700 block of Osborn for a traffic violation. Police say the white, 2003 Ford Escape pulled over and a white ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is turning its attention to whether the state is spending enough money overall on its schools. The justices issued a brief order Wednesday setting oral arguments on that issue for Sept. 21. The court wants the parties to also address at that time a lower panel's remedial orders and any changes it should ...

9 years ago
Two women who are suing Kansas State University for refusing to investigate complaints that they were raped off-campus are getting support from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Education say in a court brief that the university is incorrect in its conclusion that it isn't responsible for what happens at ...

9 years ago
A Kansas woman is dead after a state trooper who was responding to an accident lost control of his patrol car and slammed into her vehicle. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports 24-year-old trooper Dillon Keller of Dodge City was eastbound on U.S. 50 near Spearville at 7:07 a.m. Tuesday when a truck pulled onto the highway ...

9 years ago
Police say a man who rode his bicycle up to a patrol unit in the McDonald's parking lot early Friday morning asking for help after being cut by a knife - is not being very cooperative in the investigation. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a male in his 30's  had a severe cut to ...

9 years ago
A woman and a child from Ogden were both hurt in a crash along Interstate 70 in Saline County on Tuesday morning as they swerved to miss a deer. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 51-year-old Irene Booth was driving a 2015  Mazda passenger car, headed west. She swerved to miss a deer, over-corrected, entered into ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating after a jewelry and coin collection were stolen from a home in the 2600 block of Deborah was stolen sometime Sunday morning between 9:15am and 9:55am. Police say a door was forced open and the loss is listed at over $14,000. A 2003 Chevy Tahoe was stolen from the parking lot at Salina's ...

9 years ago
Emergency Management Director Hannah Stambaugh told Saline County Commissioners that “Mother Nature’s” weekend rains helped reduce fire dangers over the holiday weekend.  Stambaugh had heard of no fire department related calls; she had not spoken to law enforcement. Four firework stands were located in the County; the county’s licensing fee was $1,000.  In the city, the ...

9 years ago
A 22-year U.S. Air Force veteran was announced as Kansas’ first Director of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at an event in Salina Tuesday.  Bob Brock, a Pittsburg native who retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel, will oversee the establishment of policy and procedures for the operation of UAS, or drones, in Kansas. The announcement ...

9 years ago
The Kansas Turnpike Authority will eliminate gates at three K-Tag lanes this week as part of a pilot program to test video enforcement. Turnpike spokeswoman Jeri Biehler says video enforcement will begin this week at Interstate 70 toll plazas in east Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas, and at a toll plaza on Interstate 35 on the ...

9 years ago
At a Tuesday media conference, police provided more details regarding a weekend stabbing and capture of a man considered armed and dangerous on Monday afternoon. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, SPD's SWAT Team along with the Saline County Sheriff's Office and and air unit from the Kansas Highway Patrol surrounded a home located in southeast Saline ...