10 years ago
Bradon Watts, 20 of Salina was arrested on charges of aggravated battery and criminal threat for pushing a female acquaintance and threatening her with a knife on Saturday evening at a central Salina home. The woman was not treated for any injuries. Robert Bachofer contacted police after discovering that a known suspect had used his credit ...

10 years ago
A Camaro was stolen from the side of the road while the owner headed back to town for tools. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that Samuel Johannes of Salina pulled his 2010 Chevy Camaro onto the shoulder of I-135 with flat tire, Sunday afternoon at 12:30. When he returned to mile marker #82 near ...

10 years ago
A motorcycle rider was thrown from his bike and hurt after missing a tight turn in Gypsum Saturday afternoon around 4pm. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office say 50-year-old Peter Smucker missed a turn from K-4 onto Gypsum Valley Road and lost control. He was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center with a cut ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman was treated at the hospital on Friday evening for a stab wound. Police arrested 55-year-old Michael B. Moyer  on a charge of aggravated battery after an argument between two acquaintances turned violent inside an east Salina home. Police say the woman was was cut with a steak knife and later transported to Salina Regional ...

10 years ago
A Monday evening event is planned in Salina to remember and honor the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Early Sunday morning 49 people were killed and more than 50 others were wounded by a shooter in a gay night club in Orlando, Florida. The gunman was eventually killed in a shootout with ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was scammed for over $1,800, after multiple phone calls convinced him he was a grant recipient. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the man contacted police after sending $1,893 in three transactions to a caller who claimed to be with the National Institute of Health Department. On Friday the scammer told the man ...

10 years ago
The cause of a fire that damaged a rural home Friday west of Gypsum is deemed to be electrical in nature. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that a utility box in the basement of a home at 6960 S. Kipp Road was the origin of a fire that sparked inside a house when no one ...

10 years ago
Four sun-soaked days led to another well attended Smoky Hill River Festival in Salina's Oakdale Park. As crews were packing gear and striking tents late Sunday, Brad Anderson, Executive Director of Salina Arts and Humanities was still smiling about the weather, "That's the first time in six years we weren't dodging thunder storms and rain," he ...

10 years ago
The body of a man who went missing back in late May was found late Sunday afternoon. Family members confirm to KSAL News that a body discovered on the Solomon River in Ottawa County is that of 37-year-old Nathan Lancaster. The body was found by a man, who after detecting a strong smell on his farm, ...

10 years ago
A rally to support Salina USD 305 educators is planned. Organizers tell KSAL News that the public is invited  to the event, which will be held on Monday, June 20th at Indian Rock Park across the street from the board of education offices. Multiple events and activities are planned as part of the event. They include: ...

10 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas farmers have begun harvesting what appears to be a bountiful wheat crop. More bushels coming in from this year's harvest will help ease some of the sting from wheat prices that have plunged roughly 53 percent since peaking at $7.77 a bushel during the 2012 drought. The Agriculture Department reported Friday that ...