10 years ago
Designs for a second water treatment facility south of Salina are expected to be unveiled sometime this year according to Utilities Director Martha Tasker. "It takes away some of our vunrabiltiy," she said. "One water plant, one source. A tornado or some tremendous emergency and we're out of water." Tasker joined in on the KSAL Morning News Tuesday ...

10 years ago
Vehicles at an auto towing business were damaged by thieves. Saline County Sheriff's Captain Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that someone cut a hole in the fence at A & A Towing, 1332 N. Ohio, sometime between 5pm on February 12th and 1:25pm on Monday the 15th. Once inside the lot they entered 16 vehicles removing stereos ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a handgun was stolen from a vehicle in Brookville. Deputies say sometime between February 7th and 13th, someone entered a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire that was parked at a residence at 114 E. 2nd Street and removed a Kel-Tec .380 caliber pistol, valued at $300.

10 years ago
Police are looking for a couple of stolen vehicles. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a pink, 2008 Schwinn moped was stolen from a residence at 853 Merrill sometime between Saturday at 8pm and Monday morning at 11am. Total loss is listed at $600. A 2004 Dodge Neon was reported stolen from a ...

10 years ago
At a packed special meeting Tuesday morning Salina City Commissioners approved the Fieldhouse Salina project. Commissioners selected a new design, and a way to fund it. In 2015 the city agreed to contribute up to $4.5 million to the project, with supporters raising private funds for the rest. The project was initially expected to cost $9 ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is accused of stealing a pistol. Police arrested 22-year-old Mikal Terrell on a failure to appear warrant last Friday and found him in possession of a firearm. Police later confirmed the Cobra .380 caliber handgun had been stolen from a home in the 2500 block of S. Ohio sometime between February 8th and 9th. The ...

10 years ago
An Ohio man is behind bars in the Saline County Jail for having sex with a girl under the age of 16. Police arrested 27-year-old Jacob L. Pina on a warrant request for an incident that allegedly occurred in 2014. Police say the victim contacted authorities after she was held against her will and sexually molested at ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a residential burglary east of Salina. Captain Roger Soldan reports that Greg Newton contacted authorities after he went to add to his coin collection on Sunday and discovered it was missing. Deputies say sometime between January 16th and February 14th, someone entered the home in the 3200 block of E. ...

10 years ago
Protesters gathered outside of the Great Bend School District offices. A large crowd gathered Monday to speak out against the district's response to an alleged sexual assault on a school bus carrying the Great Bend High School boys' swim team on February 6th. KAKE reports that Great Bend students surrounded Superintendent Brad Reed as he exited the ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas law enforcement would be required to file a missing person report within two hours of receiving a minimum amount of information under a bill approved by a Senate committee. The measure that passed Monday in the Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee sets a specific time period in which the report ...

10 years ago
A new bill being discussed in Topeka would link Kansas with six other states around the nation that have a maximum speed limit of 80 miles per hour. If HB 2450 becomes law - Kansas would join South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah in allowing drivers to travel at 80-mph on designated separated, multi-lane ...