11 years ago
The U.S. Postal Service has conceded to the small central Kansas town of St. John. After complaints from residents, the postal service says the town's name will be changed in its database from Saint John to St John. However, it won't have the period behind the "S-T" because the service's database does not include any ...

11 years ago
Shots fired from a high-powered rifle narrowly miss a woman asleep in bed. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers were called to 500 West Beloit Thursday night just after 11:30pm - after someone fired at least five shots that hit a house. One of the rounds went through a wall and then the mattress where ...

11 years ago
The Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit challenging the latest move by Kansas to allow construction of a $2.8 billion coal-fired power plant, partly because the state wouldn't regulate the plant's greenhouse gas emissions. The environmental group says in its filing Friday with the state Court of Appeals that the Kansas Department of Health ...

11 years ago
The U.S. Army says budget cuts could mean the loss of thousands of soldiers and employees at Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth. However, fort officials say the report released Thursday is a worst-case scenario and the reductions aren't likely to be as severe as predicted. The report said Fort Riley could lose 16,000 soldiers and civilian employees, ...

11 years ago
A man is facing four counts of sexual misconduct after prosecutors say he exposed himself and committed lewd acts in public places around town. The 33-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday in the parking lot of a Kansas City coffee shop. Police say they were conducting surveillance on him because of previous incidents and saw him expose ...

11 years ago
A bicycle rider is hit by a truck and killed Thusday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 49-year-old Mark Jilka from Manhattan was riding a bicycle along K 177 Highway, headed south on the right shoulder of the road. He was hit from behind by a pickup truck that was also headed south. Jilka was killed ...

11 years ago
The reward is up to $100,000 for solving the 1999 disappearance of an 11-year-old southeast Kansas boy whose adoptive parents never reported him missing. An anonymous donor who wanted to see closure for the family of Adam Herrman put up a $50,000 cash reward in December. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet announced Thursday that ...

11 years ago
Heavy equipment owned by a Salina car dealership is stolen. Police say someone removed a trailer and high-lift tractor from a lot at 1540 W. Schilling Road sometime during the overnight hours on June 18th. The equipment is owned by Long McArthur Ford and is described as a yellow, high-lift tractor of unknown make plus a 10-foot ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is treated at the hospital after an argument turns violent. Police are searching for a known suspect after a 27-year-old man was hit in the head twice with a blunt object. Police were called to a residence in the 600 block of N. 7th on Wednesday evening just before 10pm after the man, who ...

11 years ago
The stars of the TNA Wrestling, as seen on SPIKE TV, are coming to Salina. The TNA Impact Wrestling 2014 World Tour will stop in Salina this Fall. The event is coming to the Salina Bicenetnnial Center on Saturday, September 27th. Prior to the show, a new "Fist-Pumpin Pre-Show Party" is planned. Starting one hour ...

11 years ago
State and city officials say excessive a massive fish kill at Sterling Lake in central Kansas was caused by excessive green algae. The fish began floating to the surface of the lake Tuesday. City manager Taggart Wall says the lake is not dangerous for humans. The naturally-occurring algae creates oxygen in a lake during the day ...