12 years ago
A Salina man admits to a federal gun crime. Acording to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, 45-year-old Stephen M. Smith, Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. In his plea, Smith admitted that he possessed a .40 caliber handgun when he was arrested Sept. 6, 2013, ...

12 years ago
Police are looking for a suspect who was attempting to steal spools of wire from Westar Energy. Salina Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that a white, male ran away from the dock area at 1001 Edison on Saturday morning at about 5:45am. A worker arrived to find the suspect lining up eleven spools of copper ...

12 years ago
Fires kept rural firefighter crews busy over the weekend. According to Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a Morton Building burned down Saturday while a hay loft in a barn was damaged by fire on Sunday. Captain Soldan tells KSAL News that Rural Fire District #7 responded to a fire at 2752 W. ...

12 years ago
A locker in an apartment hallway is broken into. Police are investigating the theft of three duffel bags that were stolen from a wooden locker box in an apartment hallway at 2130 E. Crawford sometime between February 16th and March 16th. Someone apparently cut the padlock to gain access. The owner told officers the bags ...

12 years ago
A house and several older vehicles were damaged after a grass fire grew and engulfed the back of a house at 4533 S. Burma Road on Friday. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that a squirrel was electrocuted on an overhead Westar wire and fell to the ground, igniting the ...

12 years ago
Some graduate students at the University of Kansas are concerned about a proposal that would cut back the number of hours they are allowed to work on campus because of questions about health care reform. The discussion is still in its early stages because of unknowns in the Affordable Care Act about how the law applies ...

12 years ago
Police in the south-central Kansas community of Stafford say a fire that burned down the town's old high school over the weekend is being investigated as arson. A police officer on patrol Saturday night spotted a major fire coming out of the building's third floor around 10 p.m. Stafford Police Chief Doug Brown says the wind ...

12 years ago
A new exhibit at the Eisenhower Presidential Library tells the forgotten stories of the many smaller Allied countries during World War II. "Be Ye Men of Valour: Allies of World War II" explores the important victories, defeats and causes associated with these lesser-known nations and resistance groups. This free exhibit is located in the Library building ...

12 years ago
The windy plains of Kansas could be a treasure trove in the nation's effort to harness clean energy. But a major proposal to move wind-generated electricity east from Kansas is meeting opposition from farmers who don't want high-power transmission lines on their land. Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners wants to build a 750-mile-long high-voltage overhead transmission ...

12 years ago
A former national security adviser to President Barack Obama is scheduled to give a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University. Thomas Donilon will speak April 15 at the Manhattan campus. It's the second lecture of the year in the series named for former Kansas Gov. Alf Landon. Donilon headed the National Security Council until resigning in June ...

12 years ago
An upcoming exhibit at The Mid-America All-Indian Center will feature bird feathers and feathered objects dating from the mid-1880s to 1900s. The exhibit called "Carry Our Prayers to Heaven" will open Saturday and remain on display through the end of the year at the facility in Wichita. Saturday's opening is marked with a $1 admission for ...