12 years ago
The Army - Navy football game this past weekend was extra special for a Salina couple. Retired Army veteran Bernard "Barney" King and his wife Mary were in Philadelphia for the big game. The Kings were the winners of a Salina Media Group contest where the prize was a trip to the game. Barney credits his ...

12 years ago
Salina Animal Shelter employees will not have to start over as new employees when they officially become City of Salina employees on January 1st. As part of the health department becoming a county agency, the animal shelter is becoming a city agency. Previously, both agencies were city - county shared. City commissioners Monday voted an exception for ...

12 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake has hit south-central Kansas. The USGS said the earthquake was reported shortly after 9 a.m. Monday about 11 miles northwest of Caldwell, which is about 60 miles south of Wichita, near the Oklahoma border. The USGS initially reported the quake to be magnitude 4.2, but ...

12 years ago
Police recover a stole truck and arrest the driver. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol early Saturday morning saw a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that had been reported stolen back on December 1st. The officer conducted a traffic stop at the Pilot Truck Stop in North Salina. The ...

12 years ago
Salina police are investigating a burglary. Police say that a home at 1411 Osborne was entered sometime during the day on Thursday. Items taken include a Star Wars Luke Skywalker collectible light sabre, a jewelry including a ring and a a chain. Total loss, including damage to a window, is estimated at $1,030. --- Police are looking ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a Sunday night robbery. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a 36-year-old woman came home from shopping Sunday night just after 10:00. She left her 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix running in her driveway in the 600 Block of South 9th Street as she carried groceries in to her home. ...

12 years ago
The last full week before Christmas is starting out unseasonably warm. According to the National Weather Service, unseasonably mild and dry weather will prevail across the area through Wednesday. Daily high temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s are expected through Thursday. However a strong arctic cold front is expected to drop south across Kansas ...

12 years ago
Army and developers are preparing to open the doors of a new hotel at Fort Riley, part of a military program to improve on-post lodging for soldiers and families. The hotel is a Candlewood Suites with 100 guest rooms that was constructed through the Army, Lend Lease US Public Partnerships and InterContinental Hotel Group. Construction of ...

12 years ago
Young adults who are heavy Internet users may also exhibit signs of addiction. That's the finding of a new study that was conducted by researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Institute of Brain Science. The study tracked the Internet usage of 69 college students over two ...

12 years ago
A Florida-based developer is exploring the possibility of building a wind farm in Douglas County. The Lawrence Journal-World  reports that NextEra Energy Resources is looking for sites to place meteorological towers to measure the wind in the area. Company spokesman Steve Stengel says the measurements will determine if a Douglas County project would be economically feasible. He ...

12 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has seen an unusually high number of departures among his top leadership. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that almost half of Brownback's 11 permanent Cabinet secretary appointments will turn over in the first three years of his tenure. The percentage outpaces that of predecessors Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, and Bill Graves, a Republican. Many other ...