13 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after pointing a shotgun at a Saline County Sheriff's Deputy. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, deputies were called to a home at 4999 E. Old Highway 40 in New Cambria at 8pm Monday night after an argument escalated inside the house. Sheriff Kochanowki tells KSAL News that the first deputy on scene ...

13 years ago
A ceremony to honor Salina law enforcement officers and state troopers who have died in the line of duty will be held Wednesday. The event will be held at Jerry Ivey Park as part of National Peace Officers Memorial Day. The Salina Police Color Guard will present the colors, followed by a roll call of the 15 ...

13 years ago
It's the not-so-green secret of the nation's wind-energy boom: Spinning turbines are killing thousands of federally protected birds, including eagles, each year. Each death is a federal crime. And the Obama administration has prosecuted oil and power companies for such deaths. But the administration has not prosecuted a single wind farm. An Associated Press investigation has found ...

13 years ago
The year's second Kansas Honor Flight is scheduled to take 24 World War II veterans and their guardians to Washington, D.C., where they will spend two days visiting various memorials. The group plans to leave Wichita at 6:25 a.m. Wednesday and return Friday afternoon. The trip is organized by Kansas Honor Flight Inc., whose mission is ...

13 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Senate plans to debate Governor Sam Brownback's proposal to authorize an additional $202 million for a new national biodefense lab. Brownback has said the measure on Tuesday's agenda in the Senate will fulfill the state's commitment to fund part of the cost of the National Bio-and Agro-Defense Facility at Kansas ...

13 years ago
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) - A man charged with killing four people on an eastern Kansas farm has made an appearance in a packed courtroom, but stayed mostly quiet. Twenty seven year old Kyle Flack is being held on $10 million bond. He is charged with murder in the deaths of 18 month old Lana Leigh Bailey, ...

13 years ago
A top Kansas Democrat is criticizing Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and GOP legislative leaders for holding private talks to resolve tax issues. House Minority Leader Paul Davis says discussions of tax issues should occur during public meetings of negotiators appointed by House and Senate leaders to resolve the chambers' differences. Davis, of Lawrence, issued a statement Monday ...

13 years ago
A Salina man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearms charges. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's office 46-year-old Chris Alan Martin pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and one count ...

13 years ago
It's May, and another severe weather season has arrived for Kansas. Many Kansan’s think of storms as a terrible thing and wish they'd never happen. Other Kansan’s have a strong interest in these storms and want to learn more and experience them. KSAL's Justin Dean has had a lifelong interest in weather and remembers watching ...

13 years ago
It's time to get your hands dirty - with some good clean fun in the ceramic studio of Memorial Hall. The second annual SculptureTour Salina Symposium is giving people a chance to touch art this week. Phyll Klema, Executive Director of Salina Downtown Inc., stopped into the KSAL Morning News with a look at what's coming up ...

13 years ago
Burglars hit a Salina business early Monday morning. Officers responded to an alarm that sounded just after 1am at B & K Prescriptions, 601 E. Iron, after someone threw a concrete block through a large double pane window. Police are reviewing video from inside the store and say that two males, who were wearing ski masks and ...