7 years ago
A Hays woman traveling on Interstate 70 was killed on Tuesday afternoon due to the slick road. The Kansas Highway Patrol tells KSAL News 19-year-old Ashlen Leigh Lemon was traveling westbound on I-70 just two miles west of Junction City when her 2005 Chevy Malibu lost control due to icy road conditions, entered the median and ...

7 years ago
A woman returns to her driveway to find the car she was warming up - gone. Salina Police report that Jennifer Weis left her 2003 Ford Focus warming up and unattended last Friday afternoon. She told officers she walked back in her house for a quick minute and came back to discover the car was stolen. Police say ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was arrested after a little boy told authorities that his stepfather hurt him. Police took 36-year-old Joseph Cubillas, II into custody after agents with the Department of Children and Families interviewed the 6-year old boy. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that last Friday, Cubbillas, II allegedly grabbed the boy by the throat ...

7 years ago
An illegal park job leads to the arrest of a car thief from Burlington, Kansas. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, an officer on patrol Monday afternoon pulled over to ask a female about why she was parked so far from the curb in the 1000 block of Osborn. While he chatted with the female driver, ...

7 years ago
A property owner finds a bullet hole in the door of his rental property. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 600 block of Montrose Sunday night around 11pm after several gunshots were heard. Investigators found no damage to neighborhood houses or shell casings in the area and left the ...

7 years ago
A Herington man was taken into custody after allegedly sending explicit photos of himself to a 13-year-old Salina girl. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 23-year-old Tanner J. Becker was arrested Monday after the victim told a friend about the images and text messages he sent her in late December. The investigation was initiated after ...

7 years ago
Parts of Kansas are dealing with another round of winter weather. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for north-central Kansas and a Blizzard Warning for northwestern Kansas until this evening. Much of the northern part of the state could see ice, freezing drizzle and light snow. Officials are warning about slick road conditions ...

7 years ago
Kansas’ new governor wants to fix the state’s foster care. Fast. Laura Kelly isn’t the first governor to highlight a crisis in child welfare, or to inject cash into the Department for Children and Families. Expectations run high for Kelly, who sat on a task force examining the child welfare system for more than a year. She’s ...

7 years ago
The Bethany Oratorio Society will be holding the first “Messiah” rehearsal this Sunday. The rehearsal will be in Presser Hall at 3 p.m. New singers are asked to arrive at 2 p.m. for an informal vocal placement. “Messiah” scores will be available for purchase for $10 each. The chorus for the performance of the "Messiah" is uniquely ...

7 years ago
Family and friends are looking for a Dickinson County man who went missing  a week ago. Kansas Missing and Unsolved tells KSAL News 31-year-old Alex Head of Enterprise went missing last week on Tuesday, January 15th. Head is 5' 10" tall and weighs 135 pounds. Head was last seen driving a  2002 silver Dodge Durango in Chapman, possibly ...

7 years ago
A teenage boy accused of shooting at Kansas state troopers was taken into custody. Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents served an arrest warrant for the teen at Saint Francis Community Services in Salina  where he had been held since his release from a Kearney, Nebraska hospital. The 15-year-old  was arrested for attempted first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, and ...