8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying the driver of a car who allegedly stole a trailer from a homestead north of Salina. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that an alert neighbor noticed a black spray painted Ford Crown Victoria driving in the area. He snapped pictures of the vehicle ...

8 years ago
A two block joy ride ends in a crash with a 10-year-old boy at the wheel. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that just several minutes after the boy drove off in his mother's car - he hit a parked vehicle near the intersection of College and Ash on Thursday afternoon around 3:30pm. Police say ...

8 years ago
Lottery players in Kansas have an opportunity to win over a half billion dollars in jackpot prizes this weekend. According to the Kansas Lottery, Friday night's Mega Millions drawing kicks off the weekend with a jackpot worth an estimated $422 million, including a cash option of $254.8 million.  This is the 6th largest Mega Millions jackpot ...

8 years ago
Water in a pond in a Salina Park remains unsafe. Jerry Ivey Park's pond is among the bodies of water in Kansas that remains under a public health warning for toxic blue-green algae. All other water facilities within the park (spray-grounds, restrooms, water fountains) are not subject to this warning. According to the Kansas Department of Health ...

8 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says Kansas law, not federal law, should decide Kansas' elections. Kansas' solicitor general filed an addition to Kobach's appeal of a ruling that says he stepped over the line with a 2011 law that would have new voters in the state prove their citizenship. The solicitor general says federal law ...

8 years ago
Storms that rolled through the area early Thursday afternoon caused some damage in Salina, including significant damage at a mobile home park. The storms rolled through during the noon hour, and did prompt warnings for several areas. As the storms rolled through Salina they did not cause widespread damage. There was significant damage, though, to a small ...

8 years ago
A charity claiming to raise funds to send care packages to deployed service members has been shut down for violating state charity and consumer protection laws. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office, Tennessee-based Operation Troop Aid (OTA) reached an agreement with Kansas and 15 other states to resolve allegations that it mishandled funds that ...

8 years ago
A campaign event in Wichita featuring Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is being moved to a larger venue. Sanders will now appear tomorrow at Century II Convention and Performing Arts Center to endorse Kansas Fourth District Democratic Congressional candidate James Thompson in a "Unite for America" rally. Officials say the event was moved from the Orpheum Theatre because ...

8 years ago
Salina Police have released the names of the five people who escaped an apartment fire late Tuesday evening with their lives. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, 41-year-old Tammy Reinbold suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns along with smoke inhalation and was transferred to a burn unit at a Wichita hospital while 13-year-old Dailen Reinbold suffered ...

8 years ago
Tolls on the Kansas Turnpike are about to increase. The Kansas Turnpike Authority says it will raise prices starting October 1st. Vehicles with a K-TAG will see a five-percent increase in fees, but drivers who pay with cash will see their costs rise by more than 12-percent. Officials say the fee increase will allow the Turnpike Authority ...

8 years ago
A Lindsborg man who traveled to the Philippines and had sex with minor females there pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography. According to the U.S. Department of Justice 55-year-old Anthony Shultz, a helicopter pilot from Lindsborg, was charged by complaint in July 2016 and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Eric F. ...