8 years ago
The woman who inspired the Supreme Court case that ended school segregation is dead. Linda Brown passed away Sunday afternoon in Topeka at age 76. Brown was nine-years-old when she was blocked from attending an all-white school close to her home, so her father sued the Topeka Board of Education over its segregation policies. "Brown vs. Board of ...

8 years ago
A Bennington woman was transported to Salina Regional Health Center on Monday afternoon after an SUV slammed into the back of a pickup truck she was driving. Police say 40-year-old Karrie Lowe was transported to the hospital by EMS to be treated for head and neck pain. Captain Mike Sweeney reports that around 2:45pm, an ...

8 years ago
An employee at a Salina office supply store walked in on a burglar Monday morning. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a female staff member at Key Office Products located at 1109 W. Crawford entered the business around 8am and realized that there were items and supplies out of place. Moments later she found a ...

8 years ago
A suspicious package has prompted the evacuation of the Salina Post Office Tuesday morning. The building has been evacuated, and the streets surrounding the facility have been closed. Police Captain Paul Forester told KSAL News at the scene that at around 9:30 in the morning a customer found a suspicious package which had been left in ...

8 years ago
Nationally recognized cut-paper artist Angie Pickman of Lawrence has been selected to design the 2018 Smoky Hill River Festival Print and the 2018 Festival T-shirt . A native of Atchison, Pickman combines the art of traditional paper cutting with collage to create intricately detailed works of art and animation that depict Midwestern subjects with warmth and ...

8 years ago
Kansas lawmakers will consider a plan to arm teachers. "The Safety Act" would make it easier for Kansas teachers to carry concealed guns if they undergo increased training, State Representative Blake Carpenter of Wichita, who co-sponsored the bill, says teachers wanting to carry concealed firearms would be required to pass the same firearms test taken by ...

8 years ago
A Salina man who was wanted on a warrant was arrested after violating a protective order. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Maurio Williams was taken into custody on Friday night after a woman's call to police for help. Police say the protection order was put in place in February after Williams allegedly used ...

8 years ago
A 15-year-old cadet from St. John's Military School was taken into police custody Sunday evening after a disturbance on the campus located at 110 W. Otis. Police say just before 9pm, two 15-year-old students got into an argument over a tub of Gatorade drink mix. The disagreement escalated with shoving and then one boy stabbed the other ...

8 years ago
An accident scene on Interstate-135 proved doubly dangerous on Saturday evening. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that while Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were working a two car crash near the Bridgeport exit, another crash happened in the passing lane around 9:40pm. Deputies say a 2008 Toyota Prius driven by 17-year-old Elyse Junk of Salina ...

8 years ago
Another person on the March list of Salina's Most Wanted has been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrest is Anthony Dean. He was wanted for numerous crimes including theft and trespassing. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina's Most Wanted goes online. The March list went online Saturday, ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating a possible case of retribution after shots were fired through a Salina apartment door Friday night. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that no one was injured after at least three bullets were fired through a woman's door in the 300 block of E. Crawford while she hid in a bedroom closet. The 31-year-old ...