8 years ago
A Wichita Republican is dropping out of the Kansas governor's race. Wink Hartman announced Wednesday he is ending his campaign and endorsing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for the Republican nomination for governor. Hartman says he is backing Kobach because of his conservative principles. Kobach is among several candidates including incumbent Governor Jeff Colyer seeking the ...

8 years ago
A social media post making its way around Facebook caught the attention of people across the country Wednesday, including in Salina. The post threatened a school shooting, citing "SHS." Because it was so vague multiple school districts and schools that start with the letter "s", including Salina USD 305 and Salina South High School, fielded concerns and ...

8 years ago
Another winter storm is impacting much of Kansas, and has prompted a Winter Weather Advisory for a large portion of central and eastern Kansas. Patchy freezing drizzle will continue throughout Thursday morning across the area with minor accumulations expected. By noon, temperatures should warm above freezing roughly east of I-35, ending the freezing precipitation threat. However ...

8 years ago
Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer was in Abilene on Wednesday for a special event. The governor stopped at the Eisenhower Presidential Library to officially sign his first bill. The bill signed by Colyer authorized the placement of a statue on the Statehouse grounds honoring former President and five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The statue depicts Eisenhower in ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car that someone drove away from a bar and grill. Police report that Eloise Martinez was visiting Maggie Mae's, 409 S. Broadway on Tuesday afternoon around 2pm. She told officers when she walked out the door 15-minutes later her car was gone. Martinez also said she may have accidentally dropped the ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a storage shed burglary. According to Sheriff Roger Soldan, sometime between December 1, 2017 and February 16 of this year, someone forced a window open on a storage building located in the 700 block of Maple in Gypsum and removed numerous items including a bass drum, sabre brand drums, ...

8 years ago
A Salina man and a pregnant woman suffered minor injuries in a two vehicle crash near Wal-Mart on Tuesday evening. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 50-year-old Michael Young was taken to the hospital with a neck injury after an accident in the entrance to Wal-Mart in the 300 block of Schilling Road. Police say Young ...

8 years ago
Work is underway on the design of a car museum in downtown Salina. California based Exline Design and Architecture announced this week that in collaboration with JGR Architects of Salina, they have been selected to provide architectural and exhibit design services for the new Salina Educational Automotive Museum of America. The project is located on 5th Street ...

8 years ago
Beginning next week the Saline County Sheriff’s Office will join other law enforcement agencies in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma in a two-week effort around schools specifically enforcing seat belt laws. The goal is to stop what they say has been an epidemic for the past several years. According to the sheriff's office, in 2015 there were ...

8 years ago
Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder has been honored for his actions during a deadly workplace shooting. President Trump presented Schroeder with the Medal of Valor yesterday for his life-saving actions. Trump praised Schroeder for going into Excel Industries in Hesston and stopping an active shooter. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Trump-on-Schroeder.mp3"][/audio]   Three people died and more than a dozen others were wounded ...

8 years ago
An Army soldier from Kansas has been killed in action while serving in Iraq. According to the Department of Defense, 26-year-old Sgt. Christina Marie Schoenecker died on Monday in Baghdad. She died from a non-combat related incident. Schoenecker was assigned to the 89th Sustainment Brigade, Wichita. She was from Arlington, Kansas. The incident is under investigation.