8 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University and Rocking M Media have renewed the long-standing broadcast agreement between the two entities for the upcoming 2017-18 academic year. During the last year, Rocking M Media acquired the group of radio stations formerly owned by Alpha Media, which included KSAL-FM (FM 104.9, the home of the Coyotes) and KSAL-AM (1150 AM, the ...

8 years ago
Scrap metal laws in Kansas have changed. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, significant portions of the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act have been suspended by the Kansas Legislature. But some of the law remains in effect. “People buying and selling scrap metal should be aware that the Legislature has suspended part of the law but ...

8 years ago
A former caretaker is set to go on trial this fall on charges alleging that she doctored the will of her western Kansas employer to make herself the primary beneficiary of his more than $20 million estate instead of the Fort Hays State University Foundation. A federal mail fraud trial for Wanda Oborny is set for ...

8 years ago
The families of two people allegedly killed by a Mexican national who was in the U.S. illegally are suing federal immigration officials. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials negligently allowed Pablo Serrano-Vitorino to stay in the country illegally before he allegedly killed four people in Kansas ...

8 years ago
Police are searching for someone who entered an unfenced backyard in the 200 lock of N. Columbia and stole a 1985 Coleman Williamsburg pop-up camper. The camper has a black top, cream body and is valued at $2,500.     Someone used a BB gun to damage six windows at Sunset Elementary School, 1510 W. Republic. The damaged ...

8 years ago
A semi-automatic handgun was stolen from an SUV at a Salina car lot. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between June 8 and July 8, someone removed a .40 caliber Glock model 23 from the center console of a 2017 Lincoln Navigator owned by North McArthur at Long McArthur Ford, 3450 S.9th. Police say ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 36-year-old Jason Lars Sheets pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of brandishing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. In his plea, he admitted he was a ...

8 years ago
A car wash employee is jailed on theft charges for pocketing customers' cash. Salina Police arrested 19-year-old Jose Escobedo after an investigation revealed he was keeping cash for himself and using a prepaid card from the office at Casey's General Store, 2404 S. 9th to pay for the wash service. Police say between June 26 and July ...

8 years ago
An incident that began with a man trying to steal a purse out of a van leads to his arrest after he allegedly kicked a Salina Police officer. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Sunday around 3:10pm officers were called to an apartment complex at 821 N. 2nd after 63-year-old Richard Bouthillier walked up ...

8 years ago
Authorities say two people died when a stolen pickup truck crashed and a survivor then fled after stealing a vehicle from a good Samaritan. At least five people were inside the truck when it crashed into a tree shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday in Kansas City, Kansas. Police said that when a motorist stopped to help, ...

8 years ago
Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy have announced a revamped plan to merge after Kansas regulators scuttled an earlier deal. The deal announced Monday morning would form a utility with a combined equity value of about $14 billion. The move comes after the Kansas Corporation Commission denied the $12.2 billion sale of Topeka-based Westar to Kansas ...