9 years ago
A singe-vehicle rollover crash in rural Saline County sent a couple of teens to the hospital in Salina Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 17-year-old Trent Pennington was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, headed north on Simpson Road. When the SUV cam over a crest at Mentor Road Pennington lost control. The vehicle went ...

9 years ago
Salina will soon have something that it hasn't had in over 40 years. A new hotel and convention center that has been under construction since late 2015 will soon be complete in South Salina. Officials are excited about the soon-to-be-completed Hilton Garden Inn and Eisenhower Convention Center. Owner Stanley Weilert tells KSAL News that the hotel, ...

9 years ago
A man and a woman from Manhattan were sentenced Monday to 28 years in federal prison for taking part in the kidnapping of a Junction City woman who was killed during the abduction. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said that 21-year-old Larry L. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping resulting in death. His girlfriend, 26-year-old ...

9 years ago
The Salina Country Club will be hosting DVACK’s annual Charity Golf Classic on Friday, May 12th, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., with the Shotgun start beginning at 9:30 a.m. “DVACK's mission is to reduce the incidents of domestic violence and sexual offenses and to provide comfort and support to victims through crisis intervention and support services in North-Central Kansas.” Profits ...

9 years ago
Graduation supplies are popular items around the Salina area. This past weekend, and again this coming weekend, multiple schools are hosting commencement ceremonies for graduating seniors. This past weekend, seniors at Kansas Wesleyan University, St. John’s Military School, Salina Area Technical College, and the Kansas State University Polytechnic campus all graduated. This coming weekend seniors at all ...

9 years ago
A 9-year-old central Kansas boy has died after falling off a tractor that was pulling a mower. The Wichita Eagle reports that Cayden Avery died Friday night after falling off a Ford tractor driven by his father, Jon Avery. The accident happened near Inman in McPherson County. The sheriff's department says the tractor was pulling a mower ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary from a unit at Salina Mini Storage located at 2727 Centennial Road. Staff discovered the broken lock and notified the owner over the weekend of the crime. Deandre Finch told officers that sometime between March 15 and May 6, someone cut the lock on his rental and removed two, 32-inch televisions, one ...

9 years ago
A man accused of stealing a pickup while under the influence of drugs was taken into custody on Friday. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that a family member called SPD after 44-year-old William Schiffbauer drove home in a truck that was not his early Friday morning. Officers arrested Schiffbauer about 7am after he allegedly jumped ...

9 years ago
An attorney representing school districts that successfully sued Kansas over education funding says a school finance plan being considered by lawmakers is inadequate. John Robb made his comments Monday as a special House committee prepared to debate the proposal. Robb represents the Dodge City, Hutchinson, Wichita and Kansas City, Kansas, districts. The plan before the House committee ...

9 years ago
Police are asking people for information on a noose that was found on Kansas State University's campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports the Kansas State Office of Institutional Equity was notified of a noose hanging from a tree near King Hall on the Manhattan campus Friday. Jeff Morris, the university's vice president for communications and marketing, says he's ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential break in at 610 Duvall over the weekend. Police report sometime between 8pm Saturday and 10am Sunday, thieves forced open the front door and stole a 60-inch LG television worth $2,000. Police say owner Eric Walters is still working with officers in detailing the number of tools taken from his home ...