9 years ago
A knock on an apartment door halts a man from assaulting his girlfriend. Salina Police arrested 29-year-old Keenan Geissert on Wednesday after an hours long ordeal that began around 10am and left the victim shaken nearly 7 hours later. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that Geissert allegedly become upset with the woman for talking on ...

9 years ago
An anti-Semitic poster was put up on campus at Kansas State University during Holocaust Remembrance Day. Kansas State Associate Vice President Steve Logback says that the university was alerted to the poster through social media that Monday morning and removed it from the telephone pole it was attached to. Logback says the situation was an unauthorized posting ...

9 years ago
Top Republican lawmakers in Kansas are working on new proposals for raising income taxes to fix the state budget that include a plan similar to one GOP Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed. Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning said Wednesday that fellow GOP senators are drafting a plan to retain separate rates for lower- and upper-income earners. He said ...

9 years ago
Republican Ron Estes, winner of a closer-than-usual congressional election in Kansas, has been sworn in as the newest member of the House of Representatives. Estes' race attracted national attention because it was the first congressional election since Donald Trump became president and it was seen as a possible bellwether of the conditions Republicans will face in ...

9 years ago
Deep snow is melting into Western mountain streams, but some farmers and ranchers on the high plains are struggling amid a lengthy dry spell and the aftermath of destructive wildfires. A swath of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas has been in a drought or near-drought condition for six months, putting some of the winter wheat crop ...

9 years ago
Nathan Shaffir was a little boy growing up on a dairy farm in Romania when the Holocaust came to his door in 1942. His family's cattle were confiscated and they were sent to live in a Jewish neighborhood under the watchful eye of the Fascist Iron Guard. Thursday evening, Nathan will walk off the pages of history ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Attorney, Ellen Mitchell, has filed charges against three adults for child endangerment because of the condition of the home the kids had been staying in. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that charges have been filed against James Murphy, 34, of Tescott, Charolette Everhart, 43, of Salina, and Duncan Norman, 19, of Salina. The ...

9 years ago
A former Kansas school superintendent will be the new interim superintendent and temporarily lead the Salina USD 305 school district. School board members Tuesday night unanimously approved Dr. James Hardy as interim superintendent. Dr. Hardy will lead the district effective July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018. Dr. Hardy is the former superintendent of the Chanute School ...

9 years ago
Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's planning to remain in Kansas rather than take a job in President Donald Trump's administration. Kobach made the remark Tuesday morning during an interview on the Fox News program "Fox & Friends" about Trump's plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Kobach advised Trump's campaign last year. Asked ...

9 years ago
A Salina man has 20,000 reasons to be glad he bought a lottery ticket. According to the Kansas Lottery, he won on top prize on a scratch ticket. The 39-year-old has big plans for the money. He's going to buy a motorcycle. “I’m going to get myself a Harley-Davidson motorcycle!” said Michael Beasley.  “I’ve already started looking ...

9 years ago
If you have been hearing, and feeling, loud booms that seem to be originating west of Salina you are not alone.  KSAL News received numerous questions from curious citizens Tuesday asking about the noise. According to Saline County Emergency Management, the noise is originating from the Smoky Hill Weapons Range. Officials are  conducting explosive ordnance disposal. ...