9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone entered a garage and shot a motorcycle. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to 1401 N. Front Street after the owner discovered damage to the door on his detached garage. Police say someone broke in sometime between 9am Friday and noon on ...

9 years ago
High wind contributed to a single-vehicle crash along Interstate 70 west of Salina Monday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, high wind blew over a semi in Lincoln County, in the area of Milepost 229. The truck, which was pulling an empty box trailer, was headed east in the Lincoln hill area when it blew ...

9 years ago
A power outage in Downtown Salina had multiple homes and businesses in the dark Monday morning for about 45 minutes. An area, beginning in the 100 block of N. Santa Fe and stretching to the north, was without power beginning at around 8:30. Westar Energy tells KSAL News that the outage was caused by what appears to ...

9 years ago
Out with the old, in with the new. The 2017 version of Sculpture Tour Salina will be unveiled in a couple of weeks. The 22 sculptures that have been in Downtown Salina for the past year are coming down to make way for  a group of 22 new sculptures. All of the new sculptures will be unveiled ...

9 years ago
Kansas State University will celebrate the inauguration of Richard B. Myers as its 14th president this week. Back in November the Kansas Board of Regents chose Myers, who at the time was the school's interim president, as the next president. Myers served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005. As ...

9 years ago
A woman shot to death in Kansas City, Kansas, has been identified as the sister of a girl who was kidnapped 17 years ago while playing outside, driven to Missouri and killed. The Kansas City Star reports that police said Thursday that 34-year-old Casey Eaton was the person shot to death late Wednesday night. Her body ...

9 years ago
The Catholic Diocese of Wichita is beginning a training program aimed at high school graduates who want to start on the path to seminary without leaving the city. The Wichita Eagle reports that the St. Joseph House of Formation is a two-year program for seminarians who will live on the campus of St. Joseph Parish and ...

9 years ago
Kansas City, Kansas, police and federal marshals are asking for the public's help in finding a man accused of killing the sister of a girl whose kidnapping 17 years earlier sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri. Prosecutors in Kansas' Wyandotte County have charged Emenencio Lansdown with second-degree murder and criminal possession ...

9 years ago
Advocates are buzzing again about extending Kansas' health coverage for the poor because of a Topeka hospital's potential demise. Yet they could struggle for the last few votes from reluctant Republican legislators to overcome an expected veto by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. Supporters of expanding Medicaid under former President Barack Obama's signature federal health care law must ...

9 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo celebrated Earth Day on Saturday by throwing a party.  A "Party for the Planet". The zoo hosted the event to celebrate, to have fun, and most importantly to teach how to make difference on our Earth.  "Party for the Planet" included fun environmental activities, educational presentations, and keeper encounters throughout the day. To ...

9 years ago
The spirit of Earth Day, and the spirit of community, was alive and well in Salina on Saturday. About 150 volunteers came out on a chilly, damp, morning to help with the Salina Spring Spruce Up. Several agencies work together for the Spring Spruce Up. The goal is simple. To recruit volunteers who spread out in the ...