9 years ago
The 52nd Mid America Farm Expo opened its doors at the Tony's Pizza Events Center on Tuesday. More the 250 companies from around the U.S. are on hand to help producers get more out of their land with the latest in farm technology, equipment and supplies. Baker, Shannon Campbell tells KSAL News that she has been making ...

9 years ago
The votes have been counted, and JoJo is the winner. The new baby giraffe at Rolling Hills Zoo will be named JoJo. JoJo was born back on November 27th, and until this week he did not have a name. Elementary school students in Saline County submitted potential names. Form those submissions, 12 were selected. Zoo visitors ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Commission let expire a ban on outdoor burning.  Imposed at last week’s meeting, the ban prohibited the burning of fields and even the burning of trash.  Recent moisture received and predictions of future precipitation made this an easy decision. Bernie Botson, Deputy Director of Emergency Management, said that although the burn ban has ...

9 years ago
Kansas' Republican-controlled Legislature has approved an expansion of the state's Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act. The state Senate voted 25-14 on Tuesday for legislation that would expand state health coverage to thousands of poor adults. The House approved it last month on an 81-44 vote, meaning the measure now goes to conservative Republican ...

9 years ago
Abilene Head Girl’s Basketball Coach Steve Riedy retired from coaching yesterday after 6 years with the program.  The first three seasons he was the Freshman coach under Janelle Geist and the last three years he was the head coach.  During his time with the Cowgirls he guided them to a 50-18 record.  He coached them ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a 1997 Ford Mustang that was taken without permission. Authorities tell KSAL News that Amberlee Linaweaver had a male acquaintance staying with her on the night of March 26th at 1018 N. 9th St. When Linaweaver awoke the next day, she found that her black Ford Mustang had been taken. Linaweaver last saw the ...

9 years ago
A missing Salina pickup truck turned up in the western Kansas county of Gove County. However, the Gove County Sheriff's office found the truck completely burnt up. The 2001 Ford Ranger Pickup truck belonged to Bradley Coombs, 21, a student at Kansas Wesleyan University. Coombs last saw the truck at 8 A.M. on March 27th and reported it ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand the Kansas death sentence of a man convicted of killing a college student more than two decades ago. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review 61-year-old Gary Kleypas' case. Kleypas was the first person condemned in Kansas after it reinstated the death ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a stolen moped from an apartment. Peggy Tsai, 49, says her Bronc moped went missing from her apartment at 129 N. Front. Tsai says the moped, which was stored on the side of the apartment, disappeared between March 25th at 8 A.M. and 4 P.M. on March 27th when she noticed it was ...

9 years ago
A second man who helped rob a Kansas bank before leading police on a chase with a toddler in the getaway car has been sentenced to federal prison. A judge sentenced 19-year-old Jacob L. Smith on Monday in his hometown of Kansas City, Kansas. Smith pleaded guilty to bank robbery and brandishing a firearm. A co-defendant, ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a theft from an apartment. Officers were called to the Chapel Ridge Apartments on Friday around 2pm after the victim's roommate came home and found the door open and her friend sleeping. Hailey Tiles, 19, told police that someone who had access to the apartment may have taken her wallet and $460 in ...