9 years ago
A Kansas man who told investigators he preferred jail to living with his wife pleaded guilty Monday to a federal bank robbery charge. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall's office, 70-year-old Lawrence John Ripple pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. A criminal complaint in the case alleged that on Sept. 2, 2016, Ripple sat ...

9 years ago
The historic Chisolm Trail that helped start the Old West era in Kansas celebrates its 150th anniversary. The Wichita Eagle reports the trail is named after Jesse Chisolm and began in 1867. Chisholm had a trading post in Wichita and often traded with Native American tribes in the region. The trail, where herds of cattle were ...

9 years ago
Thieves broke into a work site construction trailer and stole multiple power tools plus two air compressors that belong to Garcia Masonry of Salina. Police say the trailer was parked in the 2000 block of Brookefield when someone cut the lock off the door sometime between Friday at 5:30pm and 8am Saturday morning.   All but two ...

9 years ago
A man caught hiding in an attic was arrested Friday on multiple warrants for failure to appear. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Dustin Tyler was found holed up in the attic of a house located at 911 N. 3rd Street after police asked a gathering of people to disperse on Friday afternoon around ...

9 years ago
A woman awakens in bed to find a masked man in her apartment stealing her phone and other items. The 33-year-old victim told officers that around 7:45am Saturday she discovered a white male who was dressed in a hoodie and jeans wearing a mask took her phone, a laptop computer, tablet computer, box of personal items ...

9 years ago
A welfare check on two children leads to the arrest of a Salina man early Monday morning. Staff at the Department of Children and Families contacted police just after midnight on Monday to check on a 7-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl in a home in the 800 block of N. 4th Street. Officers arrested 46-year-old Andrew ...

9 years ago
A  $75,000 grant from the Petco Foundation will help support the lifesaving work they do for animals in the community at the Salina Animal Shelter. Earlier this month Animal Services Manager Vanessa Cowie told KSAL News that the $75,000 grant will help the facility raise the standard of care for cats with stainless steel kennels and ...

9 years ago
Kansas State University authorities say that a student was hurt in an accidental shooting in a dorm room on the Manhattan campus. According to an update Monday morning, a student was transported on Sunday night to an area hospital for injuries from an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Kansas State University Police Department was called to a ...

9 years ago
A large group of area veterans entered into a new war on Sunday. A war on suicide. A standing room only gathering at the Eisenhower Presidential Library kicked off a series of planned events by the Kansas Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapter 21-1 to raise awareness around the staggering number of veterans who commit suicide everyday. ...

9 years ago
The family of a Saline County dog breeder whose body was found among her puppies nearly seven months ago wants to remind the public that her death remains a mystery. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Saline County authorities continue to search for clues in the June death of 57-year-old Lori Heimer. Her body was found ...

9 years ago
Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, whose electric arm and confident demeanor helped lead Kansas City to a long-awaited World Series championship in 2015, died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early Sunday. He was 25. Highway patrol spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Ventura died on a highway leading to the town of Juan Adrian, about ...