9 years ago
A new commissioner will take a seat on the Salina City Commission. Commissioners on Monday by a vote of 3-1 named Melissa Hodges to replace Randall Hardy. The vote to name Hodges as a commissioner came after commissioners first deadlocked 2-2 on naming Joe Hay Jr. as a commissioner. Hay narrowly lost out in the last ...

9 years ago
Police in Wichita, Kansas, say a 16-year-old girl died after accidentally shooting herself. Wichita police Lt. Jason Stephens says 16-year-old Nautica Whittker shot herself unintentionally early Saturday when she and other teenagers were playing with a shotgun in the basement of a home she was visiting. Whittker died at the scene. Stephens says the shotgun belonged to a ...

9 years ago
A Mexican woman was sentenced Monday for actions she took following the shooting death of a Salina teen. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 22-year-old Azucena Garcia-Ferniza was sentenced to time served, and she will also be deported. Garcia-Ferniza spent about 15 months in jail. She pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wichita to one count ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating after a man in his 40's was assaulted and robbed in his room at the Airliner Motel, 781 N. Broadway on Saturday afternoon just after 5pm. The victim told officers that two men knocked on his door - then kicked it in and assaulted him and also pointed a pistol at him ...

9 years ago
Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to 11 weather related accidents over the weekend. Sheriff-elect Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that  between Friday and Sunday, icy road conditions contributed to 11 crashes, one involved 3 vehicles with minor injuries that no one was treated for. Another crash involved an ambulance from Salina EMS on Saturday ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman was arrested on Friday after she allegedly tried to pass a counterfeit bill at a gas station. Officers arrested 38-year-old Kristina M. Albers after staff at Rod's Total, 1401 S. Santa Fe called police after Albers tried to use a bogus $50 bill to pay for merchandise at the store. Police say she gave ...

9 years ago
Someone is on Santa's naughty list after making off with his jacket and toy bag. The Kansas City Star reports that the theft happened Saturday when longtime Santa actor 62-year-old Gary Senner stopped for coffee before spending the day hearing children's Christmas wishes. While he was inside a convenience store in the Kansas City suburb of ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman was awakened by gunfire early Saturday morning. Police were called to the 600 block of Harold after someone fired at least two gunshots at an occupied home around 1:30am Saturday. The woman did not realize her home had been hit and did not report the incident until around 4pm in the afternoon. Police say two ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was booked into jail on charges of domestic battery after an argument turned violent. Police arrested 23-year-old Pedro Beltran on Saturday after officers met with a woman in her 20's who told them Beltran had beat her in their east Salina home. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Beltran allegedly held her against ...

9 years ago
No one was hurt when multiple train cars carrying coal derailed in central Kansas over the weekend. Authorities say that the derailment happened Sunday near Dorrance in Russell County. KWCH reports that emergency management in Russell and Ellis Counties say they was not called in response, and a Union Pacific spokeswoman confirmed there were no injuries to ...

9 years ago
Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus in Salina and Kansas-based power company Westar Energy are propelling the electric utility industry forward by innovating inspection and maintenance methodologies with drone technology. With a focus on increasing reliability for customers, improving employee safety and reducing costs, Kansas State Polytechnic's unmanned aircraft systems program and Westar Energy have been collaborating ...