9 years ago
A fire destroys a van northwest of Salina. Crews from Rural Fire District #3 were called to a vehicle fire Tuesday morning at 4:30am at 1500 North Link Road. Owner Kathy Reynolds told investigators that the 2002 Pontiac Montana mini-van had recently stopped running and they had pushed the vehicle off the driveway. She awoke this morning to ...

9 years ago
Family and friends are mourning the death of former Salina man who was killed in an unusual Easter weekend motorcycle crash. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  the crash happened when 37-year-old Casey Bezdek was riding a 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle Sunday afternoon in the Kansas City area. Bezdek was headed west on Interstate 70.  For an ...

9 years ago
A woman says she wants her late brother "back home" after a bag containing his ashes was stolen from her car in Kansas City. The theft happened Saturday when Naida Shipp and her fiance went to a doughnut shop with their fathers in the Westport bar and entertainment district. While returning to her car, she found ...

9 years ago
A federal judge has ordered Kansas' top elections official to turn over a proposed changes to federal voting rights laws that he took to a meeting with President Donald Trump. After privately examining the documents, U.S. Magistrate James O'Hara ruled Monday that parts of documents from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach are "unquestionably relevant" to ...

9 years ago
Republican Ron Estes plans to take his seat April 25 as the congressman representing south-central Kansas. Estes is state treasurer and won a special election for the 4th Congressional District seat previously held by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Estes plans to step down as state treasurer when he's sworn in as congressman. He submitted aresignation to GOP ...

9 years ago
A budget proposal that puts a passenger train route that passes through Kansas at risk is raising concerns. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that President Donald Trump's budget calls for the elimination of federal subsidies for some money-losing long-distance train routes. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said in an email that the final and full budget plan for Amtrak's ...

9 years ago
A short lived high-speed pursuit ended with a single car crash early this morning. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, an officer on patrol attempted to stop a speeding car in the area of Republic and Ohio around 3:30am. The driver, identified as Gage DeWitt, 20 of Salina then tried to elude the officer and crashed ...

9 years ago
A traffic stop on Interstate-70 leads to the arrest of a Houston, Texas man. A deputy with the Saline County Sheriff's stopped a speeding car driven by 22-year-old Devon Jackson just west of Salina around 11:30pm at mile post 249. The smell of marijuana from inside the 2012 Ford Focus prompted a search of the vehicle which ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office says no charges will be filed against a trio of vandals who were caught on camera damaging the old schoolhouse in Gypsum last week. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 24-year-old Auston Head, 21-year-old Keith Hyden-Terry and 16-year-old Adrian Head were identified as the three males who caused an estimated ...

9 years ago
A man wanted in Salina on rape and assault charges was arrested in Mississippi and transported back to the Saline County Jail. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that authorities in Mississippi recently took 26-year-old Billarious T. Gatlin into custody. Sunday he was booked into jail on charges that link back to a couple of incidents last ...

9 years ago
A spring festival that gives people ideas for Kansas day trips will end its nearly three decade run next month. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Sampler Festival is planned for May 6 and 7 at Winfield's Island Park. It began in 1990 as a book-signing party for the "Kansas Weekend Guide" book. The second ...