9 years ago
Two handguns were stolen from a truck parked in the 1600 block of E Cloud. Salina Police report that sometime between November 16 and November 18, someone entered a 2007 Chevy Silverado and removed a Kimber .45 caliber semi automatic handgun and a Sturm, Ruger .380 semi automatic handgun from the truck. There was no sign of ...

9 years ago
A stolen car from Salina was recovered in Harvey County following a chase on Friday. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a suspect was captured by authorities in Harvey County after crashing the stolen 2012 Ford Fusion into a creek. Police say the car was stolen after the owner left the vehicle running on Friday ...

9 years ago
The I-135 / I-70 Drug Task Force assisted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a drug bust in Smolan on Friday. Task Force Commander Bill Cox tells KSAL News that the Kansas Highway Patrol surrounded a house located at 215 S. Main in Smolan at about 7am Friday morning. Moments later agents made three ...

9 years ago
A log splitter and cart were stolen from a rural tree line. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a Swisher, 22 ton log splitter, 2-wheel cart and hand held log turner that were taken from a grove of trees near the river in the 1800 block of N. Gypsum Valley Road sometime ...

9 years ago
A rape victim called police after being assaulted in a south Salina home. Officers interviewed the woman on Friday after an alleged incident of domestic battery. Police arrested 29-year-old Javier Diaz-Guardado on Saturday and are requesting charges of rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, criminal threat and aggravated kidnapping.

9 years ago
Visitors to central Kansas might be surprised to find several people working to refurbish a Cold War submarine that can go 8,000 feet deep in the ocean. They're involved in helping 29-year-old Salina resident Scott Waters achieve his dream of exploring the deep sea. Waters bought a Pisces VI sub from an international company last December ...

9 years ago
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is putting together plans for work and repair at Tuttle Creek, including the area damaged by the formation of a sinkhole in 2015. According to the corps, The project is in the final design stage but is not yet scheduled or funded. Once construction is scheduled, those dates will be ...

9 years ago
Federal authorities say a 36-year-old man who was a fugitive for six years has been sentenced to 27 years in prison and has to forfeit $13 million from drug trafficking in Kansas. The office of the U.S. attorney for Kansas says Yehia Hassen was sentenced Friday. He pleaded guilty earlier to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and ...

9 years ago
Hundreds of motorcycles roared across Salina Sunday afternoon. For the 30th  year in a row area bikers collected and delivered toys for Salina children. Overs the years riders have had to endure some wild weather at the event. Everything from rain, to snow and bitter cold. The last couple of years haven't been bad, though. Much ...

9 years ago
A University of Kansas student has been named a Rhodes Scholar to study refugees and forced migration. The Rhodes Trust announced 32 U.S. recipients of the 2017 awards Sunday. The Trust said in a release that Shegufta A. Huma, from Bel Aire, is a senior majoring in political science. The Trust says Huma came to the U.S. ...

9 years ago
A Kansas City, Kansas, teenager faces nearly two years in prison for a July shooting that a police captain was investigating when he was fatally shot. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/2g5FMmv) that 18-year-old Daqon Sipple was sentenced Friday to one year and nine months in prison for the July drive-by shooting, to which he pleaded ...