9 years ago
A mentally ill Kansas man has pleaded guilty to killing a man three days after he was released from a state psychiatric hospital in a case that prompted a state inquiry. The Kansas City Star reports that Brandon Brown, of Haviland, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kiowa County to second-degree murder. Prosecutors said he beat 61-year-old Jerry ...

9 years ago
Police arrested a Salina man Wednesday on theft charges in connection to a vehicle burglary in September. Police requested a warrant for 21-year-old Quentin R. Lashell last month after an investigation revealed he had taken 3 pool cues from a Cadillac parked in the 700 block of Gypsum sometime between September 11 and September 14. Police say ...

9 years ago
An Ohio man was injured east of Salina after his vehicle struck a deer early Thursday morning on I-70. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 22-year-old Marshall Bohlander of Cincinnati, Ohio was driving westbound in a 2004 Mazda Tribute SUV and struck a deer near the Solomon rest area and rolled. EMS transported Bohlander to the ...

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A Salina man was arrested on child abuse charges after an infant was treated at the hospital for burns on his legs. Officers arrested 27-year-old Michael C. Bryant on Wednesday after staff at Salina Regional Health Center reported possible child abuse to police. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Bryant was allegedly caring for the infant ...

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Authorities in Dickinson County exhumed a body on Wednesday in connection with a cold case investigation. A person walking for exercise in the Abilene Cemetery contacted KSAL News after observing a crime scene truck,  a back hoe, two sheriff cars, and about a dozen people gathered around a grave site. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, ...

9 years ago
Salina's indoor professional football team is preparing for its second season. Coming off a disappointing inaugural season, the Salina Liberty have high hopes for the upcoming 2017 season. The team hosted a media conference on Wednesday. Coach Eric Clayton said that they hope to put a better product on the field this year. Clayton also announced the signing ...

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The new leader of Fort Riley has taken command. Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin was named commanding general of Fort Riley and the 1st Infantry Division last month after the Army fired Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding Grigsby's dismissal is ongoing. A change of command ceremony was held Tuesday morning. Martin is set to ...

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Police say a man is in custody after he allegedly tried to choke a 4-month-old baby he didn't know at a Kansas City-area Walmart. Overland Park police say the man walked up to a woman who was in a checkout lane early Wednesday and began choking her baby. The woman screamed and the man stopped. Police say ...

9 years ago
The State Fire Marshal's office is investigating the cause of an explosion that destroyed a rural home and injured one person early Wednesday morning south of Beverly. According to Beverly Fire Chief Jon Ahlquist, one person was flown to a Wichita hospital for treatment following the explosion and fire that happened around 7:30am Wednesday. KSAL News will ...

9 years ago
Salina Police took a man into custody Wednesday morning after shots were fired into a business. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that just before 11am a male suspect fired at least one shot into the window at LoanMax located at 600 S. Broadway. Police say the weapon fired was a BB gun and shattered a window. No ...

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Kansas regulators are threatening to halt the $12.2 billion sale of Topeka-based Westar Energy to Great Plains Energy if they don't get details on cost savings and other information. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kansas Corporation Commission took no action at a Tuesday meeting. But an order warned that if merger standards aren't met, possible action ...