9 years ago
A U.S. Forest Service Ranger, who died while he was being treated for hypothermia after going missing while back country skiing, was a graduate of Salina Central High School. Authorities say one of two missing back country skiers who were found in the central Colorado mountains died while he was being treated for hypothermia. The Lake County ...

9 years ago
              The Abilene Cowboys defeated the Marysville Bulldogs 52-45 in Abilene tonight.  It was the 15th straight victory in the series for Abilene. This loss for the Bulldogs was their first on the season.  Marysville is ranked #1 in 3A, and is now 6-1, 2-1 on the season, while ...

9 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback has outlined two long-term initiatives designed to bring more doctors to rural Kansas. Brownback outlined a proposal Friday to set aside $5 million in state funds to provide seed money for new doctor-training programs at Kansas hospitals. He and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer said the goal is to attract more federal and private ...

9 years ago
Sheriff Glen Kochanowski had just finished his shift as a young  patrol officer with the Salina Police Department - when a gleaming red Camaro caught his eye. "It was in the window at Sullivan Chevrolet on Santa Fe and I swung in to ask the salesman about it," Kochanowski said. "He shot me a quote on a ...

9 years ago
A car was damaged Thursday night after a domestic dispute over property. Police say a woman who was helping a friend retrieve her belongings from a home in the 700 block of N. 7th had a car she was driving as a loner from Long McArthur Ford damaged. Police say the 2013 Ford Fiesta had the windshield ...

9 years ago
A New Year's Eve joyride lands two teens in juvenile detention with another possible arrest pending. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a series of events on Saturday and Sunday ended with the arrest of two Salina teens in Herington. Officers arrested 15-year-old Johnathan Hulse and 14-year-old Gavin Miller Sunday afternoon in a truck police ...

9 years ago
Between 10:00 pm on January 3rd and 8:00 am on January 4th, 2017, force was used to commit a burglary at Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 825 E. Beloit. An electronic sound mixing board, 50” flat screen TV, 32” flat screen TV, blu ray player, Acer Aspire laptop and an unknown amount of food and drinks were taken. Loss ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating a break-in at a Salina church. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, someone entered the Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 825 E. Beloit, sometime between 10pm Tuesday and 8am Wednesday and stole 2 televisions, a laptop computer, snacks and some change. Police say the burglars ransacked the office, damaging doors, filling cabinets and a soda machine. Loss and ...

9 years ago
Police arrested a man wanted for threatening a female acquaintance with a gun back in mid-December. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 27-year-old Gregory Williams is accused of pushing the muzzle of a revolver into the face of a female acquaintance and threatening her during a domestic dispute in a central Salina home on December ...

9 years ago
An argument escalates into a violent situation inside a Gypsum home Wednesday evening just before 9pm. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that  deputies arrested 57-year-old Deanna Pargman after she allegedly hit another woman in the arm with an axe. Soldan says Debra Zimmerman, 57 of Gypsum did not require medical attention after Pargman swung ...

9 years ago
Two Salina men were arrested after a runaway teen told Salina Police about being drugged and sexually assaulted in a couple of homes. Police arrested 55-year-old Raymond Ross and 70-year-old Gene Engberg on Wednesday after officers interviewed a 15-year-old girl who ran away from her home in Kansas City, Missouri. The victim told police that she met ...