10 years ago
A Salina man was arrested with a stolen gun outside Tony's Pizza on Saturday night. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that staff at Tony's, 3019 Scanlan contacted authorities when they learned that their employee, 20-year-old Jackson Goth was allegedly inside the facility with a handgun. Company policy does not allow weapons inside the facility. Police arrived ...

10 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the report of a laser beam pointed into the cockpit of an airplane in the airspace over Salina Regional Airport. Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the Airport Authority told deputies on Friday night just before 9pm, a green laser beam was pointed at the aircraft from approximately ...

10 years ago
An Assaria man is injured and arrested after performing some high speed stunts on his motorcycle. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol attempted to pull over 19-year-old Chance Katzenmeier Sunday afternoon around 3:40pm when he saw him allegedly standing on the seat of his Kawasaki motorcycle riding near the Central Mall ...

10 years ago
A couple of candidate forums events are scheduled this week. One will focus on abortion and life issues, the other on education issues. The first forum, hosted by Salinans For Life,  is Monday evening from 7 - 8:30 in the Prescott Room at the Salina Public Library. Saline County candidates for the Kansas House, Kansas Senate, ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas says this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is a Kansas graduate. The university says in a release that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, is a 1973 graduate of the University of Kansas, where he majored in business and economic. Santos won the ...

10 years ago
Authorities say a man from Mexico who has been deported several times faces charges accusing him of raping a child in Kansas. Tomas Martinez-Maldonado is jailed in Geary County on $100,000 bond on a charge of raping a child under the age of 14 last month. Public defender Cole Hawver declined to comment Friday. The public ...

10 years ago
The University of Kansas' chancellor knows firing a gun on campus areas with pressurized gas cylinders, rocket fuel and other combustibles might be disastrous. But she says the school can't ban guns in such places. State-run universities in Kansas must begin allowing concealed weapons onto campuses next July. Schools must submit proposed policies to the governing ...

10 years ago
Salina Downtown is preparing to shine bright for the holidays this year. According to Salina Downtown Inc. a group of dedicated holiday fanatics, local artists, and downtown business owners, led by board member Mindi Davidson, have all come together to ensure that this year's downtown will be bright. In August, Salina Downtown was awarded $3,000 from the ...

10 years ago
With Republican Gov. Sam Brownback for now refusing to say how he'll keep Kansas' budget balanced, some GOP lawmakers are promising more aggressive oversight. Some even want to challenge the governor's longstanding control over annual spending blueprints. Senate President Susan Wagle outlined a proposal this week to give lawmakers a bigger role as internal documents from state ...

10 years ago
A man was hurt in a motorcycle wreck Friday afternoon. According to Salina Police, a motorcycle collided with a vehicle that pulled in front of it. The motorcycle rider, who was not wearing a helmet, was injured. He was transported to Salina Regional Health Center. He was alert and verbal at the scene, before being transported to ...

10 years ago
The National Weather Service in Wichita has rated two tornadoes that touched down in Saline County on Thursday afternoon. One was and EF 2 with a peak wind of 112 mph while the other was  an EF 3 with a peak wind of 140 miles per hour. The following are the results of a preliminary survey:   TORNADO ...