10 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force over the next two weeks looking for drunk drivers, texting drivers and seat belt violations. Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that beginning Monday, May 23rd through Saturday, June 4th extra officers will be on patrol city wide looking for drivers who are texting or drunk and occupants ...

10 years ago
A former U.S. Army explosives expert has been charged with illegally possessing grenades after investigators found several explosives at his Kansas home. Forty-two-year-old John Panchalk of Overland Park, Kansas, was charged Friday with one count of possessing two fragmentation grenades unregistered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Panchalk was initially charged by Kansas ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after a couple of windows at Acoustic Sounds were shattered. Police say sometime between Monday evening at 6:30pm and 8am Tuesday morning, someone used a BB gun to shoot two windows at the sound business located at 605 West North Street. Damage is estimated at $1,200.   A 73-year-old ...

10 years ago
A Salina student has won a full scholarship to study music theater at Wichita State University. Wichita State University's College of Fine Arts has named Xan Mattek the recipient of the 2016 Armstrong Scholarship. Mattek graduated from Salina Central High School last Sunday. She will begin studying music theater at Wichita State in the fall. A participant in ...

10 years ago
Area law enforcement officers have your ticket to grill this summer - when you support Kansas Special Olympics at today's lunch you can also pitch in a donation and pick up a ticket to win a new Traeger Grill. Investigator Scott Trembley with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that this week's Torch Run ...

10 years ago
Between April 8th and May 6th, 2016, six theft cases of commercial air conditioning units have been reported. The thefts are occurring along Broadway Blvd. between South St. and Grand Ave. Due to the weight of the units there would more than likely be more than one suspect involved. Loss and damage is estimated at $17,000. If you ...

10 years ago
One thing students at USD 305 won't miss this summer is homework. But they probably will miss getting together daily with their friends. And one friend in particular will be missed by many. She is possibly the most popular girl at Salina South High School. She lights up a room when she enters it. She doesn't ...

10 years ago
A fired suburban Kansas City public works director has pleaded guilty to stealing fuel. Sixty-one-year-old Randall Carroll admitted Thursday in Johnson County District Court to a felony count of official misconduct. The Kansas City Star reports that a second charge of theft was dismissed as part of the plea. The Olathe man worked for the city of ...

10 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has told a federal court he is changing interagency policies that will improve the state's ability to verify proof of citizenship for people who register to vote at motor vehicle offices. The notice filed shortly before midnight Wednesday comes a day after a federal court ruled thousands of Kansans who ...

10 years ago
Thousands of mail-in ballots never reached potential voters in Salina's sales tax question, because they came back undeliverable. "We have a lot of people who move, it's a very mobile society," said Saline County Clerk Don Merriman on Thursday. "It's their responsibility to get themselves updated." Merriman joined City Manager Jason Gage on the KSAL Morning News with ...

10 years ago
The discovery of a counterfeit bill highlights Thursday's Salina Police Log. Another counterfeit bill has been found in Salina. Police say that a counterfeit $20 bill was discovered on Wednesday in a deposit at First Bank Kansas at 235 S. Santa Fe.  The bill was in a deposit from the Dollar General store at 654 S. Broadway.     ...