10 years ago
The police chief in Kansas City, Kansas, is expressing gratitude for the outpouring of support after a detective was fatally shot. Chief Terry Zeigler said in a Tweet early Tuesday that he is thankful for the prayers for the family of 39-year-old Brad Lancaster and his department. Lancaster was shot at least twice about 12:30 p.m. Monday ...

10 years ago
Financial grants are helping the Salina Animal Shelter continue to grow as a facility and in its outreach to the community. Animal Services Manager, Vanessa Cowie stopped by the KSAL Morning News with a look at how funding over the past 18-months has helped upgrade the shelter with new kennels and flooring. Cowie says that with the ...

10 years ago
A Ford F450 owned by the American Red Cross, 145 S. Broadway was damaged in a vehicle burglary. Someone smashed the driver side window and stole 20 Coleman air mattress stored inside. Loss and damage is $650.   Kenny Bridges, 750 Fairdale reported to Police that sometime between April 18th and May 4th, someone damaged his 2012 ...

10 years ago
Two men from Great Bend were maced and one was hit with a baseball bat in an attack that happened in the parking lot of the Lonestar Convenience Store at 100N. Broadway. Police say on Saturday morning around 10:15am, 74-year-old Earl Adams and 60-year-old Louie Philbern were assaulted by a group of people who drove up ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing surveillance video from Rod's #2 Convenience Store at 1401 S. Santa Fe after a break in on May 3rd. Thieves broke a 3-foot by 5-foot window to get inside the store. Police say two individuals wearing hoods and masks are seen removing multiple boxes of cigars and candy. Loss and damage is listed at ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman who was already in custody on charges of 1st Degree Murder is now facing additional charges for possession of drugs inside the jail. According to Investigator Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 24-year-old Amber Craig is facing charges for possession of drugs after a small baggie of amphetamines was found inside ...

10 years ago
A rollover crash kills a Saline County man. Saline County Sheriff's Office was contacted early Saturday morning after a passerby saw a truck damaged in a field off East K-4-Highway just after 6am. Deputies say 30-year-old John Breen had been ejected from a Ford F250 pickup and was found dead at the scene. Officers say the vehicle was ...

10 years ago
The floors vibrate under the hum of machinery – awakened again for visitors to peek into the past. Huge belts made of leather weave through flywheels on a journey to the top of the third floor and back to the basement as they help grind Kansas wheat into flour. “The Smoky Valley Roller Mills processed about 35-bushels ...

10 years ago
Charges have been filed against three people accused of stealing bronze urns from two cemeteries in Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/1ZuczQW) operators of Maple Hill Cemetery said someone had taken several hundred of the urns from graves. Chapel Hill Cemetery also is listed in court documents as reporting stolen urns. The charges against ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court plans to hear arguments this week on whether legislators have satisfied a mandate to improve funding for poor schools. Legislators this year made technical changes in how state aid is distributed without affecting most districts' share or boosting overall state spending. Attorneys for four school districts contend the changes don't fix the problem ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The man who is creating a museum honoring daredevil Evel Knievel in Topeka says he expects it be a big draw. Mike Patterson owns a Topeka Harley-Davidson dealership, which is being expanded to include a 16,000-square-foot area to house the museum. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Patterson is projecting the museum will draw 100,000 ...