10 years ago
A Salina man was swindled for over $90,000 after responding to a robo call he thought was from the Internal Revenue Service. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a man in his 70's who lives in central Salina was convinced a phone call from a scammer was from the IRS - and he began to ...

10 years ago
About 100 people gathered in Salina Monday evening to remember and honor the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando. Early Sunday morning 49 people were killed and more than 50 others were wounded by a shooter in a gay night club in Orlando, Florida. The gunman was eventually killed in a shootout with police. The North ...

10 years ago
The latest government snapshot of Kansas crops shows a slower than usual start to the state's wheat harvest. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 5 percent of the winter wheat in Kansas had now been harvested. That is slightly more progress compared to this time a year ago, but it is still behind the ...

10 years ago
Many of Kansas' state universities are asking the system's governing board this week to approve tuition increases higher than first proposed a month ago. The University of Kansas wants tuition increased by 5 percent. That's one percentage point higher than the school sought last month. The state's other universities propose tuition boosts ranging from 4.9 percent at ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a suspect who threatened two men and a woman with a folding knife in the parking lot at the Chapel Ridge Apartments early Sunday morning around 2:20am. Police say the group was there to pick up another friend when the confrontation occurred in a parking lot located at 2363 Chapel Ridge ...

10 years ago
Police are looking for two women who ran out of a Salina music store with a guitar. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that police are reviewing video surveillance footage after two white females entered SM Hanson on Saturday afternoon around noon and ran out with an electric, Taylor sunburst guitar valued at $3,778. Police describe one ...

10 years ago
Bradon Watts, 20 of Salina was arrested on charges of aggravated battery and criminal threat for pushing a female acquaintance and threatening her with a knife on Saturday evening at a central Salina home. The woman was not treated for any injuries. Robert Bachofer contacted police after discovering that a known suspect had used his credit ...

10 years ago
A Camaro was stolen from the side of the road while the owner headed back to town for tools. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that Samuel Johannes of Salina pulled his 2010 Chevy Camaro onto the shoulder of I-135 with flat tire, Sunday afternoon at 12:30. When he returned to mile marker #82 near ...

10 years ago
A motorcycle rider was thrown from his bike and hurt after missing a tight turn in Gypsum Saturday afternoon around 4pm. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office say 50-year-old Peter Smucker missed a turn from K-4 onto Gypsum Valley Road and lost control. He was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center with a cut ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman was treated at the hospital on Friday evening for a stab wound. Police arrested 55-year-old Michael B. Moyer  on a charge of aggravated battery after an argument between two acquaintances turned violent inside an east Salina home. Police say the woman was was cut with a steak knife and later transported to Salina Regional ...

10 years ago
A Monday evening event is planned in Salina to remember and honor the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in American history. Early Sunday morning 49 people were killed and more than 50 others were wounded by a shooter in a gay night club in Orlando, Florida. The gunman was eventually killed in a shootout with ...