10 years ago
Salina Police have released the name of a man who was stabbed during an altercation on Tuesday morning. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the investigation continues into an argument that escalted into a stabbing near Republic and Merrill. Officers interviewed 40-year-old John Nelson at the hospital before he went into surgery for stab wounds to ...

10 years ago
Salina residents used a mail-in ballot to okay a sales tax increase. Unofficial results released Tuesday afternoon by the Saline County Clerks Office show the proposed sales tax passed with 6,216 yes votes to 5,350 opposing it. Or 53.74-percent voted for the measure while 46.26-percent of ballots cast opposed the hike. The vote means a 35-cent increase ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a Tuesday morning stabbing. According to Captain mike Sweeney, just before noon officers were sent to Salina Regional Health Center in regard to a stabbing.  Upon arrival, they met with a male in his 40s who was suffering non-life threatening multiple stab wounds. The stabbing was the result of a disturbance on W. ...

10 years ago
Kansas Supreme Court justices are pondering what would happen if they declare part of the state's education funding system unconstitutional without shutting down public schools. The issue arose Tuesday during the court's hearing on changes in school funding made earlier this year by legislators. The court is considering whether those changes are fair to poor districts. The ...

10 years ago
The government is expecting a bountiful winter wheat harvest this year. The National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast on Tuesday U.S. winter wheat production to be up 4 percent from a year ago, with the nation's farmers expected to bring in 1.43 billion bushels. The agency says the expected yield of 47.8 bushels per acre would equal the ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a financial card crime. Captain Mike Sweeney says that about $2,500 was withdrawn from a 59-year-old Salina man's account at Rose Hill Bank. The money was withdrawn using two different Rose Hill bank cards.

10 years ago
Police are looking for a man who allegedly helped himself to some merchandise at a Salina sporting goods store and walked out a back door without paying for it. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that a theft happened at Dick's Sporting Goods, 2450 S. 9th Street, Monday evening between 5:57 and 6:57. According to Sweeney, a male ...

10 years ago
Officials say a tornado that swept through a rural southeast Nebraska town destroyed a home, while the homeowner hung onto a tree outside. The National Weather Service in Omaha reported at least one tornado touched down Monday afternoon near Nehawka, about 30 miles south of Omaha. Sandy Weyers, Cass County Emergency Management director, says the homeowner didn't ...

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 ...