10 years ago
Conservation of farmland and getting the soil to work all year long are just a couple of benefits found in maintaining cover crops. "It completes a system, you've got that soil working 12 months of the year," said Michael Plumer, Consultant with Conservation Agriculture in the United States. Plumer joined in on the KSAL Morning News ...

10 years ago
Authorities are investigating the death of a student at Fort Hays State University. A campus-wide notification went out Tuesday informing the FHSU community that a student had been found dead at a residence hall. The case is being handled as an unattended death, and an investigation is underway. Further details were not immediately released, including the student's ...

10 years ago
A couple of incidents in which a woman was sprayed in the face with mace, and nearly run over with a car, prompted the arrest of a Salina man on Monday. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 25-year-old Justin Hatton was arguing with a female acquaintance Monday afternoon at around 1:30, in the 800 Block of ...

10 years ago
A "quick change" scammer ripped off the Salina Walmart store Saturday evening. According to Police Captain  Mike Sweeney, a man turned an $18 purchase of soap and lotion into a $700 loss for the store. The man began his transaction at the checkout lane paying for his purchase with a $100 bill. He proceeded to then confuse ...

10 years ago
A man was arrested after allegedly propositioning two boys for sex in a Salina park Monday evening. Salina Police say that at around 8:00 Monday night, 40-year-old Laurence Couillard approached two 13-year-old boys in Centennial Park. Allegedly, Couillard made an indecent sexual solicitation to the boys. The boys contacted police. Couillard was still in the park when ...

10 years ago
Crews will continue to patrol a wildfire that has burned hundreds of square miles of sparsely populated land in Kansas and Oklahoma. The fire, which started last week in Oklahoma before spreading to southern Kansas, has largely been contained. But Barber County Attorney Gaten Wood says crew will be watching the fire closely because of high ...

10 years ago
WWE Wrestling is coming to Salina. The Salina Bicentennial Center announced Monday that the #NXTRoadTrip will be stopping in Salina, for the first time ever. Wrestlers scheduled to appear include NXT Champion Finn Balor, Women’s Champion Bayley, “The Samoan Submission Specialist” Samoa Joe, Baron Corbin, and many more. They will battle it out between the ropes at ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is trying to paint a better world for those in recovery with a paintball tournament at Elite Sports. Chris Heffner joined in on the KSAL Morning News Monday with a look at his upcoming event aimed at having fun and raising money for the Salina Rescue Mission and Ashby House. "We have a group ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case at 2150 Wesley. Police say someone shattered a 44.5-inch x 50" window with a rock sometime between 3am and 3:30am on Saturday. Damage to the glass and frame is estimated at $1,250.   A vehicle burglary happened at 719 Martin sometime between 8:20pm Thursday and 7:25am Friday morning. Police ...

10 years ago
Prosecutors are calling the crimes of an eastern Kansas man convicted in a quadruple homicide "extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile." The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sentencing phase of Kyle Flack's trial began Monday. The jury is hearing testimony to determine if the 30-year-old should be sentenced to death. Flack was found guilty last week of ...

10 years ago
Police are looking for two Hispanic male suspects after a man fought back against his assailants. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers met the 18-year-old male victim at the hospital at about 10pm on Saturday night after an incident near Bond and Crawford Street. The victim told police he was walking with headphones on when ...