10 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a suspect in connection with a Thursday morning stabbing. Salina Deputy Police Chief Sean Morton tells KSAL News that officers were sent at around 9:30 in the morning to the report of a stabbing, at a home in the 1800 block of Max Street, near the intersection with Roach. Morton says that ...

10 years ago
Transgender rights advocates have called on Kansas' health department to abandon a proposal to make it far more difficult for people to change the gender on their birth certificates. Topeka resident Stephanie Mott said during a Department of Health and Environment hearing Thursday that regulatory changes under consideration will lead more transgender youth to attempt suicide. ...

10 years ago
Police have arrested a 16-year-old Salina boy on charges of raping a pre-teen girl. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that police were contacted by the Department of Children and Family Services on March 3rd with a report of abuse that occurred at the home of 16-year-old Chrishawn Moore, of 724 S. Front. Police allege the crime ...

10 years ago
A McPherson teen was arrested in connection to a pair of burglaries at two Salina Subway restaurants. Officers arrested 17-year-old Kyle Farley on Wednesday after investigators connected surveillance footage from the stores and - a chance interview an officer on patrol had with Farley near the Subway on East Crawford. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News ...

10 years ago
Three teens from St. John's Military School are dead, and another is injured after their pickup crashed in the foothills outside Denver. The Colorado State Patrol says 18-year-old Jake Whitting of Glen Head, New York, 19-year-old John Yoder of Denver, Colorado, and 16-year-old A.J. Ricketts of Nigeria died after Whitting lost control, went off the road ...

10 years ago
Organizers are once again preparing to host the State 4A Division I & II Baseball and Softball Championships in Salina. Each year the twin tournaments bring in a total of 16 teams, plus family, friends and fans to watch baseball in Salina. "A lot of them, depending on where they're from spend the night. And we estimate ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of some fishing gear from a truck that was parked at 717 W. Grand. Sometime between 9pm Saturday and 9am Monday, someone entered an unlocked pickup and stole 4 rods and reels, a tackle box and lures. The thief also took a radio from the garage. Loss is estimated ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a forgery case after someone printed look alike checks from a Salina business and cashed them. Police report that a known suspect walked into two branches of Central National Bank on April 12th and cashed two fake payroll checks from Ceeco, LLC, 204 S. Santa Fe, for over $2,000 each. A company audit ...

10 years ago
The Newton City Commission has voted to fire the city manager, effective immediately. The Hutchinson News reports the vote Tuesday was 3-2 to fire City Manager Randy Riggs, who had held the position since March 2008. The city hasn't said why Riggs was fired other than a desire by the commission to pursue a different direction ...

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 ...