10 years ago
A motorbike and a 10-speed bicycle were stolen from a Salina backyard. Police report that sometime between 5pm on Monday and 7:30pm Thursday evening, someone removed a 2007 Baja DR 70 dirt bike and a 26-inch 10-speed bicycle from the backyard of a home at 716 Carriage. The red and black motorbike is valued at $600 while ...

10 years ago
Between 9:00 PM on March 1st and 9:00 AM on March 2nd, 2016, the secured lot at MHC Kenworth, 2301 N. Ohio was entered by unknown means. An unsecured truck belonging to Western Cooperative Electric was entered and two unknown brand “hot hoists”, several Milwaukee electric tools, to include a drill, impact and battery charger were ...

10 years ago
Hay donations are being sought for ranchers whose land burned in a massive wildfire in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Kansas Livestock Association says it's accepting cash donations and that farmers' cooperatives in two Kansas communities are collecting hay donations. Hundreds of firefighters and have been battling the blaze that started Tuesday in Oklahoma and spread into Kansas. ...

10 years ago
(AP) — Kansas legislators have sent Gov. Sam Brownback an education funding plan designed to meet a state Supreme Court order to help poor districts and prevent the justices from shutting down public schools in July. The House approved the bill Thursday on a 93-31 vote. The Senate approved the bill hours earlier on a ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have started their annual spring break and will be out of session for nearly five weeks. The House and Senate adjourned Thursday afternoon after both approved a Republican education funding plan. The measure avoids increasing state spending while attempting to meet a state Supreme Court order to improve aid ...

10 years ago
A world of strings is coming to Salina. For a second year Kansas Wesleyan University will host the International String Festival March 29 through the 31st. Dr. Jesse Henkensiefken, KWU Director of Orchestras and String Studies tells KSAL News that they began on a small scale last year, "The public really ate it up - I thought ...

10 years ago
This weekend will close the door on the play space known as 'One Keepers Place' at the Smoky Hill Museum. "A lot of people have played and learned over the past 25 years," said Museum Executive Director Susan Hawksworth during the KSAL Morning News Thursday. After this weekend 'One Keepers Place' will be closed and re-invented with ...

10 years ago
A man has been arrested in connection with alleged sex crimes involving a child. Police say that 54-year-old David McCaughtry was arrested Wednesday for an alleged sexual assault against a female preteen acquaintance. The alleged assault happened in west Salina sometime after July 2015. A different law enforcement agency notified Salina Police about the incident. McCaughtry could face ...

10 years ago
A homeless man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly battering an elderly woman. Salina Police say that at around 3:5 in the afternoon, 83-year-old Dortha Pace confronted a man about being on a property at 1200 W. Crawford. The property is a trailer park. The man, identified as 59-year-old Randy Shelinbarger, allegedly struck her over the head with ...

10 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center has been honored with an award. According to the hospital, Salina Regional Health Center has received the 2016 Women’s Choice Award® as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Emergency Care . This evidence-based designation is the only Emergency Care award that identifies the country’s best healthcare institutions based on robust criteria that considers ...

10 years ago
The Republican-dominated Kansas Senate has approved a GOP school funding bill that would avoid an increase in state spending while trying to meet a state Supreme Court order to help poor school districts. The vote Thursday was 32-5. The measure goes next to the House. GOP leaders there hoped to take a vote on it later Thursday. The ...