10 years ago
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo to be CIA director. That's according to a Trump transition official. Pompeo is a conservative Republican and a fierce critic of President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. Trump is beginning to fill out his governing team, and the transition official says Trump will make the Pompeo announcement on ...

10 years ago
Kansas' state universities are proposing raising housing and dining rates starting next year. The Kansas Board of Regents received the proposed rates from the six state universities Wednesday. The largest rate increase would be at the University of Kansas, with a 4.9 percent. Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University and ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a thief. Police say that on November 11th between 4pm and 5pm, a door window was broken to gain entry to a vehicle parked at Planet Fitness at 2012 S. Ohio. A purse was taken from the car, along with a wedding ring and band. Credit ...

10 years ago
Authorities are investigating the death of a Fort Riley soldier. According to the Army, a 1st Infantry Division soldier was found dead on Tuesday of this week in Manhattan. Spc. Phillip Cruz-Medellin, a satellite communication systems operator-maintainer, was assigned to the 267th Signal Company, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade. “We are all greatly saddened ...

10 years ago
A gun was stolen from a Salina home. Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred in the 700 block of Fairdale sometime between November 10 and November 16. Police say someone broke a sliding glass door to enter the home and took a .40 caliber Hi-Point pistol valued at $180, plus $10 of .40 caliber ammunition. An ...

10 years ago
Two small earthquakes have shaken parts of north-central Kansas. The Hays Post reports that the 2.7- and 3.4-magnitude quakes struck Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey says both were centered about 25 miles southeast of Smith Center. Officials with the Osborne and Smith County Sheriff's Department said they didn't receive any calls about the quakes. Scientists say damage ...

10 years ago
A Salina man was served a notice to appear in municipal court after allegedly shooting a neighbor's dog Tuesday afternoon. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Tommy Smith, 49 of 917 N. 13th was protecting his chickens from a dog owned by 56-year-old Benny Hancock. Police say the dog was on the loose and was trying ...

10 years ago
A 6-year-old Kansas boy has died from injuries sustained in a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed his mother and younger sister. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the boy as Jaydon Allan Thompson, of Junction City, who died at a hospital. Kansas Highway Trooper Ben Gardner says 26-year-old Jessica Michelle Thompson had taken Jaydon and 5-year-old Leah Michelle ...

10 years ago
A short high-speed pursuit ends with a DUI arrest. Salina Police arrested 28-year-old Rodney Ponton early Thursday morning after he allegedly led officers on a chase that reached speeds of 70 mph near downtown and ended with a crash at Ohio and Riverside. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol noticed a vehicle ...

10 years ago
As the Harlem Globetrotters prepare to tip off their 2017 World Tour, which will make a stop in Salina, the iconic team took a timeout for Guinness World Records Day this week.  Only one year after setting seven official Guinness World Records titles, the Globetrotters broke a single-day total of nine records this year, including the ...

10 years ago
The unmanned aircraft systems program on the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina is providing professionals one last opportunity in 2016 to obtain a remote pilot in command certification. In response to the Federal Aviation Administration's Part 107 rule instituted in August for commercial use of small UAS, Kansas State Polytechnic has been offering a ...