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 Captain Mike Sweeney says that about $2,500 was withdrawn from a 59-year-old Salina man's account at Rose Hill Bank. The money was withdrawn using two different Rose Hill bank cards.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 ...

10 years ago
Two men from Great Bend were maced and one was hit with a baseball bat in an attack that happened in the parking lot of the Lonestar Convenience Store at 100N. Broadway. Police say on Saturday morning around 10:15am, 74-year-old Earl Adams and 60-year-old Louie Philbern were assaulted by a group of people who drove up ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing surveillance video from Rod's #2 Convenience Store at 1401 S. Santa Fe after a break in on May 3rd. Thieves broke a 3-foot by 5-foot window to get inside the store. Police say two individuals wearing hoods and masks are seen removing multiple boxes of cigars and candy. Loss and damage is listed at ...

10 years ago
A Salina woman who was already in custody on charges of 1st Degree Murder is now facing additional charges for possession of drugs inside the jail. According to Investigator Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 24-year-old Amber Craig is facing charges for possession of drugs after a small baggie of amphetamines was found inside ...

10 years ago
A rollover crash kills a Saline County man. Saline County Sheriff's Office was contacted early Saturday morning after a passerby saw a truck damaged in a field off East K-4-Highway just after 6am. Deputies say 30-year-old John Breen had been ejected from a Ford F250 pickup and was found dead at the scene. Officers say the vehicle was ...