10 years ago
It was the final swim of the season Monday evening at Salina's Kenwood Cove water park, and it went to the dogs. Literally. Kenwood Cove stayed open a week later than usual this year, opening for evening water walking in the evenings on the final weekdays. The water park then opened over the weekend. It closed ...

10 years ago
Several school districts in Kansas get less than half the emergency aid they were seeking under measures a state panel approved. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports 38 districts, including some of the state's largest, were vying for $12.3 million in emergency funds that had been allotted by lawmakers for this purpose last March. The districts had submitted ...

10 years ago
A 17-year-old boy who is one of 6 people accused in the shooting death of a Salina South High School student will face charges as an adult. Andrew Woodring appeared in  court in Salina Monday afternoon, in front of Judge Renee Young. Young had been contemplating her decision following a hearing a couple of weeks ago. Judge ...

10 years ago
Top election officials in Kansas and Sedgwick County have asked a court to block the release of voting machine tapes sought by a Wichita mathematician who is researching statistical anomalies in election counts. Secretary of State Kris Kobach argued in a court filing made public Monday that the records sought by Wichita State University mathematician Beth ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case at the Buyers Guide located at 1118 W. Cloud. Police say sometime between August 20th at 5pm and August 21st at 6:30, someone shattered a 3-foot by 6-foot window on the business. Damage is estimated at $500. A 52-inch television is stolen from a Salina home in ...

10 years ago
A stolen Dodge Grand Caravan is returned to its owner, El Dorado National Company, after it was stolen from the fenced-in parking lot early on August 21. The fence was cut by the perpetrators to allow the van to drive out, and the keys were stolen from inside a transport center building in a plastic bag ...

10 years ago
Salina police are investigating an armed robbery that happened on August 22 at 12:30 AM at the Travelers Lodge on S. Broadway. The victim, a 30 year old male, invited another man into his room. The guest saw $60 on the table, showed the victim a gun in his belt and took the money. There ...

10 years ago
30-year-old Paul Akumbu is in police custody after being arrested for sexual assault on August 21. The victim, an acquaintance of Akumbu, is a young female in her late teens, who called police to report the incident. The incident occurred in central Salina. Akumbu is being charged with rape and criminal restraint. ...

10 years ago
A homeless man in Salina is suffering from injuries sustained from an aggravated battery. The victim was found at the Pilot Gas Station by police, 1944 N. 9th St., covered in blood. The man had cuts along his hairline and chin, a broken lower jaw, and a skull fracture. He was taken from the scene by ...

10 years ago
Police arrest a Salina man on a rape charge after the parents of a girl in her early teens found him in their residence. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 18-year-old William J. Graves has been charged with criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child after an incident in a south Salina home. Police ...

10 years ago
A fund has been established for a Salina woman who was shot by her estranged husband earlier this month. Back on August 7th, a 38-year-old man shot his estranged wife, and also a neighbor who came to her aid, before then turning the gun on himself and committing suicide. Both the woman and neighbor survived the ...