11 years ago
Sometime between 11:00 PM on January 30, 2016 and 1:00 PM on January 31, 2016 an unsecured vehicle was entered at 430 Regent. The following items were taken: Henry Lever Action .22 Rifle Benelli Model 90 Synthetic 12 Gauge Shotgun Remington 770 Synthetic .270 Bolt Action Rifle Camouflage backpack Jump start battery pack Black K-Bar Knife Wood K-Bar Knife Loss and damage is estimated ...

11 years ago
Emmy-Award winning journalist John Stossel brought his message of less government to Salina Thursday. The former co-anchor and correspondent for ABC's "20/20" and current Fox Business News host was the featured speaker in front of about 800 people at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Banquet. Stossel spoke about his career as a ...

11 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation is pleased to a call for grant applications from the YW Legacy Fund. This fund makes grants to initiatives that support the mission of the former YWCA in our community. Approximately $20,800 in grant funds will be available this year for multiple projects. Grant requests should address one or more of ...

11 years ago
Former KSAL Sports Director Chris Allison is in San Francisco this week for Super Bowl 50 covering the Carolina Panthers. Allison is now part of 730 ESPN in Charlotte and joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at the NFL's biggest show. "This is my first Super Bowl," he said. "The media center is incredible ...

11 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - A mason working at Kansas State University has found an 88-year-old handwritten note that gives a glimpse into the lives of laborers in 1928. The mason found the note in a tobacco can he encountered in December while restoring and replacing stones at Kansas State University's East Memorial Stadium in Manhattan. A Facebook ...

11 years ago
A former White House photographer offered a behind the lens look at what goes on behind scenes in Washington DC politics during a presentation in Salina Wednesday night. Retired White House Press Corps member Mark Reinstein spoke at Kansas Wesleyan University. Reinstein began as a freelance photographer for The Washington Star. He worked for Time magazine ...

11 years ago
A former Manhattan banker will serve time in federal prison for embezzlement. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, the former branch manager of Kansas State Bank was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for embezzlement. In addition, she was ordered to pay $277,000 in restitution. 34-year-old Melissa Vinsonhaler pleaded guilty to one count of ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -  A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts in connection with a plot to plant a bomb outside an Army post in northeast Kansas. John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, changed his pleas to guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges of attempting to use a weapon ...

11 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school administrators to be prosecuted for presented material perceived as harmful to minors. The bill passed the Senate last year and was considered in a House committee Tuesday. It stems from a 2014 controversy in the Shawnee Mission school district over ...

11 years ago
A man of firsts will be highlighted during the First Thursday Presentation tomorrow at the Smoky Hill Museum. Robert Caldwell was born in Pittsburgh, Kansas just before WW I, and broke social barriers to became the first African-American Mayor in Salina. Marie Johnson joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look back at Caldwell, "What ...

11 years ago
Work at a Salina quarry has been recognized for its conservation efforts with a Governor's Award. According to Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Conservation, Alsop Sand Co. Inc. of Concordia has been awarded the 2015 Governor’s Mined Land Reclamation Award for their reclamation work at their Salina quarry. This award is presented to a company ...