11 years ago
Salina Police release the name of the man who was found dead Tuesday afternoon in downtown Salina. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says the body of 31-year-old Robert Allen Bade was taken to Kansas City earlier this week for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Captain Sweeney tells KSAL News that the preliminary results show no ...

11 years ago
On April 17, 2015 at 3:10 P.M., approximately $800.00 in scrap metal was taken from a business located in the 1300 block of west North Street. Investigation shows two white females, one approximately 30 years old with blond hair, and the other approximately 50 years old with blond hair, driving a late 1970’s to early 1980’s ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is facing charges for endangering a child after a tussle puts a baby at risk. Police arrested 22-year-old Jazmean F. Elledge on Thursday afternoon after she allegedly told two women in an east Salina home she would kill them as she waved a butter knife, while trying to grab a 1-year-old baby. Police say ...

11 years ago
A large gathering of women converged on Heritage Hall at the Salina Bicentennial Center for an event just for them. Salina Media Group's annual For Women Only event drew a large crowd Thursday evening, and as promised provided a full night of entertainment, prizes, and fun. There were over 50 booths and exhibits for the women ...

11 years ago
Details were unveiled in mid-April, and collection begins this week. Project Salina, an annual effort to feed the hungry, begins Friday. Project Salina unites multiple businesses and organizations in an effort to collect food for five agencies that serve meals, or distribute food, throughout the year. Food will be collected throughout the month of May. This year ...

11 years ago
Designs have been approved for two more Salina schools. According to USD 305, schematic designs have been approved for Schilling and Stewart elementary schools. The school board approved the plans this week at the Tuesday board meeting. Both schools will receive four new kindergarten classrooms, a multi-purpose storm shelter and a controlled entry. Schilling’s new addition, including ...

11 years ago
Hutchinson police say five teenagers were arrested on suspicion of making threats against Hutchinson High School. District Attorney Keith Schroeder says that the five suspects encouraged each other to commit murder at the high school. The investigation began Monday after the school reported threats made by the juveniles on Facebook. The threats were general and did not ...

11 years ago
Kansas State University has awarded $500,000 in grants to faculty members who are researching way to boost food production as the world population grows. The university says the Kansas Department of Commerce provided the grant money, which will be divided among nine projects. One of the projects is a three-day symposium to increase education and food ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is taking up the case next week of a suburban Kansas City official who was kicked out of office for allowing a homeless friend to sleep in City Hall. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe's office sought the review after the Kansas Court of Appeals found in October that the ouster of ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Legislature is back in session. The full House and Senate returned to work in Topeka on Wednesday. Legislators have plenty of unfinished business, including balancing the next state budget. They must close a $422 million shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Salina Representative J.R. Claeys sat down with KSAL News in Topeka on ...

11 years ago
A fraternity at the University of Kansas has kicked out four members after a video posted on social media showed someone mocking Muslims. Zeta Beta Tau chapter president Jason Finkelstein said Wednesday that the traditionally Jewish fraternity learned of the video April 10 and expelled the members the next day. He said it appears the clip ...