11 years ago
Authorities say a Texas driver has died in flash floodwaters after sliding off a wet stretch of Interstate 35 near the Kansas town of Emporia. The Kansas Turnpike Authority said in a news release that 21-year-old Zachary Clark, of Keller, Texas, was headed northbound around 5 p.m. Friday when his vehicle hydroplaned. The vehicle then went ...

11 years ago
Kansas and Missouri legislators face debates next year over religious objections proposals and expanding their state's anti-discrimination laws to protect gays and lesbians. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the nation raised both issues in both states. The high court ruling immediately led social conservatives to warn that the religious liberties of gay marriage ...

11 years ago
A large sinkhole that has developed near the Tuttle Creek Dam has the attention of officials. According to the  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, they are monitoring and evaluating a non-emergency condition that occurred below Tuttle Creek Dam at approximately 5:00 Thursday evening when a sinkhole developed. The sinkhole is adjacent to the stilling basin, also ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are warning the public that devices used to steal personal information have been discovered on two drive up bank cash machines. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, devices known as "skimmers" were found at drive up ATMs at two Sunflower Bank locations; 2450 S. 9th and 2070 S. Ohio. Both had the skimmer devices affixed ...

11 years ago
A pretrial date has been delayed for a 15-year-old central Kansas boy ordered to stand trial as an adult in the fire-related deaths of his mother and sister. Samuel Vonachen has pleaded not guilty to two counts of premeditated first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder of his father and aggravated arson. Authorities allege Vonachen used gasoline to ...

11 years ago
The latest government forecast is painting a more optimistic estimate of the size of the Kansas winter wheat crop now that harvest is nearly completed. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday that it expects this year's wheat production to be 334.4 million bushels in Kansas. That is up from the 314.5 million bushels it had ...

11 years ago
A Kansas district court judge says he is prepared to challenge the constitutionality of this year's judicial budget bill if his lawsuit against last year's budget bill is successful and lawmakers move to nullify all judicial branch funding. The Lawrence Journal-World reports lawyers representing 30th Judicial District Chief Judge Larry Solomon filed a brief on Wednesday ...

11 years ago
A six panel mural project that began in March, made its debut in Downtown Salina on Friday. Tina Bulleigh, Program Director for Xcel After-School Program tells KSAL News that the eight student artists spent about 50-hours brainstorming and painting the outdoor pieces. "We did the dreaming process during the school year," Bulleigh said. "The actual work on painting ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after someone vandalized a car parked in a driveway in the 2900 block of Foxboro. The owner told officers he and his family heard the sound of glass shattering from inside their home about 10:35pm on Thursday and came out to discover all the windows on a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse cracked and ...

11 years ago
Saline County Sheriff's deputies make an arrest in connection to a home burglary northwest of Salina. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a couple of burglars were caught on video breaking into a home in the 1100 block of W. Grand, twice between July 4th and July 7th. Deputies used the images to locate and arrest ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is facing felony charges for lewd and lascivious behavior in a store's parking lot. Officers arrested 25-year-old Victor K. Kinderknecht for allegedly exposing himself to a group of females in the parking lot at Target, 2939 Market Place on Thursday afternoon around 4:30pm. The group which included a woman in her 40's, a 15-year ...