11 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a man and woman who borrowed a van - and never returned it. Police say a 42-year-old woman loaned her 2000 Town and Country Chrysler van to a couple on February 13th, with the understanding it would be returned. Police are now looking for the two known suspects and the van that's ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary in the 1100 block of Acorn. Police say sometime between Monday night at 9pm and Tuesday at 2am, thieves took a bottle of the prescription drug Hydrocodone and 30 Blu-Ray DVDs. There was no sign of forced entry. Total loss is listed at $1080. Tools are stolen from a ...

11 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary at the Webster Conference Center. Staff discovered that someone had entered a storage shed on the property at 2601 N. Ohio, and removed climbing gear used on their ropes challenge course. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski says numerous ropes, helmets, climbing harnesses and gear was taken sometime between January 24th ...

11 years ago
A Kansas House committee has recommended cutting all funding for the Parents as Teachers program, which would end the program. The House Social Services Budget Committee on Tuesday recommended cutting $7.2 million for the program, which has staff member visit homes to help parents prepare students for school and connect to community resources. The organization is ...

11 years ago
Plans for a remodel of Salina South High School have been approved. According to USD 305, the schematic design for the largest of the district's bond projects has been approved. After a year of updates about a planning process that addresses the needs at South High School (SHS), the board of education unanimously approved schematic ...

11 years ago
A multi-award winning comedian is coming to Salina.  Jim Gaffigan will perform at the Stiefel Theatre this summer. According to the Stiefel, Gaffigan is a Grammy nominated comedian, New York Times best selling author, top touring performer, and multi-platinum selling father of five. His fourth hour special (“Beyond the Pale” 2006, “King Baby” 2009, “Mr. Universe” ...

11 years ago
The Kansas Presidential Primary Election might be cancelled again. A Kansas Senate committee is considering a bill to cancel the state's 2016 presidential primary as lawmakers face key deadlines. The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee was holding a hearing Wednesday on the primary bill. It was the last day the panel could meet before the Legislature's annual ...

11 years ago
A stretch of state highway in northeastern Kansas now bears the name of an Atchison police officer who was killed on duty in 2011. A stretch of Kansas 7 from Atchison to Troy was renamed Tuesday as Sgt. David Enzbrenner Memorial Highway. He was a 24-year veteran of the city's police force until he was killed while ...

11 years ago
A Lawrence, Kansas, police officer is suspended after being arrested on charges related to domestic violence. The police department says the woman, while in a relationship with the patrol officer, reported that he battered and threatened her last month. The officer was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery, criminal threat, aggravated assault, domestic battery and kidnapping. He's is ...

11 years ago
Salina Firefighters responded to St. John's Military School during the noon hour Tuesday. There was no fire or medical emergency, but rather they showed up to hand out an unexpected award to Sgt. Geronimo Rivera, an instructor at the school. Chief Larry Mulliken presented Rivera with a Salina Fire Chief Community Service Award. Mulliken explained to ...

11 years ago
A woman was hurt in a single-vehicle crash in North Salina late Tuesday morning. The crash happened at around 11:30, on East Ash Street, when a passenger car slammed into a tree in the front yard of a home. Witnesses to the crash told KSAL News at the scene that the car was headed east on Ash ...