11 years ago
A Salina man is facing charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor after a deputy checks on a parked car. Saline County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 20-year-old Keith Dalme, after finding a bottle of whiskey and a small amount of marijuana in his vehicle. A deputy spotted his car in the 1400 block of S. Fairchilds Road around ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone put deep scratches on all sides of a 2007 Chevy Silverado that was parked in the 300 block of E. Claflin. Police say the windshield was also shattered sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Total damage is listed at $1,000.   Police say two cordless ...

11 years ago
A Salina man discloses a homemade pocket in his pants - full of meth during his arrest. Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a deputy was serving two failure to appear warrants to 30-year-old David L. Garrett on Tuesday evening. After putting the handcuffs on Garrett the deputy asked him if there was anything ...

11 years ago
Defense attorneys for a man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Wichita airport are not being allowed to see some classified evidence. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot issued a protective order Wednesday after examining the materials outside the presence of attorneys for Terry Loewen, an avionics technician who is accused of trying to ...

11 years ago
The Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee is to hear testimony this week from supporters and opponents of medical marijuana. Two Democratic lawmakers have filed bills that would allow some patients with chronic illnesses to legally obtain and use marijuana. Similar measures have been filed since 2009, but none have gotten past informational hearings, such as ...

11 years ago
A veteran central Kansas lawmaker has resigned from the state House Appropriations Committee, giving up his position as its vice chairman. Republican Rep. John Edmonds of Great Bend says his other legislative duties and outside professional commitments don't leave him with enough time to serve on the budget-writing committee. The vice chairman helps draft the final version ...

11 years ago
Topeka police are seeking the public's help in finding a man they say tried to kidnap a 7-year-old girl after a school bus dropped off her and her 11-year-old sister last week. Authorities say the children were coming home last Tuesday from an after-school program when a man grabbed the 7-year-old by her arm and started ...

11 years ago
More than 500 young farmers are expected to gather in Manhattan this week for the annual Kansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers leaders conference. The three-day event kicks off Friday with various competitions, while the opening keynote address on Saturday will focus on genetically engineered crops. Workshops throughout the day also include information about crop ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after vandals damaged the exterior of a church. Police say sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning, someone spray painted the outside walls of a storage area at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 230 E. Cloud, and also splattered the walls with a bucket of yellow paint. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that ...

11 years ago
Deputies conducting a special DUI saturation patrol in Saline County late Friday night stayed busy. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, deputies made a dozen stops, made an arrest, and wrote several citations and warnings. Complete Statistics: 12 Stops 1 DUI 1 Open container 1 Warrant served 1 Speeding 1 Seat belt 10 Warnings There were 5 DUI arrests made over the weekend by ...

11 years ago
A man whose body was found late last week on a frozen creek just outside of Salina died of natural causes. The body of 65-year-old Robert Lloyd Basye was found Thursday evening on the ice on Mulberry Creek near the Bosselman Pilot Truck Stop by a father and daughter on a late afternoon walk. According to the ...