11 years ago
A warrant sweep by the Saline County Sheriff's Office nets nine arrests. Four, 2-man teams of deputies had 33 warrants in hand on Thursday evening as they traveled around the county knocking on doors, double checking addresses trying to find citizens who have civil and district court warrants. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that they have ...

11 years ago
Sheriff deputies and game wardens arrest a couple of men illegally hunting early Friday morning. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, at around 1:30 in the morning a Kansas Game Warden and deputies with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department made a stop on some spot lighters, or hunters using off-road vehicles and ...

11 years ago
A mother calls police after she learns about a man assaulting her daughter. Police arrested 43-year-old Basil Scott McNelly of Salina on one charge of rape, battery and indecent liberties with a child. Police say the mother of a 9-year-old girl contacted SPD on Thursday after learning of the abuse that allegedly took place in a south ...

11 years ago
Volleyball and basketball players at Washburn University can now call a 7-year-old girl their teammate. Karis Selk is now an honorary member of Washburn University's volleyball and women's basketball teams. She's also in her first year of remission from pediatric brain cancer. Selk signed her name in pink pen during a letter-of-intent signing ...

11 years ago
Three years after a 10-month-old girl disappeared from her Kansas City home, her family and police say they continue to search for the child known as Baby Lisa. Lisa Irwin disappeared on Oct. 4, 2011. Although her case drew national attention and an offer of a $100,000 reward, the girl has never been found and few ...

11 years ago
Emporia police say they don't suspect foul play in the death of a man who was found in a men's restroom at the police department. A man identified as 58-year-old Mario Padron was found around 9 a.m. Thursday after officers were notified of an unresponsive person in the restroom. Police say Padron was not a city employee ...

11 years ago
A Salina man was killed in a rollover accident southwest of Salina Thursday evening. First responders were called at around 9:15pm to the area of Fairchilds Road and Farrelly Road to the report of a rollover accident. The Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that 33-year-old David Erik Spencer was pronounced dead at the scene ...

11 years ago
A federal judge is aiming for trial early next summer for the man charged with plotting a suicide bombing at a Wichita airport. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot on Thursday set deadlines for motions in the case against Terry Loewen, an avionics technician facing terrorism-related charges, but he stopped short of setting a firm trial date. Loewen ...

11 years ago
A third earthquake has shaken rural southern Kansas, less than a week after a panel commissioned by Gov. Sam Brownback found there isn't enough evidence to link recent quakes to oil and gas exploration in the region. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the latest quake with a 4.4 magnitude struck just after 1 p.m. Thursday ...

11 years ago
To use a football analogy, the Sports Complex at Kansas Wesleyan University is deep in the red zone. After announcing a $400,000 matching grant on September 18, the university has received more than $500,000 in pledges and gifts. This pushed the total raised in the two-week period to nearly $1 million, with the matching gift. ...

11 years ago
A stolen check from a mailbox may lead to theft and forgery charges. Salina Police are investigating an attempted theft case that began last week when a known suspect allegedly stole an outgoing piece of mail that contained a credit card payment to the Bank of America for $4,400. The suspect then altered the check, signed it ...