12 years ago
An area school is honored for raising pennies to help in the fight against childhood cancer. Staff from Salina Media Group Radio Stations Y 93.7 and Sunny 102.5 provided a pizza party for Bennington Grade School on Friday. Students at the school helped raise money as part of the station's "Million Penny Challenge". Overall, $9,894 was raised by ...

12 years ago
A Monday morning fire extensively damages a business in downtown Bennington. Ottawa County Rural Fire District #4 Chief Mark Whitesell says that first responders were called at 10:49 to the report of a fire at Westside Ventures. Firefighter / EMT Tony Swetson was in the business, which houses a small grocery store and restaurant, when the fire started. ...

12 years ago
Salina Police were called to Maggie Mae's in the 400 block of Broadway Saturday night in response to a damage to property. The female victim reported a window broken out on her 1996 Chevy 1500 pickup by the male suspect. The confrontation then continued at a home in the 700 block of Morrison when the suspect ...

12 years ago
Salina Police have made an arrest in relation to a shooting from Thursday night. Tiffany Goheen, 28, was arrested and charged with Aggrevated Battery in the shooting case from March 27th. Captain Sean Morton tells KSAL News that 34 year old John Daniels was shot at his residence in the 800 block of Sherman. Staff at Salina ...

12 years ago
The House Appropriations Committee's chairman has resigned from the committee because he says he can't support a school funding plan drafted by the chamber's Republican leaders. Newton Republican Marc Rhoades resigned Monday, just before the start of his committee's hearings on the plan. The proposal seeks to address two flaws in funding for poor school districts identified ...

12 years ago
A 36 year old man was reportedly stabbed at an area convenience store Sunday night. At approximately 10 pm Salina Police were called to the Kwik Shop in the 2000 block of South Ohio where the victim suffered a puncture wound to his left thigh. The man was taken to the hospital for medical treatment. No arrests ...

12 years ago
Students from St. John's Military School bring home medals from a prestigious shooting competition. According to the school, St. John's recently competed in the National Rifle Association Kansas State Indoor 3-position Smallbore Junior and Open Sectionals. St. John's Cadets Sgt.Yixiu Li, from China, and 1st Lt. Jacob Wiese, Houston, won the gold and bronze medals in ...

12 years ago
A 48 year old man had quite the scare after colliding with a train overnight. According to Salina Police, Rodney Alan Bradshaw was driving a 2013 Ford F150 around 9:25 pm Sunday night when it collided with a Union Pacific Train at the intersection of Iron and 4th street. Bradshaw was stopped at the train signal with ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a BBQ grill is stolen from a residence. Police say that Sometime between March 21 and March 27  a charcoal Big Green Egg Grill was stolen from a property in the 600 block of Morningside. Estimated loss is at $800. Also being investigated are five burglaries which happened over the weekend. Various ...

12 years ago
Counselors are expecting a crush of late-hour requests for help from Kansas consumers seeking to navigate the federal government's online health insurance marketplace. The consumers are trying to beat Monday's midnight deadline for applying for health coverage. The 2010 federal law overhauling health care requires most Americans to have coverage or pay a tax penalty. Health Care ...

12 years ago
The Kansas winter wheat crop needs moisture right now. Justin Gilpin, CEO of Kansas Wheat in Manhattan tells KSAL News that each plant is producing tillers or lateral stems that with timely moisture can mean a bumper crop, "That one wheat seed ultimately will become about eight plants," he said. "If we have favorable conditions more of ...