12 years ago
The Kansas Highway Patrol says blowing dust caused an accident that killed a man in central Kansas. Thirty-year-old Brandon H. Stein of Great Bend died Monday afternoon in an accident on U.S. 56 about seven miles west of Great Bend. The patrol says Stein's vehicle collided with the trailer of a semi-trailer truck that had stopped in ...

12 years ago
The National Weather Service has rated the tornado that struck the southeast Kansas town of Baxter Springs an EF2 on the enhanced Fujita scale, with winds of 130 mph. A team from the agency's office in Springfield, Mo., issued the rating Monday after surveying damage from the tornado that struck around 5:39 p.m. Sunday. The Weather Service ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Revenue is taking steps to help residents replace critical documents lost in Sunday's tornadoes. The agency is waiving fees on replacement driver's licenses, vehicle titles and vehicle registrations for residents of Cherokee, Bourbon and Linn counties. An executive order signed Monday by Gov. Sam Brownback also waives the fees for replacement birth certificates ...

12 years ago
A Salina woman gets a ten-year prison sentence in a federal drug case. According to U.S Attorney Barry Grissom's Office, 23-year-old Abigail Torres Soto pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, three counts of distributing methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In April 2013, Soto was indicted along ...

12 years ago
A Salina man gets a three-year federal prison sentence in a firearms case. According to U.S. Barry Grissom's office, 22-year-old Kalun James Purucker was sentenced Monday to 37 months in federal prison on a federal firearms charge. Purucker pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. In his plea, he admitted that the ...

12 years ago
Salina City Commissioners approve a project creating an emergency exit at the Bill Burke Park sports complex. Currently the complex, which has multiple baseball and soccer fields, has only one access point to enter and exit. The only way vehicles can go in and out of the park is via an access road from Crawford Street. With ...

12 years ago
An organization that promotes second chances - wants area golfers to line up for a 'Mulligan' to help those in need. The 15th Annual Mulligan Stew Golf Tournament is teeing off Friday, May 23rd and will benefit the Salina Rescue Mission and Emergency Aid Food Bank. Steve Kmetz, Salina Rescue Mission Executive Director stopped into the KSAL ...

12 years ago
Three Beloit residents are arrested in Salina after a confrontation. Alexander Hiserote-Eich, 20, Dylan Crannell, 21 and Lacey Palmer, 20 were booked into Saline County jail on aggravated assault charges. On April 25th at approximately 6:37pm Jason Seibel, 21 and Chelsea Mallory, 22 both of Salina allege that while driving near Ninth and Cloud Street yelling ensued ...

12 years ago
Miscellaneous items are stolen from a northeast Salina residence. Officers were called to a property located in the 1200 block of Elmhurst on April 25th. The suspect allegedly forced his way through a garage door. Reported missing was a Schwinn Bicycle, Craftsman socket set, handcrafted saddle and 1970 red Honda motorcycle. Total loss and damage is estimated at ...

12 years ago
After two ATVs and a trailer are stolen on Tuesday, Salina Police have made an arrest in connection to the case. A 7-foot by 12-foot trailer that had two Yamaha Grizzly ATVs on board was stolen from the west parking lot of the LaQuinta Inn at the 200 block of East Diamond Drive on April 22nd ...

12 years ago
Storms that roared through the Midwest kicked up dust in drought-stricken western Kansas, causing a multi-car accident in Oklahoma just across the Kansas border and severely reducing visibility farther east. Tyrone, Okla., fire chief Anthony Adams says the blowing dust caused accidents involving 12 vehicles on U.S. 54 one mile south of the Kansas-Oklahoma border near ...