12 years ago
A man on trial in connection with a Salina murder last Spring testifies in his own defense. A murder trial for Dane DeWeese, one of three people accused in the Spring 2013 disappearance and murder of 27-year-old Kristin Tyler, wrapped up its second full week Friday in Saline County District Court. Initially DeWeese's girlfriend Megan Wells was ...

12 years ago
A Salina man is checked by medics then arrested for theft after passing out at a grocery store. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, officers responded to the Dillons Grocery Store at 2350 Planet Ave., on Thursday afternoon just before 1pm. Police allege that 20-year-old Wesley Robertson took a canister of Perfect Duster dust remover from the shelve ...

12 years ago
A traffic stop in New Mexico has resulted in the arrest of a Kansas fugitive. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department says deputies working on an interstate criminal enforcement team arrested 39-year-old Patrick Close on a Kansas warrant accusing him of a sex crime involving a child under age 14. According to the Sheriff's Department, Close was in ...

12 years ago
A trench in Antarctica has been named after a professor at the University of Kansas. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names recently named the "Gogineni Subglacial Trench" after Prasad Gogineni, who teaches electrical engineering and computer science. The trench is hidden under the Byrd Glacier in the Victoria Land region of Antarctica. Gogineni directs the university-based based Center ...

12 years ago
Authorities say an Arizona State University student who died after falling from the 10th floor of a Tempe apartment building had earlier attended an off-campus party sponsored by a banned fraternity. Tempe police still are investigating the death early Sunday of 18-year-old Naomi McClendon. Investigators believe the Kansas native was intoxicated when she was taken to the ...

12 years ago
A day designed for young professional in Salina Thursday featured among other things, a motivational presentation from an area native who is now an ESPN Sportscenter anchor. "The Coach", Jonathan Coachman, spoke during a luncheon at the Salina Bicentennial Center as a part of the 2014 Kansas YP Summit. Coachman is a McPherson native, graduating from McPherson ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a series of business burglaries. Police say that sometime between 7:30 Wednesday night and 7:30 this morning, burglars hit three businesses in the 300 Block of East Walnut. The businesses include Prairieland Market at 305 E. Walnut, Uptown Salon at 307 E. Walnut, and American Family Insurance at 309 E. Walnut. A door was ...

12 years ago
Saline County Clerk and Election Officer Don Merriman tells KSAL News that his office has sent out over 170 letters to voters who did not sign the back of their ballot envelope - asking them to come in and finish the voting process. "Unfortunately we cannot count their ballot without that signature," he said. Merriman says those ...

12 years ago
A change in interest rates means that the USD 305 school bond issue, if passed, would not cost tax payers as much. According to the district, based upon current interest rates, the projected mill levy for the repayment of the bonds is 1 mill lower. For taxpayers, this reduces the monthly increase for an owner of ...

12 years ago
The National Junior College Athletic Association is moving its Division I Women's Basketball Championship out of Salina following the 2015 tournament at the Bicentennial Center. The NJCAA made the announcement it will move the tournament to Lubbock, Texas, from 2016 to 2018 on Thursday during its meetings in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mary Ellen Leicht, Executive Director of ...

12 years ago
Eight Kansas schools, including one in Saline County, have been selected to receive state grants to promote the use of local foods in schools and agriculture education in the classroom. The Kansas Department of Agriculture says Wednesday that it had awarded each of the schools $12,500 from the Farm to School program. Earning the grants were ...