12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a gun was stolen from a truck that was parked near the Hangar Indoor Sports Complex, 2720 Arnold. Police say the 2005 Dodge pickup was left unlocked and an AK-47 semi automatic rifle was stolen from the vehicle sometime Monday night between 7pm and 9pm. The rifle, valued at $500 ...

12 years ago
Police arrest a man found in the early morning hours with a hammer and flashlight. Devin Unrein, 19 of Salina was arrested Wednesday morning at 2:48am, after officers found him walking near the area where someone had just tried to break into a business. A man associated with TPJ Cycle Works, 662 E. North Street, was inside ...

12 years ago
A northeast Kansas couple has renewed a fight against an adult store along Interstate 70 west of Abilene that sells sex toys and explicit videos. Phillip Cosby spearheaded protests and sought remedies after the Lion’s Den Superstore opened in 2003. He and his wife, Cathy, moved to the Kansas City area and worked for various groups ...

12 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office is supporting a proposal to form a two-person unit in the office to investigate possible violations of the state's open meetings and open records laws. Kansas Press Association executive director Doug Anstaett told the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday that having an open government unit in the attorney general's office ...

12 years ago
A third generation University of Kansas Law School graduate wants to help aspiring attorneys pay for their educations. Attorney and commercial real estate investor Beau Gould of Seattle and his wife, Julie Gould, have donated $1 million to the law school. The university announced Tuesday that the money will be used to establish the Gould Family ...

12 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier is killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 22-year-old Calvin Michalak was driving a Pontiac G6 west on I 70. For an unknown reason he entered the center median and struck concrete bridge pillars. Michalak, who the patrol says was not buckled up, died at the ...

12 years ago
A federal judge has denied a Kansas military academy's request to split up a lawsuit brought by 11 former cadets alleging the school fostered a climate of abuse. Attorneys for St. John's Military School in Salina contended each ex-cadet's claims were unique and that jurors in a single trial could get confused. But U.S. District Judge John ...

12 years ago
Police release more details on the death of a 2-year-old girl after an older-model television fell on her in a Salina apartment. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, officers and medics were called to Apartment 7H at the Chapel Ridge Apartments, 2363 Chapel Ridge, at 1:39pm on Tuesday after a mother heard the sound of a ...

12 years ago
With room to run and learn, the training staff at the Hangar Indoor Sports Complex is ready to make Salina athletes faster, stronger and smarter in how they train and perform. Owner, Jake Sharp joined in on the KSAL Morning News Tuesday with a look at what's new under the roof, "I do a lot of ...

12 years ago
Saline County Commissioners addressed a couple of issues with the new health department Tuesday, approving a sick leave policy and learning of a water problem. Interim Director Suzette Brotton was scheduled to give an update on the new county agency Tuesday morning, but had to reschedule. Commission Chairman Randy Duncan said that a broken water heater ...

12 years ago
A Salina man tells police he was kicked and robbed late Monday night. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, a 29-year-old Salina man contacted police after an incident in a church parking lot. The victim told officers a 2-door, bubble shaped car was swerving in front of him - then braking while he was driving his van northbound ...