12 years ago
An automotive diagnostic tool is stolen from a pickup truck. Salina Police are investigating after someone removed a 2005 Mac Mentor Scan Tool from a truck that was parked in the 1000 block of East Elm. The owner told officers his 2000 Chevy pickup was left unlocked. Someone apparently entered the vehicle sometime between Monday at 9pm and ...

12 years ago
A check of inventory at a heavy equipment parts dealer reveals missing items. Salina Police were contacted by staff at Foley Equipment, 529 North Broadway, after a number of oil drums and batteries were not found in the warehouse. Police say someone removed four Caterpillar brand oil drums and twenty one Caterpillar brand batteries sometime between May ...

12 years ago
Game wardens were busy around Kansas over Memorial day weekend. Law enforcement officers with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism were positioned around the state over the Memorial Day holiday weekend to help thousands of outdoor enthusiasts safely enjoy the Sunflower State’s reservoirs. According to the agency, in addition to enforcing wildlife laws and ...

12 years ago
College students won't be the only ones learning on the Kansas State University Salina campus this summer. K-State Salina is again offering its Discover Programs in aviation, engineering technology and sports for kindergartners to eighth-graders. The programs began in 2007 as a way for the college to extend its academic offerings beyond the traditional classroom and inspire ...

12 years ago
An enhanced website and open house are part of efforts by the Kansas Department of Administration to increase public awareness of state surplus property available for purchase. The agency says in a news release that it launched the website in April to let the public shop online for items ranging from computers to office furniture, supplies ...

12 years ago
Over a dozen citizens spoke Tuesday afternoon, urging Saline County Commissioners to reverse a decision last week not accepting grant money to fund long activating versatile contraceptive birth control. And one person asked a commissioner to resign. Last week, county commissioners denied a request from the Saline County Health Department to accept a $6,064 state grant ...

12 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and his administration are investing $9.5 million in state and federal funds to expand mental health services and agency coordination. Brownback said Tuesday the goal is to address the causes of mental health problems and provide treatment to people who use state services or are in the corrections system. The governor said the ...

12 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is convening a meeting Wednesday to discuss new regulations for signs that business owners and others must post to keep guns off their premises. Schmidt's office said Tuesday it is soliciting public input about what should be required for no-gun signs under a new state law taking effect in July. The new ...

12 years ago
A woman returns home to find her door open and electronics stolen. Salina Police made one arrest and are looking for another suspect after being contacted by a woman in the 500 block of E. Crawford. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that on Sunday, the victim saw two females leaving the area. She then noticed her ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation wraps up its look at a shooting incident between Salina Police and a man who was wounded after firing at officers last week. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, Detective Scott Hogeland, and Master Patrol Officers Mike Miller and Gary Hanus were all exonerated in a May 21st shooting near Centennial ...

12 years ago
An El Dorado man is arrested after alleged indecent acts with a teenage girl. Police arrested 19-year-old Dakota DeWitt on Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl's mother found him in her daughter's bedroom. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that investigators learned that DeWitt had been communicating with the girl via the internet then met her at the ...