12 years ago
A cold night did not stop a large crowd from lining Santa Fe to enjoy to enjoy the annual parade of lights. The parade, the favorite one of the year for many in Salina, this year had about 100 entries. Nearly all were decorated with feative lights. Leading the way, near the front of the procession, were ...

12 years ago
A southern Kansas school bus driver has been charged with endangering a child and reckless driving after his bus carrying 10 children slid off a road and into a rain-swollen creek. KAKE-TV reports 64-year-old Morris F. Peterson was charged Friday in Butler County for the Oct. 31 incident in which he and the students had to ...

12 years ago
A major U.S. power company has pleaded guilty to killing eagles and other birds at wind farms as part of the first enforcement of environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities. Under the settlement Friday, North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corp. and its renewable energy arm agreed to pay $1 million. Much of the money will ...

12 years ago
Pentagon officials say an Army colonel who wrote an internal email suggesting photos of attractive women should be avoided in promotional materials has stepped down from her duties involving a gender study. Army spokesman George Wright said Friday that Colonel Lynnette Arnhart had agreed to step aside from leading the gender integration study. According to Politico, which ...

12 years ago
The Salina South Cougars have finalized their Thanksgiving weekend plans. They'll be heading to Emporia to play in a state championship football game. The Cougars earned a chance to play for the state title by defeating Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel on the road Friday night at Cessna Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University. South ...

12 years ago
The Salina South Cougars have advanced to the state championship football game for the first time since claiming the Class 5A crown in 2004 with a 34-24 win over Kapaun Mt. Carmel at Cessna Stadium in Wichita. The Cougars built as much as a 24-point lead at 34-10, and held on for the win down ...

12 years ago
Can the arts be good medicine? Fifty-three leaders from around the area gathered at the Salina Arts and Humanities Community Room Friday to ponder that question - and offer their views. Brad Anderson, Director of Arts and Humanities tells KSAL News that he was very pleased with the turnout, "I am really excited about both the personal ...

12 years ago
A Salina man convicted of murder in a 2011 child abuse death gets a life sentence. Judge Renee Young Friday afternoon sentenced 29-year-old Antonio Brown Sr. to life in prison with a mandatory minimum of 20 years before parole eligibility for the murder concvicition. She also sentenced Brown to nearly 200 months for other charges he ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office has identified the truck involved in a hit and run accident that damaged a guard rail this week. According to Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, media reports led to calls from citizens in the area who saw a 2004 Freightliner truck that had damage described on KSAL.com. Sheriff Kochanowski tells KSAL News that the ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court reverses a Court of Appeals’ decision in a Salina case vacating the district court’s imposition of a downward departure sentence. The case involves several crimes Sean Bird of Salina was convicted of, including the robbery of a Taco John's Restaurant. In reversing the Appeal's Court decision, the Supreme Court upholds the original Saline ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of some scrap metal. Police say $200 worth of scrap metal and one acetylene tank valued at $457 were stolen from an open lot at 601 E. Pacific sometime between Wednesday and Thursday. DKM Enterprises, of Uvalde Texas is using the lot as storage. Police say there are no suspects. ...