12 years ago
A suspected shoplifter is caught on video. According to Salina Police, on Monday of this week a white male in a blue colored T-shirt was suspected of stealing approximately $360 worth of items from Target, 2939 Market Place. It is unknown if the suspect seen leaving with him is involved. If you can identify the man in ...

12 years ago
A 23-year-old man accused of leaving a Missouri home with a 15-year-old girl he was legally prohibited from contacting has been found dead in a Kansas jail cell. The Wyandotte County sheriff's office says Tuesday's death of 23-year-old Elijah McPike appeared to be a suicide. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday. Kansas City, Kan., police ...

12 years ago
Kansas education officials are seeking to calm concerns about the student data that is being collected as the state switches to new education standards. Two Kansas State Department of Education officials answered questions during Tuesday's board meeting. The questions are coming amid the switch to the Common Core educational standards. The new standards replace a ...

12 years ago
An Abilene company agrees to pay a penalty in relation to violations of the Clean Air Act. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Abilene Products Co., Inc., has agreed to pay a $15,290 civil penalty to settle alleged violations at its fertilizer facility. As part of its settlement agreement the company will spend an additional $75,370 ...

12 years ago
Area students are back at school today, and USD 305 Superintendent Bill Hall, stopped into KSAL with a look around the district. Hall, now beginning his third year at the helm of Salina schools, tells KSAL News that he spoke to his staff last week about building relationships with students. "I shared with them the absolute importance ...

12 years ago
Sunday liquor sales in Salina are delayed until the fall. Back in June, the Salina City Commission unanimously passed a law allowing Sunday liquor sales. The law was scheduled to go into effect this month. It goes into effect 61 days after final, or second publication. But, it was only published once. Now, though, it has been ...

12 years ago
Criminals in Salina are doing some back to school thieving in preparation for the new academic year. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, Linsey Dennis, 29, became the victim of a burglary. There were signs of forced entry into Dennis' apartment on the 700 block of Fairdale and an array of missing items. Among the missing items ...

12 years ago
A trailer was stolen yesterday right off of the hitch of a woman's truck in the parking lot of Roadway Inn on 1846 N Ninth. Victim, Stephanie Wennstedt, 55, was traveling through Salina from Missouri on her way to Colorado when she had her 10 ft. trailer containing a 2011 Polaris 4-wheeler and a snow plow ...

12 years ago
The University of Kansas has demolished its nearly century-old University Relations building on the far northeast end of campus. Over the years, the house-like structure also had served as a high school, a faculty lounge and offices for the KU Endowment. But the university's deputy director for Construction and Design Management, Paul Graves, says ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents wants an in-depth study of a new law that loosens restrictions on carrying concealed weapons into public buildings. The regents indicated they would pursue the study during their annual retreat Tuesday. The new law allows licensed concealed carry on public college campuses. But the regents have taken an immediate six-month exemption for ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation says it spent more than $18.5 million clearing and salting highways during the past winter. KDOT included its winter storm expenses in a quarterly summary of operations posted online Tuesday. The figure for clearing snow and spreading salt to prevent ice buildup was for the 2013 fiscal year, which ended June 30. ...