7 years ago
The I-135 / I-70 Drug Task Force made four arrests last week after a lengthy investigation that focused on the activities of three men and a woman at the Econo Lodge located at 636 Westport Blvd in Salina. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers with SPD's SWAT team and the Kansas Highway Patrol served a ...

7 years ago
The Salina K Mart store will close as struggling department store chain Sears is filing for bankruptcy protection. The parent company of Sears and K Mart is closing 142 stores across the country as it tries to turn around its business. The company that once dominated retail in America is filing for Chapter Eleven in an ...

7 years ago
Three male suspects were arrested on burglary and theft charges after a witness noticed them walking out of a garage with guns and over to a home next door. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 500 block of Regent Road on Saturday evening just before 7pm to investigate a theft. Police ...

7 years ago
A burglar is caught inside a Salina drugstore and arrested Saturday night. According to Captain Paul Forrester, officers responded after an alarm sounded at 10:25pm at Key Rexall, 901 E. Crawford and found 29-year-old Ngamo Debo crouched and hiding by a shelf inside the business. Forrester says Debo did not comply with the officers orders and was ...

7 years ago
Individuals and businesses in the Saline County local food sector are encouraged to apply for a $3000 grant recently established by the Local Food Works Foundation. Aimed at bridging gaps and promoting connectivity in the system, the annual grant applies to new or existing projects. Applications will be accepted now through midnight November 15. “This new annual ...

7 years ago
A suspect featured on Salina's Crime Stoppers last week was captured in Minneapolis, Kansas over the weekend. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that deputies from the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office identified 41-year-old Neil Bankhead at a Minneapolis motel and took him into custody. Authorities say Bankhead was caught on tape stealing over $1,800 in cash that ...

7 years ago
Kansas Lottery players, like players everywhere, are talking about Mega Millions and making sure they have their tickets for the next drawing. No ticket matched all numbers in the Mega Millions drawing Friday night, meaning the jackpot is now $654 million (cash option $372.6 million), just short of setting a new record. The largest Mega Millions ...

7 years ago
Sonny Perdue, U.S. secretary of agriculture, will be the next speaker in Kansas State University's Landon Lecture Series. Secretary Perdue's speech, "Leave It Better Than You Found It: Lessons in Public Service I Learned on the Farm," will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in McCain Auditorium. The lecture is free and the public is ...

7 years ago
Law enforcement are investigating after human reminds were found in Riley County. According to Riley County Police on Saturday at around 3:00 p.m. a citizen reported there were possible human remains in the 300 block of North Park Road in Ogden. When officers arrived on scene, they began an  initial investigation and confirmed the remains are human. The ...

7 years ago
The Salina Kennel Club is planning a day of "Fur and Fun".  The 2nd annual “Fur & Fun Day in the Park” fundraising event is planned for Saturday, October 20th, in Oakdale Park. Dogs and dog-themed events will take over the park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There will be multiple activities for you and ...

7 years ago
An Emmy Award winning journalist is coming to speak at Fort Hays State University. ABC News correspondent John Quiñones, host of “What Would You Do?,” will be the keynote speaker for the 2018 Kansas Board of Regents’ Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism at the college in Hays. According to FHSU, the theme for this year’s ...