7 years ago
On the same day President Trump reversed course and signed an executive order today temporarily ending the policy of separating migrant children from their parents, Kansas Senator Jerry Moran joined several of his Senate colleagues to the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act. According to Moran's Office, this legislation would keep families together while ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 2am and 5am Monday, someone stole a white, 1996 Dodge Intrepid 4-door sedan from a parking lot at an apartment in the 700 block of S. 2nd. The 23-year-old owner told officers she had left the key in the ignition. The ...

7 years ago
In only one year, Cadet Qian Kecheng of Shanghai proved to the leadership at St. John’s, and to himself, that he was capable of being one of the top cadet leaders at the school. It was this service-minded work ethic, as well as an attention to detail and a mind for logistics, that earned him ...

7 years ago
Both of Kansas' U.S. Senators are calling on the Trump Administration to end the practice of separating immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexican border. Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran have both spoken out against the policy, which has resulted in the separation of more than two-thousand children from their parents or guardians at ...

7 years ago
A manufacturer of farm equipment is planning to expand its operations in Abilene and create several hundred new jobs. Great Plains Manufacturing announced on Tuesday a facility expansion in Abilene.  The company has entered into a contract to purchase a 350,000 square foot building. The building is located at 2150 NW 8th Street, the former home ...

7 years ago
Salina Police arrested a man from Salina after he allegedly tried to slash two other people during an altercation. According to Police Capt. Mike Sweeney, 23-year-old Salina man, Seth VanBruggen showed up at a residence in the 800 block of W. Elm. There were three residents housed at the home and all got in to an argument ...

7 years ago
A Salina man is behind bars after stealing a vehicle from an acquaintance. Police Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a vehicle was stolen from a central Salina residence shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday. Before the call to authorities, the suspect was allegedly involved in an argument with a known acquaintance--who had a protection order ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating two storage shed burglaries in northeast Saline County. Saline County Sheriff's Capt. Jim Hughes says that the first burglary happened on Friday, June 15th in the 8000 block of Mariposa between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. The property owner awoke and noticed that lights were on in his storage shed ...

7 years ago
Salina Police arrested three Salina residents after they allegedly stole checks from mailboxes, then bleaching them and making the checks out to themselves. Police Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that police were called to the 1300 block of Crescent on Monday morning where two residents claimed that they had checks stolen from their mailboxes. Sweeney says ...

7 years ago
A federal judge is striking down a Kansas law that required voters to show proof of citizenship. The judge ruled that the law violated the 14th Amendment and the National Voter Registration Act. Under the law, voters had to show a passport, birth certificate or other proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. The law ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary in south Salina. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between May 11 and June 15, someone entered a home in the 2100 block of Lewis and removed a wedding set from a jewelry box. Police say the white gold, diamond rings are valued at $3,200. After interviewing the 70-year-old ...