7 years ago
The secretary of the U.S. Army will visit Fort Riley this week. According to the Army, Mark T. Esper on Friday will meet with 1st Infantry Division leaders and interact with “Big Red One” Soldiers. Esper is the 23rd secretary of the U.S. Army. He was sworn in on Nov. 17, 2017. As secretary, he has ...

7 years ago
The City of Salina will be hosting its 10th annual E-Waste Recycling Event on Saturday. E-waste refers to old electronic equipment that is ready to be discarded , but this event offers the opportunity to recycle even more. Once again they will be accepting almost anything that has a cord or uses a battery. The city's partner ...

7 years ago
The final suspect in a Junction City shooting last month has been captured. U.S. Marshals arrested Jeremy Breeden in Thermopolis, Wyoming, over the weekend, the Junction City Police Dept. says. Another suspect, Cody Breeden was also found in Fremont Co., Wyoming, just south of there. Both of them are being held on $500,000 bond, but police ...

7 years ago
A months-long drug investigation by the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department Drug Enforcement task force culminated with a couple of arrests. According to a media release from Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman, in February they opened an investigation into the manufacturing of controlled substances at 701 1st street in Abilene. As a result of the investigation agents ...

7 years ago
A new truck stop and travel store opened Monday along Interstate 70 at Abilene. A new 24/7 convenience store and new auto pumps began operations. According to the company, they have made a commitment to Abilene by tearing down the old abandoned hotel and built the new Travel Center to enhance the entrance to Abilene and ...

7 years ago
Police are investigating a vehicle burglary after a thief broke into a taped up window on a 2005 Ford Taurus parked in the 1400 block of E. Iron and removed numerous items from the car's trunk. Sometime between 6pm Friday evening and 8am Saturday, someone stole a woman's high school class ring, a gold bracelet, ...

7 years ago
An 18-year-old Salina male may need facial surgery after being assaulted in his car. Salina Police arrested a 17-year-old male on Saturday evening after interviewing a teen at the hospital. Police Captain Paul Forrester says the victim had stopped at a stop sign in his car in the 300 block of Rahm Street when the suspect allegedly ...

7 years ago
A shift in wind conditions turned a controlled burn into the loss of some heavy equipment for a Salina area man. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 47-year-old Chad Koehn was operating a 2005 Bobcat skid-steer loader while keeping an eye on a controlled burn in a pasture in the 200 block of ...

7 years ago
There will be a whole lot of shaking going on when the Salina Art Center Cinema wraps up its 2018 Science on Screen series on Monday. A free showing of the film Earthquake  kicks off the event followed by Kansas Geological Survey Director Emeritus Rex Buchanan discussing seismic activity issues. The discussion will focus on recent earthquakes in Kansas, including the ...

7 years ago
A driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash late Saturday night after his truck went airborne and crashed into a concrete wall. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 67-year-old Gerald Thouvenelle of Russell was driving a 2016 Ford F 350 pickup truck headed west on K 18 Highway. For an unknown reason the truck went into ...

7 years ago
A group of area students have been awarded scholarships. Central Valley Ag cooperative awards 20 students with a $1,000 CVA scholarship. The scholarship is to support students who have the determination to advance into the agricultural industry. Receiving a CVA Member-Owner scholarship of $1,000, this year’s scholarship recipients are as follows: Lane Tomasek of Wisner, Neb. ...