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 ...

7 years ago
A two vehicle crash sends one man to seek medical help for a possible broken wrist. Police say 31-year-old Jacob Williams of Salina went to MedExpress on S. 9th for treatment after being cited for failure to yield in an accident at the intersection of Kennison and Wilson on Friday afternoon around 4:55pm. Police say Williams was ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was arrested after he allegedly pointed a gun at his own head - while holding his infant son. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 33-year-old Kiel Ragen was taken into custody Sunday evening after breaking a no contact order at the home of a 32-year-old woman who lives in the 200 ...

7 years ago
Kansas residents are remembering two deputies killed in the line of duty. Hundreds of people, including Governor Jeff Colyer, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor David Alvey, attended a candlelight vigil for fallen Wyandotte County Sheriff's Deputies Patrick Rohrer and Theresa King Sunday night outside Kansas City, Kansas, City Hall. Rohrer and King were ...

7 years ago
A Maine man who was arrested in California has been convicted of first degree murder and related crimes in Kansas. According to the Kansas Attorney Generals' Office, an Ottawa County jury found 35-year-old Robert Willard Colson of Bucksport, Maine, guilty of one count of first degree murder, two counts of felony theft and one count of ...