7 years ago
Former Kansas Senator Bob Dole was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Wednesday afternoon. At a historic ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, the Kansas Congressional Delegation joined other leaders including President Trump and Vice President Pence and honored Kansas’ favorite son, U.S. Senator Bob Dole by presenting him with the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a suspect who took a baggie full of suspected counterfeit cash and bought a pack of gum with a fake $100. Police report a surveillance video from Casey's at 215 W. Crawford shows a black, bald male who is about 5-foot 10 to 6-foot tall in sunglasses pass the counterfeit $100 ...

7 years ago
A garage goes up in flames southwest of Salina. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that crews from Rural Fire District #6 and RFD #2 were dispatched to a structure fire on Sunday afternoon at 8180 S. Halstead Road just after 3pm. Sheriff Soldan says the firefighters were able to stop the blaze from spreading ...

7 years ago
A man from Minneapolis, Kansas was cited for hitting a pedestrian in the Salina Wal-Mart parking lot crosswalk Tuesday. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 70-year-old Susan Riordan of Salina was transported to Salina Regional Health Center to be treated for a leg injury after being struck by a vehicle driven by 74-year-old Darrell Francisco. Police ...

7 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is getting a second chance to become an ambassador. The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to take up Brownback's nomination to be Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom on Thursday.  No confirmation vote has been scheduled for the full Senate. President Donald Trump formally renominating Brownback to become ambassador-at-large for international religious ...

7 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier was found dead in an off-post residence in Junction City this week. According to the Army, Spc. Hunter Schmidtke was found unresponsive in an off-post home on Monday and later pronounced dead. The Junction City Police Department and Fort Riley Criminal Investigation Command are investigating Schmidtke’s death. "The Soldiers of the ‘Iron Ranger’ ...

7 years ago
It's a story of presidents, generals and love of alma mater represented by one very historic volume. Kansas State University alumnus and donor Richard D. Rees has presented a special book by Dwight D. Eisenhower to Kansas State University, K-State Libraries and the university's president and first lady, Richard and Mary Jo Myers. Rees made the ...

7 years ago
A shooting call in a Kansas City suburb is ruled a hoax. Police surrounded a home in Overland Park yesterday morning on the report of a shooting. Officers searched the home and soon determined there was no danger. Investigators say someone called 911 with a fake story claiming they had shot someone inside the home. The fake 911 call ...

7 years ago
Police are investigating a case of vandalism inside a west Salina trailer. According to Captain Paul Forrester, on Monday officers found damage to a door and spray painted graffiti throughout the interior of a trailer located in the 1300 block of Winona. Police collected numerous spray paint cans from inside and noted the phrase, "Ground Zero" was ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a suspect caught on camera passing over $500 in counterfeit cash at a retail store. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that back on January 5, a black male walked into Target, 2939 Market and purchased a $300 robotic vacuum cleaner using fake $50 bills. He left the store and returned 10-minutes ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Lottery is urging all players to check their tickets after one ticket sold in Kansas won $1,000,000 in the Friday, January 12, Mega Millions drawing!  The winning ticket matched the first five numbers, but not the Megaball, to win the $1,000,000 prize.  The winning numbers in the January 12 Mega Millions drawing were ...