7 years ago
A Wamego firefighter has died from injuries suffered in a fall. According to the Wamego Fire Department, John Randle died Tuesday. The department said that the fatal injury happened when Randle returned to the station after responding to a fire. He was “returning a fire apparatus to service” when he fell, and was injured. Randle was first transported ...

7 years ago
The man accused of making a prank call that lead cops to shoot an innocent man is heading to Kansas. Tyler Barriss was in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and waived his right to an extradition hearing. Barriss has a criminal past of "swatting", or calling falsely reporting crime to law enforcement in an attempt to ...

7 years ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is set to outline his plans for the legislature in 2018. The governor will deliver the annual State of the State Address Tuesday, January 9th. Brownback's office says the governor will present a budget proposal and discuss the Kansas Supreme Court's recent school finance opinion. The Kansas Legislature's 2018 session starts next week. Story from ...

7 years ago
Two workers are dead following an incident at a Wichita grain elevator. The victims were working at Gavilon Grain near 55th and South Hoover Road shortly after 2:00 yesterday afternoon when they became trapped in a bin under several feet of grain. Dozens of rescue personnel responded to the scene and the men's bodies were pulled from ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a man came home from work to find that many of his belongings had been stolen from his apartment. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the burglary occurred sometime between 5 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Chapel Ridge apartments, 2363 Chapel Ridge on Tuesday, Jan. 2. The occupant, 51-year-old ...

7 years ago
Gallery seating tickets are now available to see the man who built the Kansas City Royals into World Series champions. Senior Vice President-Baseball Operations/General Manager Dayton Moore will be the featured speaker  at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting later this month. According to the chamber, the cost of the gallery ...

7 years ago
A Nashville recording artist will headline the first Friday Night Live of 2018 in Downtown Salina this week. Jake Gill  will perform at a newly opened downtown restaurant. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, this Friday programming kicks off with First Friday visual arts events downtown at Peaceful Body Wellness Retreat, 120 N. Santa Fe, with ...

7 years ago
Authorities have captured a woman who escaped custody from a K-9 patrol unit while in handcuffs Monday evening. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that deputies captured 29-year-old Sierra Machnicki of Salina in rural McPherson County.  She had arrested and placed into the front seat of a Saline County Sheriff's Ford Explorer on Monday ...

7 years ago
Police are looking for four known suspects after a scuffle at a Salina bar. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 24-year-old Collin Wood of Manhattan was taken to Salina Regional Health Center with cuts on his face after being punched in the parking lot behind Big Nose Kate's at 117 N. Santa Fe. Police say an ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital after having bones in his face broken at a private club early Friday morning. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Joseph Gunderson called police Friday around 4:30am from the former bar known as Throwbacks at 501 N. 5th to report illegal activity he had witnessed ...

7 years ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were busy over the Christmas weekend. According to the agency, among other things, troopers issued over 1,200 citations and warnings, and assisted over 900 motorists. Troopers worked one fatal crash over the holiday weekend. The fatal crash was in Sheridan County. The reporting period for the holiday weekend ran from 6:00 pm on ...