8 years ago
A short lived high-speed pursuit ended with a single car crash early this morning. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, an officer on patrol attempted to stop a speeding car in the area of Republic and Ohio around 3:30am. The driver, identified as Gage DeWitt, 20 of Salina then tried to elude the officer and crashed ...

8 years ago
A traffic stop on Interstate-70 leads to the arrest of a Houston, Texas man. A deputy with the Saline County Sheriff's stopped a speeding car driven by 22-year-old Devon Jackson just west of Salina around 11:30pm at mile post 249. The smell of marijuana from inside the 2012 Ford Focus prompted a search of the vehicle which ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office says no charges will be filed against a trio of vandals who were caught on camera damaging the old schoolhouse in Gypsum last week. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 24-year-old Auston Head, 21-year-old Keith Hyden-Terry and 16-year-old Adrian Head were identified as the three males who caused an estimated ...

8 years ago
A man wanted in Salina on rape and assault charges was arrested in Mississippi and transported back to the Saline County Jail. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that authorities in Mississippi recently took 26-year-old Billarious T. Gatlin into custody. Sunday he was booked into jail on charges that link back to a couple of incidents last ...

8 years ago
A spring festival that gives people ideas for Kansas day trips will end its nearly three decade run next month. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Sampler Festival is planned for May 6 and 7 at Winfield's Island Park. It began in 1990 as a book-signing party for the "Kansas Weekend Guide" book. The second ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says preliminary information about the shooting deaths Thursday night of three people in Coffeyville indicates gunshots were exchanged between two of them. Authorities said in a news release Friday that they do not believe any suspects remain at large. Coffeyville police arriving at a residence found the three deceased individuals: 50-year-old Reginald ...

8 years ago
A surprisingly competitive special congressional election in Kansas has Democrats hopeful about cracking Republicans' lock on the state's delegation next year. And an open contest for governor also looms. Republican Ron Estes' 7-percentage-point victory over Democrat James Thompson in the 4th Congressional District in south-central Kansas drew national attention. GOP candidates there won by an average of 27 ...

8 years ago
The Douglas County district attorney has charged a woman with first-degree murder after a 9-month-old child died last year at a day care in Eudora. District Attorney Charles Branson says 42-year-old Carrody Buchhorn was charged Friday. She is scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday. The license for Sunshine Kids Group Daycare Home in Eudora was ...

8 years ago
A Lawrence man has pleaded no contest in the stabbing death of his grandmother. Jaered Long entered the plea Thursday to second-degree murder and two counts of battery of a law enforcement officer. Long was arrested in December 2015 after his 67-year-old grandmother, Deborah Bretthauer, was found dead in her Lawrence apartment. He was 16 at the time ...

8 years ago
Don't freak out if you haven't finished your taxes. Taxpayers are picking up a few extra days to get their returns into the IRS. The usual April 15 deadline falls on Saturday this year. That would normally push the deadline to Monday. But Monday is a holiday in the District of Columbia, so by law, the ...

8 years ago
Officials have made an arrest in connection with a murder in Mcpherson. According to the McPherson Police Department, 25-year-old Travis Belt has been arrested in connection with the murder of 58-year-old Steven Carlson. Officers were called to a home in McPherson Saturday afternoon by someone who said a friend was possibly dead. When officers went into the ...