8 years ago
Authorities say a man whose body was found in a Kansas City-area park's lake had been reported missing for more than a month. Sheriff's officials in Kansas' Johnson County say fingerprint analyses confirmed the man's identity as 35-year-old Dawit Tesfaye. Authorities say Tesfaye went missing on March 2. His body was spotted by a kayaker about 1:30 ...

8 years ago
Salina SWAT and the Kansas Highway Patrol teamed up Monday evening to arrest a man wanted for kidnapping who was considered armed and dangerous. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 30-year-old Matthew Collier was taken into custody without incident around 8pm Monday in an apartment unit at Chapel Ridge Apartments, 2363 Chapel Ridge. Authorities had been ...

8 years ago
Smoke from controlled burns in Kansas drifted into Salina Tuesday morning, causing a hazy sky. Authorities tell KSAL News that the smoke is more than likely from a large controlled burn in Ottawa County. Late Monday night there were also several large controlled burns to the east of Salina in the Flint Hills region. Officials stressed that ...

8 years ago
A multi-Grammy Award-winning gospel performer is coming to Salina. The Gaither Vocal Band is coming to the Tony's Pizza Events Center. According to the venue, Gaither will host a spectacular evening of music, laughter and encouragement. Named ASCAP's Songwriters of the Century, Bill and Gloria Gaither have written more than 700 popular gospel songs throughout their multi-decade ...

8 years ago
Authorities in Lenexa, Kansas, are identifying two teenagers killed when the vehicle in which they were riding slammed into a tree shortly after the driver refused to stop for police. Police say 15-year-old Isaiah Stroble and 13-year-old Angelito Espinosa died in the accident about 5 a.m. Sunday. Both victims were from Kansas City, Kansas. Seven other people were ...

8 years ago
The number of mumps cases at Kansas State University is now up to 15 since February. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is recommending that people in close contact to others diagnosed with mumps receive a third dose of the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. The recommendation is based on the Centers for Disease Control ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a couple of unrelated burglaries, one at a motel the other in a home in the Schilling area. Police say sometime between 5:45pm and 6:10pm on Saturday, someone forced a door open on a storage room at the Ambassy Motel, 217 S. Broadway and stole power tools, door locks and documents ...

8 years ago
Kansas' unexpectedly competitive special congressional election pulls Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to Wichita to campaign for Republican candidate Ron Estes amid a flood of out-of-state GOP money in a late-hour scramble for votes. His Democratic rival James Thompson is spending the final day of campaigning before Tuesday's election talking directly to voters. His campaign says Thompson ...

8 years ago
Authorities say an 86-year-old Kansas man wasn't hurt when his plane flipped on a muddy field. The Wichita Eagle reports that Milton "Bud" Pinkston went off a grass runway while preparing to take off Sunday afternoon from the Stafford airport. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the plane's landing gear dug into mud and the aircraft overturned. Pinkston was ...

8 years ago
Salina Police arrested two suspects on Sunday after stolen sports memorabilia was found in their car and house. Police took 20-year-old Gelynn Cook into custody and informed 21-year-old John Grennan of his additional charges as he sat in the Saline County Jail Sunday. The charges link back to a residential burglary on April 3rd at 1400 E. ...

8 years ago
An elderly Salina man falls victim to a phone scam. According  to Police Sergeant Jim Feldman a 75-year-old man received a phone call last month informing him that he had won a big cash prize in the California Lottery. The caller claimed to be a "federal agent" and convinced the victim he needed to wire 3 payments ...