8 years ago
Four runaway teens were taken into custody after they were found in a stolen car from Lawrence on Wednesday evening. Salina Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that a license plate reader in a patrol unit pinged back a hit as a 'stolen car' as the vehicle passed by. The officer confirmed the 2011 Chevy Traverse ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a couple stole a display model phone from the Verizon store at 2401 S. 9th Wednesday evening. Police say a white man and white woman entered the store just before 9pm and began looking at a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge display model phone and discussed the model with a salesperson. The male ...

8 years ago
Half of the people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrests include Edee Blevins, Cady Cole, and Laurence Couillard. They were wanted for crimes that include forgery, theft, drug crimes, and child sex crimes. Including the latest arrests,  12 of those on the ...

8 years ago
A traffic stop for a minor infraction on Interstate-70 leads to the arrest of four women on drug charges. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, Thursday at about 1:30am a deputy stopped an eastbound vehicle just west of Salina on I-70. The strong odor of marijuana inside the car, led to a search of the 2014 ...

8 years ago
Kansas has a new millionaire, and multiple $100 winners following Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing According to the Kansas Lottery, one ticket matched the first five Powerball numbers, but not the Powerball to win the $1 million cash prize. The winning numbers for the February 22 drawing are: 10-13-28-52-61 Powerball 2. The winning ticket was sold in northeast Kansas, ...

8 years ago
Extra officers will be on Saline County roads looking for drunk drivers late Friday into early Saturday. The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is planning a saturation patrol. According to the agency, deputies participate in a DUI Saturation Patrol in an effort to decrease the amount of intoxicated drivers on the street. Deputies will be looking for people ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators are not sure what path they will take to balance the state budget after failing to override Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a bill increasing income taxes. Brownback vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have raised more than $1 billion over two years. The House voted to override his action on an 85-40 vote. ...

8 years ago
A Mexican woman who tried to hide a gun her boyfriend used to fatally shoot a Kansas teenager has been deported. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson said Wednesday that prosecutors got confirmation that 22-year-old Azucena Garcia-Ferniza was deported Friday. Garcia-Ferniza was sentenced in December to the 15 months she had been in custody after pleading guilty to ...

8 years ago
A new plaza planned at Salina Regional Airport will celebrate a world record flight that took off and landed back safely in Salina in 2005. Tim Rogers, Executive Director of the Salina Airport Authority joined in on the KSAL Morning News Wednesday and says the new space will not only honor Steve Fossett's nonstop global flight ...

8 years ago
The Kansas House has voted to override Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a bill increasing personal income taxes to help balance the state budget. The vote Wednesday was 85-40. That's one vote more than the two-thirds majority necessary in the 125-member House. The House's action clears the way for an attempt to override in the Senate. The ...

8 years ago
The Salina Bicentennial Center is no more. Following a special meeting early Wednesday morning, Salina city officials hosted a media conference at the facility to announce a name change. It is now called the Tony's Pizza Events Center. Salina Mayor Kaye Crawford said that the deal, which gives the Schwan Food Company the naming rights to ...