8 years ago
Police are investigating a break-in at a Salina church. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, someone entered the Sunrise Presbyterian Church, 825 E. Beloit, sometime between 10pm Tuesday and 8am Wednesday and stole 2 televisions, a laptop computer, snacks and some change. Police say the burglars ransacked the office, damaging doors, filling cabinets and a soda machine. Loss and ...

8 years ago
Police arrested a man wanted for threatening a female acquaintance with a gun back in mid-December. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 27-year-old Gregory Williams is accused of pushing the muzzle of a revolver into the face of a female acquaintance and threatening her during a domestic dispute in a central Salina home on December ...

8 years ago
An argument escalates into a violent situation inside a Gypsum home Wednesday evening just before 9pm. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that  deputies arrested 57-year-old Deanna Pargman after she allegedly hit another woman in the arm with an axe. Soldan says Debra Zimmerman, 57 of Gypsum did not require medical attention after Pargman swung ...

8 years ago
Two Salina men were arrested after a runaway teen told Salina Police about being drugged and sexually assaulted in a couple of homes. Police arrested 55-year-old Raymond Ross and 70-year-old Gene Engberg on Wednesday after officers interviewed a 15-year-old girl who ran away from her home in Kansas City, Missouri. The victim told police that she met ...

8 years ago
A western Kansas family is outraged after game wardens killed a deer that was allowed inside their house and took walks with the family. Kim Mcgaughey, of rural Ulysses, described the deer as "very much a big pet." The 2-year-old mule deer was named Faline, after Bambi's friend and future mate in the cartoon movie. But it's ...

8 years ago
A fire badly damaged a Central Salina home early Wednesday evening. First responders were called at around 5:15 to the report of a house on fire at 622 S. 9th Street. Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams told KSAL News at the scene that there was an active fire on the upper level of the two-story home ...

8 years ago
A Salina teen who police say was driving recklessly when he was responsible for causing a four-vehicle crash back in August that killed a woman was in court Wednesday afternoon. 18-year-old Hunter Burns appeared with his attorney in front of Judge Rene Young. The Judge granted a request for a preliminary hearing in the case, ...

8 years ago
Health officials have confirmed one case of mumps at the University of Kansas and are investigating nine other suspected cases since mid-December. The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department announced the findings Wednesday. Mary Beverly, the department's director of epidemiology, says it's not clear where the cases were contracted but some likely spread before the university's winter break ...

8 years ago
Just like in New York City, technical glitches marred the New Year's Eve celebration in the "Little Apple" of Manhattan, Kansas. A large crowd gathered in the Aggieville entertainment district to watch an apple drop at the stroke of midnight. But the crowd was disappointed when the apple remained on top of a pole. Linda Mays, executive ...

8 years ago
Sears Holdings has announced the closing of multiple K-Mart and Sears stores across the country, including stores in Kansas. Among the stores that are closing are the Sears store located in the Central Mall in Salina, and K-Mart stores in Wichita and Leavenworth. In a statement the company say "the decision to close stores is a ...

8 years ago
A former University of Kansas graduate student who falsely claimed on his visa application that he served as a translator for the U.S. Army in Iraq has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. The U.S. attorney's office says 35-year-old Goran Sabah Ghafour was sentenced Wednesday for visa fraud and aggravated identify theft. The Iraqi man ...