8 years ago
Two southwest Kansas men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a hate crime against black Somali men in Dodge City. The Justice Department said 24-year-old Armando Sotello pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of a hate crime for the June 2015 attack on a Somali man who was sitting on a bench with two other ...

8 years ago
Kansas officials have announced a two-year initiative to spread high-speed internet to school districts across the state at a cost of up to $100 million. Gov. Sam Brownback says the state might have to allocate as much as $10 million toward the program, which supporters say could help mitigate a teacher shortage in some rural areas. ...

8 years ago
An out-going Saline County Commissioners has expressed interest in filling a soon-to-be-vacant Salina City Commission seat. During the Saline County Commission’s morning study session, County Commissioners John Price expressed an interest in the soon-to-be-vacated City Commission seat, currently held by Randall Hardy.  Hardy will take a seat in the Senate of the Kansas State Legislature in ...

8 years ago
Motion-activated cameras intended to capture images of mountain lions in a Kansas park have instead snapped pictures of pranksters dressed as animals, monsters and Santa Claus. Police said they found the images on the two cameras at the park in Gardner on Monday. Interspersed among images of skunks and coyotes were photos of people wearing costumes pretending ...

8 years ago
The North Central Kansas Coordinated Transit District has launched www.ksrides.org, a website devoted to improving public transportation in north central Kansas. The new www.ksrides.org will provide consumers in north central Kansas easy access to all the public transportation providers in the eight county region of Saline, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Ottawa, Mitchell, Cloud, Jewell and Republic.  The site ...

8 years ago
Chef Bill Fekas grew up in Athens, Greece – but loves Christmas in America. Fekas stopped by the KSAL Morning News with a look at the upcoming 34rd Annual Fekas Family Christmas Dinner. "Growing up we ate so many delicious things wrapped in grape leaves and sauce, like a delicious lemon sauce," he said. Now the cook who ...

8 years ago
A Kansas man has been arrested in the killing of a woman who was pronounced dead after deputies responded to a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian. The Wichita Eagle reports that 32-year-old Amber Lehman, of Wichita, has been identified as the woman found dead Friday. A 61-year-old Derby man is jailed on $250,000 bond ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a suspect following a short Monday evening pursuit. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that right around 5:00 an officer on patrol noticed a person who he believed to have a suspended license driving a green 1999 Ford Taurus. The officer attempted a traffic stop. The driver did not stop, but fled. A ...

8 years ago
Salina police are investigating the theft of a cellular telephone. Police say that at 1:15 Tuesday morning a Samsung cell phone was stolen from inside the Casey's convenience store located at 500 N. Ohio. The phone belonged to a clerk who was working at the time. It is believed to have been stolen by a ...

8 years ago
A bullet fired from the outside at an occupied house nearly struck a sleeping woman as it passed through her mattress. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that back on November 16th, at about 3:30 in the morning an elderly woman heard what might have been a gunshot outside her home in the 2100 block of ...

8 years ago
Things are back to normal at Salina Central High School. According to USD 305, based on an investigation and under advisement from law enforcement, a heightened security status is no longer required. On Wednesday school will go back to normal operating procedures. Regular safety and security precautions will continue as usual. All events scheduled at Central HS ...