8 years ago
Passengers continue to fill more and more seats on flights bound for Denver from Salina. "Eighteen full weeks of scheduled service, non-stop flights to Denver and each week has been progressively better than the previous week," said Tim Rogers, Executive Director Salina Airport Authority. Rogers tells KSAL News that the air service from Great Lakes is also ...

8 years ago
Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran is saying that he'll accept this year's election results and will encourage all candidates for office to do the same. The Kansas Republican issued a statement Thursday in response to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims that election fraud could cost him the White House. Trump wouldn't agree during the final ...

8 years ago
Between October 6 and October 10, 2016 force was used to commit burglaries at All Seasons Power Equipment, 821 N. Broadway, Kinderknecht Concrete Construction, 501 N. Santa Fe, Bengston Tire and Service, 730 N. Santa Fe and 900 N. Santa Fe. A .22 revolver, pliers in a leather pouch, flashlight, Yamaha 1000 watt generator, Harbor Freight ...

8 years ago
A Salina downtown business is burglarized again. Investigators returned to the 100 block of E. Iron on Monday, after someone broke into Iron Street Tattoo, 113 E. Iron for a second time in three days. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that sometime between 2am and 6am October 17, someone forced open a back door that lead ...

8 years ago
A mentally ill Kansas man has pleaded guilty to killing a man three days after he was released from a state psychiatric hospital in a case that prompted a state inquiry. The Kansas City Star reports that Brandon Brown, of Haviland, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kiowa County to second-degree murder. Prosecutors said he beat 61-year-old Jerry ...

8 years ago
Police arrested a Salina man Wednesday on theft charges in connection to a vehicle burglary in September. Police requested a warrant for 21-year-old Quentin R. Lashell last month after an investigation revealed he had taken 3 pool cues from a Cadillac parked in the 700 block of Gypsum sometime between September 11 and September 14. Police say ...

8 years ago
An Ohio man was injured east of Salina after his vehicle struck a deer early Thursday morning on I-70. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 22-year-old Marshall Bohlander of Cincinnati, Ohio was driving westbound in a 2004 Mazda Tribute SUV and struck a deer near the Solomon rest area and rolled. EMS transported Bohlander to the ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was arrested on child abuse charges after an infant was treated at the hospital for burns on his legs. Officers arrested 27-year-old Michael C. Bryant on Wednesday after staff at Salina Regional Health Center reported possible child abuse to police. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Bryant was allegedly caring for the infant ...

8 years ago
Authorities in Dickinson County exhumed a body on Wednesday in connection with a cold case investigation. A person walking for exercise in the Abilene Cemetery contacted KSAL News after observing a crime scene truck,  a back hoe, two sheriff cars, and about a dozen people gathered around a grave site. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, ...

8 years ago
Salina's indoor professional football team is preparing for its second season. Coming off a disappointing inaugural season, the Salina Liberty have high hopes for the upcoming 2017 season. The team hosted a media conference on Wednesday. Coach Eric Clayton said that they hope to put a better product on the field this year. Clayton also announced the signing ...

8 years ago
The new leader of Fort Riley has taken command. Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin was named commanding general of Fort Riley and the 1st Infantry Division last month after the Army fired Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding Grigsby's dismissal is ongoing. A change of command ceremony was held Tuesday morning. Martin is set to ...