8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a moped was stolen from a backyard. Police report the lime green, 2014 Bronc Rally motor bike was taken from a home in the 900 block of E. Ash sometime between 11pm Sunday and 4pm Monday. The owner told officers the moped had a quarter tank of gas, no keys and does ...

8 years ago
A state agency says Larned State Hospital officials weren't aware the man hired as the hospital's chief financial officer in 2015 was the focus of an internal federal investigation. David Fender joined the hospital in 2015, shortly after serving a year as chief financial officer for the Government National Mortgage Association. Kansas announced Fender's departure in ...

8 years ago
Enrollment at Salina Area Technical College is up 11 percent in the fall of 2016 compared to the previous fall, according to data collected on the 20th day of classes for the Kansas Board of Regents. That 11 percent increase is the largest percentage increase among the state’s universities, community colleges and technical colleges. A total of ...

8 years ago
The U.S. Army says it has fired the commander of Fort Riley and is continuing an investigation opened last week at the Kansas base. No details have been provided. Army spokesman Col. Patrick R. Seiber says that Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby was relieved of command of the 1st Infantry Division due to loss of confidence in ...

8 years ago
With an all-time high enrollment of 14,658, Fort Hays State University has become the third-largest university in Kansas, public and private. The numbers announced by the Kansas Board of Regents today show FHSU increased by 448, or 3.15 percent, from the fall 2015 headcount of 14,210 on the 20th day of classes. The new record marks ...

8 years ago
A motorcycle was stolen from a Salina backyard. Police say sometime between 7pm on Saturday and 8am Sunday, someone walked into the backyard at 510 West South Street and took a 2010 Yamaha TW200 motorcycle. The bike is valued at $4,500 and has Kansas tag: 32 DL.

8 years ago
Authorities investigating the year-old disappearance of a 70-year-old northeast Kansas woman are seeking the public's help. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Joan Rebar was last on Sept. 26, 2015, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Meriden. About 3.5 hours after Rebar was last seen, her phone transmitted its last ping, indicating it was south ...

8 years ago
Police are looking for a suspect who pistol whipped and robbed a man inside his home. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that two men entered a home in the 300 block of South College on Friday night at 8:25pm - then left with $3,000 in cash and a cell phone after assaulting the resident. Police are ...

8 years ago
Police are reviewing surveillance video from a Salina convenience store after a robbery on Sunday night. Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that a man wearing a mask entered the Kwik Shop at 657 Fairdale at about 11pm, flashed a handgun and demanded money from the clerk who was busy mopping the floor. Police say the man ...

8 years ago
Thieves empty a storage unit in the county - stealing over $8,000 in welding equipment and tools. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after someone cut the lock off a storage unit owned by Matthew Stewart, at 2095 E. Water Well Road and removed numerous tools sometime between September 19 and September 23. Deputies say welding ...

8 years ago
Topeka police say a 2-year-old girl has been found dead from an apparent animal attack, and that two dogs have been seized. Police said in a release Sunday that officers responded to a report of a missing child Saturday night. When they arrived at the residence, officers found the child dead in the yard of the ...