8 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force through the Labor Day weekend looking for drunk drivers and seat belt violations. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that beginning Thursday, August 18th through Monday, September 5th extra officers will be on patrol city wide looking for drivers who are intoxicated and occupants who are not buckled ...

8 years ago
A custom built electric trike was stolen from a Salina backyard. Owner Fred Elliot told officers someone took the blue, bike with an office chair type seat sometime between 10am on Thursday and 6:25pm on Saturday. The electric three-wheeler that sits low to the ground is valued at $800.

8 years ago
A Salina woman was treated and released from the hospital after being transported to the ER with a self inflicted gunshot wound. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers were called to a home at 421 S. 12th Street on Friday night at 8:45pm after a woman fired a high powered handgun inside the home. Police ...

8 years ago
One of the biggest alternative rock bands of the 1990s and early 2000s is coming to Salina. The Goo Goo Dolls are coming to the Stiefel Theatre this fall. The multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Goo Goo Dolls will hit the road this fall for their second headline run in support of their latest release Boxes. The tour kicks ...

8 years ago
The proposed $12.2 billion merger of Kansas-based Westar Energy with Missouri-based Kansas City Power & Light could be at the mercy of Missouri utility regulators whose staff has recommended the deal be rejected. Great Plains Energy, parent company of KCP&L, says it doesn't need Missouri's permission for the purchase, which would combine operations to serve 1.5 ...

8 years ago
Fans from Salina might see some familiar faces on the field at Bill Snyder Family Stadium during Kansas State University football games this fall. A couple of wildcat players with connections to Salina are battling to earn playing time. But another person has already earned the opportunity, and secured a spot on the field. Haley Rapp, ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was hurt in a weekend crash on a motorcycle near Gypsum. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 46-year-old Michael Becker was riding a Yamaha motorcycle, headed east on 5th Street in Gypsum. As the motorcycle approached the city flood control levee, it failed to stop at a chain fence. The bike struck the ...

8 years ago
A large crowd gathered Saturday for the final big swim of the summer at Salina's Kenwood Cove water park. Alpha Media Salina radio stations Y 93.7, Fm 104.9, and News Radio 1150 KSAL, partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters hosted a listener appreciation party at the venue, and gave away 500 free entry coupons. Along with ...

8 years ago
A Kansas court says parental rights should be terminated for a woman accused in 2012 of binding and blindfolding two of her children. The Kansas Court of Appeals agreed Friday that Deborah Gomez's parental rights should be terminated. Gomez, and her husband, Adolfo Gomez, were arrested after police found two of their children blindfolded and bound with ...

8 years ago
State documents show that thousands of Kansas government employees would face rising health insurance premiums under fee schedules developed for 2017. The State Employee Health Plan administered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment applies to workers throughout state government and includes people employed at public universities and colleges. Under basic health policies available through Blue ...

8 years ago
Few of the 17,600 Kansas voters at the center of legal fights over the state's proof of citizenship requirements actually cast ballots in the Aug. 2 primary. Voting rights advocates won temporary court rulings in federal and state courts affirming the right to vote for people who registered at motor vehicle offices but never submitted citizenship ...