9 years ago
Fort Riley is planning a change-of-command ceremony as a new leader takes over for one who was fired last month. The Manhattan Mercury reports that Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin officially will take charge of the Big Red One at the Oct. 18 event on post. The Army announced Martin as the commanding general at Fort Riley ...

9 years ago
After several reported sightings of "creepy clowns" in Salina, and possible vandalism connected to the fad, the Salina Police Department released a statement on Thursday discouraging the public from taking part in clown related mischief. Police report vandalism discovered just after midnight Wednesday on the Eric Stein Stage in Oakdale Park caused $50 in damage to ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was treated for a gunshot wound at the hospital after exchanging gunfire with another man on the street Wednesday night. According to Captain Mike Sweeney 24-year-old Rachad Austin was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his upper torso. Police say he was standing on the front porch ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a Kansas State University student was treated for a knife wound and another student was arrested after a fight in a residence hall. The injured student has been released from a hospital. University police said the fight broke out early Wednesday at Marlatt Hall. Riley County police said the 20-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion ...

9 years ago
A Navy seaman's remains are returning to Kansas, 75 years after he was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Lewis Lowell Wagoner was 20 when he was declared missing after the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack that propelled the United States into World War II. Wagoner was aboard the USS Oklahoma when it and other ...

9 years ago
Salina emergency responder Keith Lindemann, a captain at the Salina Fire Department, is the featured blogger Thursday in a Kansas Department of Transportation road safety series. He is always on alert for distracted drivers when working along the roadways and knows just a few inches can be the difference between life and death. Here is ...

9 years ago
The venue has been changed for Thursday night's candidate forum in Salina. The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters sponsoring a Candidates Forum for Saline County Clerk candidates, Saline County Commission candidates, and State Legislative candidates from Saline County on Thursday. The candidate forum will be 6-9pm in the visit Salina Annex ...

9 years ago
Local law enforcement recently joined agencies from six states across the area in a high visibility speed enforcement effort.  From September 23-September 25, approximately eight Saline County Sheriff’s Deputies participated in the area’s first Regional Speed Enforcement Campaign, spearheaded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the State Highway Safety Offices.  Officers from ...

9 years ago
Native American mascots are popular among Kansas high schools even as a national debate brews over whether they should be eliminated. The Manhattan Mercury analyzed a list of all the high school mascots in Kansas. Fourteen schools have the mascot name "Indians," making that the fourth most popular in the state. One of those schools is in ...

9 years ago
Before 1939, criminals could disappear across county lines in Kansas, leaving a cold trail for police to follow. "Before the creation of the KBI, law enforcement jurisdiction generally ended at the city limits or at the county line," said Larry Welch, former Director at the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Welch joined in on the KSAL Morning News ...

9 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier who had been missing for several days has been located. Pvt. Solomon Yoseph Grice, a fire control repairer with 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., went missing Oct. 2. He was found by local law authorities in Nevada Oct. 4th. Grice was being sought to ensure his ...