9 years ago
An active shooter drill is planned Thursday at one of Salina's largest employers. Blue Beacon International, Inc., in collaboration with the Salina Police Department, Saline County Sheriff, and Saline County Emergency Management will be conducting an active shooter drill. The scenario will provide a simulated emergency situation and allow law enforcement and employees alike to react ...

9 years ago
A mother contacts authorities after not hearing from her adult son for several days. Police Captain Chirs Trocheck tells KSAL News that investigators are following up on the report of a missing person filed by a family member on Monday afternoon. Police say 26-year-old Joseph B. Hoffman has not been seen or been in touch with his ...

9 years ago
A 70-year-old man accused of robbing a bank in Kansas told investigators he would rather be imprisoned than living with his wife. Court documents say Lawrence John Ripple gave a note to a bank teller in Kansas City on Friday, demanding cash and warning he had a gun. Ripple took the money and went to sit ...

9 years ago
An Indiana-based company says its ITT Technical Institute campuses in Overland Park, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, have permanently closed. ITT Educational Services blamed the closings on a federal ruling last month that banned the company from enrolling any students who relied on federal financial aid. The Kansas City Star reports the action reflects concerns by the ...

9 years ago
Four former Kansas governors have launched a bipartisan campaign to retain Kansas Supreme Court justices in November's election. The first of three invitation-only events featuring former Republican Govs. Mike Hayden and Bill Graves and former Democratic Govs. John Carlin and Kathleen Sebelius took place Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri, and are sponsored by Kansans for Fair ...

9 years ago
A former city clerk in southeast Kansas has been charged with misusing public funds and several other felonies. The Pittsburg Morning Sun reports that Doug Sellars, of Frontenac, was arrested Friday morning. Other felonies he is facing include official misconduct and theft. He has been released on $10,000 bond. His attorney, Rick Smith, declined to comment. Sellars ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating a vehicle burglary after someone forced open a 2006 Honda Civic that was parked in the 700 S. 11th Street sometime between midnight and 8:25am on Friday. Police say someone stole a bag full of text books, a wallet and purse. Loss and damage is listed at $520. Police are looking for a ...

9 years ago
A McPherson man is jailed after an argument turned violent in a grocery store parking lot. Police arrested 31-year-old Dustin J. Phillips on Sunday morning at the Dillons Supermarket at 1201 W. Crawford. Police say Phillips took a knife and cut a tire on his girlfriend's car and then threatened to kill her as the two argued ...

9 years ago
The search has ended for the body of a man who disappeared during flooding in north-central Kansas. Norton County Emergency Management says the body of 58-year-old Bobby Morris was found Monday morning near Lenora, where he lived. The discovery was made about a quarter mile from where his vehicle was found one day earlier near the ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a trailer southeast of Salina. Deputies say a 15-foot, single axle trailer with a wooden deck was stolen from a property in the 6900 block of S. Simpson Road over the weekend. Thieves lifted the gate off the fence post hinges to gain access to the property, ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after a disturbance at a home led to allegations of indecent liberties. According to Captain Chirs Trocheck with Salina Police, 31-year-old Juan Carlos Cruz-Vergara was arrested on Sunday evening after officers were called to a home in north Salina. Police say the mother of a 12-year-old girl discovered that Cruz-Vergara ...