9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a garage burglary in the 2300 block of W. Pleasant Hill. Deputies report that sometime between August 11th and 21st, someone forced open the door and stole a Minn Kota trolling motor worth $250. Thieves also took a deer stand, two nail guns, a brad nailer, a weed trimmer, .22 ...

9 years ago
Authorities say they've found the body of a man three days after he went missing after being swept away by floodwaters near Wichita, Kansas. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says the body of 62-year-old Richard Lowery was found Monday in a field near a pond downstream from where he vanished after torrential storms dropped up to ...

9 years ago
Police say vandals caused an estimated $2,300 damage to a couple of vehicles in the 1600 block of Courtney. Police report a 2002 Subaru Forester and a 2008 Chevy Malibu were egged on August 7th, damaging the exterior paint.   A glass door was shattered at the Book Nook, 147 S. 4th Street sometime between 4:30pm on ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is reviewing video surveillance footage after the theft of a pickup. Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that just after 4am on Saturday morning, someone entered a black, 2008 Chevy Silverado that was parked on the lot at Bradley Trucking, 680 E. Water Well Road. The truck's owner Brian Tatro of Salina ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is taken into custody for driving off in a car he did not have permission to operate. Preston Cressler, 29 of Salina was arrested on a warrant Sunday for an incident that police say occurred in early July. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, Cressler took a 2008 Mazda CX7 from an acquaintance who owns ...

9 years ago
A Brookville teenager was transported to the hospital after a two vehicle crash involving an ambulance from Lindsborg. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 17-year-old Tel Phelps of Brookville was ejected from the car he was driving Sunday evening around 8:20pm, when he turned left in front of an ambulance that was headed eastbound on ...

9 years ago
Another one of Salina's Most Wanted has been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 11 people on the latest list have now been caught. The latest arrest is Donald Smith. He was wanted for felony drug crimes and criminal use of a weapon. Those on the list this month are wanted for crimes that include ...

9 years ago
Fort Hays State University is saying that a banner put up by students is disturbing and a form of gender violence. A photo circulating online last week showed a group of Fort Hays State University students displaying a banner that reads "Freshman Daughter Drop-off" at their off-campus residence. In a statement, Fort Hays State President Mirta Martin ...

9 years ago
  The July employment report is raising concerns in Topeka after the state Department of Labor reported the state shed 5,600 jobs last month. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports private-sector jobs fell by 4,600 jobs in July, with the biggest drop in professional and business services. For the year, Kansas has lost 700 private-sector jobs, despite assurances from ...

9 years ago
  The search continues for a Wichita, Kansas, man whose pickup truck was swept away by floodwaters. Sixty-two-year-old Richard Lowery went missing after torrential storms dropped up to 7 inches of rain in southern Kansas on Friday night. Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says Lowery and his son were in their truck near a creek south of Rose ...

9 years ago
Fifty-seven percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll earlier this month. But, can third-party presidential candidates Jill Stein and Gary Johnson turn that dissatisfaction into votes this November? Asked how they would vote in a four-way race including Johnson and Stein, ...