9 years ago
Legendary country crooner Willie Nelson is coming to Salina. Willie Nelson and Family, with special guest Leon Russell, are coming to the Stiefel Theatre on Monday, August 1st. WILLIE NELSON With a six-decade career and 200 plus albums, this iconic Texan is the creative genius behind the historic recordings of Crazy, Red Headed Stranger, and Stardust. Willie ...

9 years ago
A former student body president of a small Christian college in Kansas who escaped capture in a killing for more than two decades is about to be freed. The Kansas City Star reports that 56-year-old Mark Mangelsdorf, of Pelham, New York, has served 10 years in a Kansas prison for the fatal beating of 25-year-old David ...

9 years ago
A couple of damage to property cases and a burglary highlight Tuesday's Salina Police Log. Sometime between noon on Sunday and 8am Monday, a window was broken to gain entry to a workshop building south of the main store at Nick's Pawn Shop at 118 S. Broadway. Inside the workshop a window on a 2010 ...

9 years ago
A Salina teen is facing multiple charges after allegedly stealing her grandmother's credit card and using it at numerous businesses. Police say that prior to March 4th, 18-year-old Jewel Berg stole a credit car belonging to 72-year-old Roberta Berg. Between April 15th and April 29th, the stolen credit card was used 34 times to make purchases ...

9 years ago
A World War II bomber is moving closer to achieving its Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness certificate. The Wichita Eagle reports that four volunteers attached a nameplate Monday to the B-29 Superfortress known as "Doc." The volunteers were among the earliest to work on the restoration effort and included Connie Palacioz. As an 18-year-old in 1944, she worked ...

9 years ago
A woman from Seneca was arrested in Salina Monday afternoon after allegedly trying to steal a bicycle, and then stealing a car. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that 45-year-old Saul Cortes-Morales came out of the Dillons grocery store on Planet Avenue at around 2:15 in the afternoon, and saw a woman trying to steal his ...

9 years ago
Two people facing murder charges in connection with a shooting death in a Salina motel parking lot last week appeared in person for the first time in Saline County District Court Monday afternoon. 21-year-old DiAntre Marquelle Lemmie and 24-year-old Amber Nicole Craig appeared together before Judge Jared Johnson. The Judge appointed a public defender for Craig. ...

9 years ago
Legendary rock group Foreigner is coming to Salina. Foreigner is coming to the Stiefel Theatre on Thursday, November 17th. With ten multi-­platinum albums and sixteen Top 30 hits, Foreigner is universally hailed as one of the most popular rock acts in the world with a formidable musical arsenal that continues to propel sold-­out tours and album ...

9 years ago
Dozens of items were stolen from a Salina business over the weekend. Police say someone broke a window to enter Mr. Reasonables, 115 W. Pacific, sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning and walked out with numerous fishing reels, batteries, pocket knives, costume jewelry pieces, sunglasses, shampoo and popcorn balls. Loss and and damage is ...

9 years ago
Salina Police were called to a domestic dispute at an apartment building on East Iron Sunday afternoon. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a neighbor called police at about 4:20pm after hearing a dispute escalate next door. Officers arrested 41-year-old Terry Rogers for violated a 'no contact' protection order - put in place to protect the ...

9 years ago
A man and woman are facing charges after allegedly attacking an acquaintance in a Salina home. Police say Lance Viar was punched in the face by 32-year-old Patricia Robbins and 45-year-old Cody Ehrlich while he was visiting with a group of people in a home at 1408 S. 11th on Sunday evening. Police allege Robbins and Ehrlich ...