9 years ago
Kansas' attorney general has released a document showing that the U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $26,000 surveying potential sites last year for housing terror suspects now held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt says he's concerned the federal agency may have violated a prohibition from Congress on spending federal money to move ...

9 years ago
Multiple cars in a Salina neighborhood had their tires punctured sometime early Friday morning. According to Police Captain Mike Sweeney, five vehicles parked in the 800 block of Highland had tires punctured sometime between midnight and 7:15am Friday. Police say a Chevy Colorado truck at 812 Highland, a Nissan and Chrysler at 803 Highland, a Saturn at ...

9 years ago
Between 12:00 PM on September 12, 2016 and 1:15 PM on September 13, 2016 force was used to enter three storage units at Broadway Mini-Storage, 2727 Centennial. A mini-motorcycle, Wen portable electric generator, 70 lb. Everlast big bag punching bag, Bilken computer screen, two, leather Harley Davidson vests and a pair of black leather boots were ...

9 years ago
A Kansas faith-based group is hoping to overturn a law allowing concealed weapons to be carried on college campuses across the state. Lawrence-based Kansas Interfaith Action representatives are visiting state universities to increase awareness of the issue and raise money. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Rabbi Moti Rieber says the group also plans to lobby the Legislature ...

9 years ago
Law officers in six states including Kansas are joining in a regional speed enforcement campaign intended to catch speeding drivers this weekend. The Regional Speed Enforcement Campaign is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Officers are concentrating on high traffic roads in an effort to reduce speeding-related auto crashes. Authorities say ...

9 years ago
The violence in Charlotte, North Carolina, is happening a little too close to home for one former Salina man. Chris Allison, a graduate of Salina South High School and former KSAL Sports Director, for the last three years has worked, and lived in Charlotte with his family. Allison, who works for ESPN 730, tells KSAL News ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas says Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little plans to step down from the position in the summer of 2017. The university issued a statement Thursday. Gray-Little has been chancellor of the state's largest university since August 2009. Gray-Little said in a statement that with major initiatives at the university nearing completion, it's an ideal time for ...

9 years ago
"Modern Family" actor Eric Stonestreet, an alumnus of Kansas State University, has donated $50,000 to the university's Johnson Cancer Research Center to support a promising research project. "Cancer research is near and dear to my heart because, like so many others, it's touched my life," said Stonestreet, referring to his mother's and other family members' battles ...

9 years ago
Bethany College President William Jones used a Facebook post last week to describe the struggle he was facing as a father and Christian after racists messages targeted his family and students at the school located in Lindsborg. On Thursday Jones joined in the KSAL Morning News with a look back at the events he said felt ...

9 years ago
A sculpture is toppled in downtown Salina. Police say sometime early Thursday morning, someone knocked over one of the concrete pillars that holds "Iron Valley" in the 100 block of North Santa Fe. The four-part installation is part of the 2016 Salina Sculpture Tour and was crafted by Herrick Smith, a current graduate student at Ft. Hays ...

9 years ago
A former convenience store employee is accused of stealing $608 in cash and merchandise from two Salina Kwik Shop locations. Officers arrested 23-year-old James Walker of Salina on felony theft charges. Police say on multiple occasions between August 27 and September 16, Walker stole cash, Kansas Lottery tickets and cigarettes from the Kwik Shops located at 305 ...