9 years ago
An inmate found hanging in a Saline County Jail cell last week has died. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that  49-year-old John J. Tripp of Keystone, Florida died on Sunday, November 29th after staff at Salina Regional Health Center turned off life support. The Sheriff's Office says Tripp was transported to the hospital November 22nd after ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was arrested on charges of raping a girl that links back to incidents that took place in 2008, and up to the present. Police arrested 32-year-old Steven Lee Brown last week after a family member told officers about the alleged events that took place in a central Salina home with a juvenile female. Police ...

9 years ago
Saline County Sheriff's deputies worked two injury crashes over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. According to Sheriff Glen Kocahnowski, officers responded to 10 slide off noninjury accidents - plus two crashes where occupants and drivers were hurt. Deputies report that 51-year-old Diana Thompson broke her left kneecap in a two vehicle crash on Friday morning just before 11am ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is booked into the Saline County Jail on three counts of rape. Salina Police arrested 33-year-old Steven J. Snyder last week after being contacted by a family member of a juvenile female victim. According to Police Sergeant Jim Feldman, Snyder allegedly had sexual contact with the girl in a central Salina home earlier this ...

9 years ago
It’s a sign of the season. Bell ringers, and those red Salina Salvation Army Kettles. One Salina man is synonymous with those red kettles. For the last 29 years Ray Brown has rang a bell beside a red kettle. Ray Brown turned 80-years-young earlier this month. For 29 of those 80 years, since 1986, he has ...

9 years ago
A series of overnight earthquakes were felt across Oklahoma and Kansas late Sunday into early Monday. According to the United States Geological Survey the quakes were centered near Medford and Edmond in Oklahoma, and Anthony in Kansas. The strongest was a 4.5. It happened at 3:49 in the morning and was centered 16 miles west/southwest of Medford.  ...

9 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Newly-released data reports growing numbers in sexually transmitted diseases in Kansas. State data shows that syphilis rates have more than doubled statewide over the past four years. 145 syphilis cases were reports in Kansas in 2014, compared to 58 cases that were reported in 2011. In Kansas, men were three times more likely to ...

9 years ago
Negative publicity and low pay has Kansas law enforcement agencies struggling to recruit new officers at a time when agencies have hundreds of openings but not enough qualified applicants to fill them. With law enforcement feeling the heat of public scrutiny, some recruiters say young people are opting for better-paying careers that don't have so much ...

9 years ago
A fire Sunday evening badly damaged one half of a Central Salina duplex. First responders were called at around 6:00 to the report of a fire a 404 Rahm. Salina Fire Department Captain Jeff Rittel told KSAL News at the scene that one half of the duplex was fully involved when the first crews arrived. All ...

9 years ago
Freezing rain that has been persisting across portions Kansas since Thanksgiving Day has kept first responders busy. Slick roads have prompted numerous crashes and slide-offs throughout Central Kansas. Late Friday into Saturday the Salina Police Department, Saline County Sheriff's Office, Salina Fire Department and EMS, and rural firefighters worked over two dozen weather-related emergency calls. On ...

9 years ago
A winter storm  that began on Thanksgiving Day will continue to impact most of Kansas again on Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, ongoing freezing rain will continue to impact portions of central and south central Kansas through much of the day Sunday. Temperatures will gradually warm to above freezing this afternoon across portions of ...