9 years ago
A man with an outstanding warrant is charged with a flee and elude while he was driving a moped. Cody Maxwell, 30 of Salina, was driving westbound on Crawford when police recognized him for an outstanding warrant. When authorities began to attempt to stop him, he refused to yield. The "chase" lasted from the 1500 block of ...

9 years ago
Over 397,000 children are waiting to be adopted in the United States, 42 of that number are kids in Saline County. Pastor Jeff Piepho with Revolution Church in Salina joined in on the KSAL News Monday with an inside look at foster homes and adoption. "You're hearing this and you're thinking I can't really make a difference. ...

9 years ago
After only two years as the director of Kansas State Polytechnic's professional education and outreach department, Danielle Brown is getting national recognition for her service to and impact on the industry. The Association for Continuing Higher Education has named Brown their Rising Star for 2015. Brown was selected for the award because of her contribution to ...

9 years ago
A man was arrested after allegedly committing a sex crime in a church. Police say that a 24-year-old female reported being sexually battered at a church. The woman was with her child in the quiet room of Emmanuel Foursquare Christian Center at 1325 East Cloud when a homeless man entered the room and began to touch ...

9 years ago
A scammer has targeted a Salina convenience store. Police say that Casey's at 500 North Ohio is victim to a scam. A person claiming to be tech support called an employee at the store, there and insisted that their system was down. To fix the problem, the employee was told that a money transfer was needed ...

9 years ago
An Arkansas man is in jail after a routine traffic stop led to a find of a quarter pound of marijuana from Colorado. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Ponch Saeyiem of Jonesboro, Arkansas was stopped at milepost 261 on I-70 for a unlawful lane change. A drug dog picked up a positive read on ...

9 years ago
An Ellsworth man landed himself in Saline County Jail after allegedly breaking into an auto body shop in Salina. Police say that Albert Whitaker, 35, was found inside a vehicle, inside Calvin's Customs at 425 North Santa Fe.Whitaker is a convicted felon, and possessed a rifle which was recovered in the vehicle. Whitaker could face charges that ...

9 years ago
A Salina woman was arrested after allegedly being caught in the act trying to break into a home. Police say  that Cheryl Pittenger, 37, was attempting to break into a home on the 400 block of Phillips with a credit card when the owner pulled up and saw her. She attempted to run, but law ...

9 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lawrence school board members have opposed a shooting range and gun shop proposed for a location across the street from the district's college and career center. School board member Shannon Kimball says it's not appropriate for a business that close to a school to sell deadly weapons. The board called the proposal ...

9 years ago
Racial tensions are growing at the University of Kansas with a call for three top Student Senate leaders to resign and a recent graduate initiating a hunger strike. The Senate's Student Executive Committee is demanding that Student Body President Jessie Pringle, Student Body Vice President Zach George and Chief of Staff Adam Moon step down by ...

9 years ago
Two Kansas lawmakers who voted against school funding changes have been removed from a Kansas House committee that oversees education. Reps. Diana Dierks, of Salina, and John Ewy, of Jetmore, were notified this week that they had been taken off the committee. Their replacements voted in favor of the bill that replaced the state's per-pupil formula ...