10 years ago
CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) - Residents in northern Kansas are cleaning up the damage from an EF4 tornado that ripped through the rural area earlier this week. Tom and Janet Whitehair's Dickinson County home was among about 20 homes damaged or destroyed by the half-mile-wide tornado that was on the ground for about 90 minutes Wednesday night. ...

10 years ago
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A 70-year-old cab driver faces charges accusing him of raping a female passenger in Johnson County. The Kansas City Star reports Abdul S. Sayed, of Olathe, is charged in Johnson County District Court with rape and aggravated criminal sodomy. A criminal complaint filed Thursday says the alleged assault occurred Dec. 13. The complaint ...

10 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court is threatening again to close the state's public schools and has rejected some education funding changes enacted by legislators earlier this year. The court ruled Friday on a law that revised parts of the state's funding formula but resulted in no change in total funds for most of the state's 286 school ...

10 years ago
A motorcycle rider was injured Friday afternoon when he slid his bike underneath a flatbed trailer attached to a tractor-trailer truck, and came to rest between two sets of wheels. Salina Police Officer David Villanueva told KSAL News at the scene that the truck and trailer were headed west on Gold Road, making a left hand ...

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Wichita police say a man is charged with stealing props and costumes of the Blue Man Group while the performance artists were in that south-central Kansas city last week. Thirty-three-year-old Freddy Gonzalez-Gonzalez of Wichita was arrested Tuesday and charged two days later with aggravated burglary and felony theft. Police have said the theft involved items worth more ...

10 years ago
Police are investigating after another counterfeit bill was used at a Salina business. Police report staff at Bennington State Bank, 200 S. Santa Fe discovered a fake $20 bill in a deposit from Rod's Convenience Store #5 located at 680 S. Phillips. Someone passed the bill at the store sometime during business hours between May 19th and ...

10 years ago
The 2016 Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest is underway. Just before 1:00 Friday afternoon, at a live event in Oakdale Park, officials released the first clue. The clue is: "A Dutch Expedient". There will be only 1 clue released on the first day. After the first clue is announced Friday, beginning Saturday two clues will ...

10 years ago
As severe weather has continued throughout Central Kansas this week, the Abilene Pizza Hut at 1703 N. Buckeye has made an offer to help those in need. The restaurant is offering free buffets to EMS technicians, firefighters, and other emergency responders. General Manager Shawna Boller tells KSAL News the idea to help those in need initially ...

10 years ago
The city of Lawrence is creating a security plan to comply with a state law allowing people to carry concealed guns. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the city attorney's office has proposed funds in the 2017 budget to install personnel and equipment security at entrances to public buildings in anticipation of the Personal and Family Protection ...

10 years ago
Captain Mike Sweeney is urging citizens to be on guard against criminal schemes over the telephone. Sweeney says the Salina Police Department has taken over 40 calls in the past three days from people who got a phone call from a scammer - claiming to be from the IRS. Police say the caller tells the person ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is arrested on theft and forgery charges. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 37-year-old Shane Bunch was taken into custody on Thursday in connection to a stolen check that was cashed on May 13th. Police say Bunch made out a check to himself in the amount of $1,200 and cashed it at Money ...