10 years ago
A pretrial date has been delayed for a 15-year-old central Kansas boy ordered to stand trial as an adult in the fire-related deaths of his mother and sister. Samuel Vonachen has pleaded not guilty to two counts of premeditated first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder of his father and aggravated arson. Authorities allege Vonachen used gasoline to ...

10 years ago
The latest government forecast is painting a more optimistic estimate of the size of the Kansas winter wheat crop now that harvest is nearly completed. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Friday that it expects this year's wheat production to be 334.4 million bushels in Kansas. That is up from the 314.5 million bushels it had ...

10 years ago
A Kansas district court judge says he is prepared to challenge the constitutionality of this year's judicial budget bill if his lawsuit against last year's budget bill is successful and lawmakers move to nullify all judicial branch funding. The Lawrence Journal-World reports lawyers representing 30th Judicial District Chief Judge Larry Solomon filed a brief on Wednesday ...

10 years ago
A six panel mural project that began in March, made its debut in Downtown Salina on Friday. Tina Bulleigh, Program Director for Xcel After-School Program tells KSAL News that the eight student artists spent about 50-hours brainstorming and painting the outdoor pieces. "We did the dreaming process during the school year," Bulleigh said. "The actual work on painting ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after someone vandalized a car parked in a driveway in the 2900 block of Foxboro. The owner told officers he and his family heard the sound of glass shattering from inside their home about 10:35pm on Thursday and came out to discover all the windows on a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse cracked and ...

10 years ago
Saline County Sheriff's deputies make an arrest in connection to a home burglary northwest of Salina. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that a couple of burglars were caught on video breaking into a home in the 1100 block of W. Grand, twice between July 4th and July 7th. Deputies used the images to locate and arrest ...

10 years ago
A Salina man is facing felony charges for lewd and lascivious behavior in a store's parking lot. Officers arrested 25-year-old Victor K. Kinderknecht for allegedly exposing himself to a group of females in the parking lot at Target, 2939 Market Place on Thursday afternoon around 4:30pm. The group which included a woman in her 40's, a 15-year ...

10 years ago
Plans for a renovated and revitalized Salina Downtown continue to progress. The vision includes multiple major projects in a 28 block area of downtown Salina that would redefine and revitalize it. A proposed field house recreation-center type project built through an even split of private and public money will get the ball rolling. Salina Mayor Jon ...

10 years ago
Between 10:00 PM on June 19, 2015 and 2:30 PM on June 20, 2015 an unsecured vehicle was entered in the 300 Block of S. 3rd. A HP Beats Special Edition 15” Touch Screen Laptop, Coolpad i-wireless cell phone, a tie dye color backpack, a military camouflage backpack, Xbox with 40 games and three Nintendo DS ...

10 years ago
The grandmother of a Kansas girl who was shot while riding in a car says the 5-year-old has died after surgery to remove her organs. Lily Nichols died Thursday afternoon at a Topeka hospital. The girl had been on life support since being shot late Monday night in Topeka. Police say she was in a child seat ...

10 years ago
Officials at the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit at Central Riverside Park say video surveillance cameras will be a part of upcoming exhibit upgrades following animal breakouts. Friends of the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit, a local nonprofit, met with Wichita Parks Foundation officials Thursday to discuss fundraising plans. Great Plains Nature Center director and exhibit overseer Jim Mason said recent ...