10 years ago
A high-speed pursuit along Interstate 70 ended east of Salina Tuesday afternoon. Trooper Ben Gardner from the Kansas Highway Patrol tells KSAL News that it started at around 1:30, when a trooper attempted a traffic stop about 9 miles west of Salina on a black passenger car that was headed east. Instead of stopping , the ...

10 years ago
A transient with a guitar prompts the brief lockdown of a Saline County School Tuesday morning. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a woman driving on Interstate-70 pulled over to tell a Kansans Highway Patrol Trooper she thought she had seen a man with a long gun at the Halstead exit on I-70 just west ...

10 years ago
At least six school districts in Kansas plan to close a few days early this May because of budget concerns. A K-12 block grant bill, which cut about $50 million in operating and maintenance aid from the budgets of most school districts in the state, went into effect for the current school year. According to superintendents, school ...

10 years ago
Kansas State University student Joshua Nelson, a junior in physics from Salina, is the university's newest Barry M. Goldwater scholar. Aaron Messerla, a junior in mathematics from Manhattan, is a Goldwater scholar honorable mention. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1986 to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater from Arizona, the Goldwater scholarship is awarded to approximately ...

10 years ago
With more than 30 years of experience as a pilot, business owner, consultant, researcher and professor, Tara Harl is the new airport management program lead at Kansas State University Salina. Harl is the first full-time faculty member hired specifically for the program since it was established in 2011. "Aviation is in our blood — we are ...

10 years ago
Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop who pleaded guilty to failing to report a suspected priestly child abuser in the first known case of a pope sanctioning bishops for covering up for pedophiles. The Vatican said Tuesday that Bishop Robert Finn had offered his resignation under the code of canon law ...

10 years ago
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says a Marion man must serve more than 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to lewd contact with a 9-year-old child. A Marion County judge sentenced 47-year-old Kenneth Newell to 177 months in prison on Monday. Newell was charged with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child younger than ...

10 years ago
A Topeka man charged with plotting to detonate a 1,000 pound bomb outside Fort Riley is preparing to appear before a federal magistrate. John T. Booker Jr.'s hearing Tuesday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, comes after a grand jury handed down a three-count indictment for the 20-year-old last week. The hearing is to inform ...

10 years ago
Salina has a new Mayor. After three commissioners were sworn into office Monday afternoon, including incumbents Trent Davis and Randall Hardy, along with newcomer Karl Ryan, the commission reorganized.. Jon Blanchard, who has served as the vice mayor for the past year, is the new Mayor of Salina. Taking Blanchard's spot as vice mayor is commissioner Kaye ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred in the 1000 block of Johnstown on Saturday sometime between 11:45am and 5pm. Police say a door was forced open and $748 cash was stolen. Damage to the door is listed at $175.   Cash is stolen from an unlocked car. Police are investigating a vehicle burglary case ...

10 years ago
Salina Sculpture Tour People's Choice Award winner: "Next Up" is damaged. Police say someone broke off the bronze racket of the tennis player depicted in the piece that is currently located at 2005 South Santa Fe sometime between midnight and 11:30am Sunday. “Next Up” was selected by popular vote in 2014 from among the 26 pieces in ...