10 years ago
A random cell check turns up a homemade knife in a cell at the Saline County Jail. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski explained the handle on a toilet brush had been sharpened over time by rubbing the hard plastic shaft on the concrete floor. "It's a challenge everyday to stay on top of what the inmates are trying ...

10 years ago
A would-be thief walked into a Salina office building Wednesday to report a car alarm that was sounding off in the parking lot. Police Captain Chris Trocheck tells KSAL News that 19-year-old Tyus Price was arrested after staff at the Kansas Department of Children and Families, 901 W. Chester, reviewed video from the parking lot and ...

10 years ago
The U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment by Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas that would have removed the lesser prairie chicken from the federal government's threatened species act. Moran's amendment to a bill intended to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline fell short of the 60 votes needed to be added to the measure. The U.S. ...

10 years ago
Oil pipeline accidents have become increasingly frequent in the U.S. as Congress pushes for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. An Associated Press review of government accident records shows their numbers growing each year since 2009, reversing a decade-long declining trend. Keystone would pass near where 30,000 gallons of crude spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River earlier this ...

10 years ago
Kansas police officers would be required to wear body cameras under a bill being considered by a state Senate panel. The Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee will hear a bill Thursday that would require police officers to wear body cameras and continually record their activities and interactions. Any portions of video that led to an arrest ...

10 years ago
Kansas lawmakers want to bar local governments from regulating the sale of firearms with new fees or taxes. The Kansas House Federal and State Affairs Committee held a hearing on a bill Wednesday that would ban counties and municipalities from regulating gun sales through zoning or any new fees or taxes. The provision would still allow ...

10 years ago
Two hunting guides were sentenced Wednesday for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during hunts in Reno County. According to , U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom's office, each of them pleaded guilty to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by exceeding the daily bag limit. They were sentenced to one year unsupervised probation and a fine of ...

10 years ago
 Four hunters were sentenced Wednesday for violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act when they took more than 260 mourning doves during a hunt in western Kansas. According to U.S attorney Barry Grissom's Office, each of the four pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by exceeding the daily bag ...

10 years ago
A man escapes a fiery wreck with help from a neighbor. Sheriff  Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that Hershel Sanders stepped outside to walk his dog Wednesday night around 8:40pm - and immediately noticed a truck in his yard that was on fire. Deputies say just moments before, 55-year-old Ricky Leister's pickup had smashed into a hedgerow ...

10 years ago
A student at Salina South High School is facing assault charges after allegedly pointing a knife at a female student. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 17-year-old Bradford Settle is facing charges of aggravated assault for two incidents that occurred in a classroom setting. Police say last Friday, Settle pointed a pocket knife at ...

10 years ago
A McPherson man walks away from a rollover crash on I-135. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports Seth Sterling of McPherson was driving a 2002 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck southbound on I-135 early Wednesday morning when he swerved to miss a raccoon in the roadway. Deputies say the vehicle flipped multiple times near milepost 83 before coming ...