11 years ago
A deputy's traffic stop turns into an arrest. According to Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski, a deputy on patrol observed a driver bounce his car off two curbs in the 300 block of S. Chicago early Saturday morning around 2:20am. The officer arrested 25-year-old Shane Sonnier of Salina on charges of DUI. A drug sniffing dog was also ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is arrested after pointing a gun at a neighbor. Officers were called to the 900 block of Vassar on Saturday night around 10:15pm, after neighbors called police about a woman who was making threats with a gun. Police say 59-year-old Martha Clemmons-Krier flashed a .22 caliber revolver from her porch and shouted at her ...

11 years ago
The Salina Stiefel Theatre Monday announced two Christmas shows. Trace Adkins will perform on December 6th, and Michael McDonald will perform on December 16th. Trace Adkins will bring the Christmas Show 2014 Tour featuring his twelve-piece "Sarepta Symphony". According to the Stiefel, show is a reverent, family-friendly theatrical production, featuring songs from Adkins' Celtic Christmas album, The ...

11 years ago
A robbery is halted before it can take place. Salina Police made three arrests Sunday night after an eyewitness called authorities about the suspicious behavior of three males in a car near Pump Mart at 1118 N. 9th. Officers responded to the area and found the suspects in a 2000 Mercury Sable in the 400 block of ...

11 years ago
A state employees union says attacks are increasing on guards at the Lansing Correctional Facility. The Kansas Organization of State Employees says it has received reports that 10 guards were injured in five separate attacks between June 5 -9. The union blames the increased violence on a lack of staff at the prison. Jeremy ...

11 years ago
Same-sex couples who marry in other states won't find many places in Kansas to divorce if the relationship fails. Douglas County is currently the only county in Kansas that has issued divorces for same-sex couples. Gay rights advocates say many same-sex couples in Kansas get married in Iowa, where the marriages are legal. Iowa requires ...

11 years ago
Hutchinson is going to stake its claim to being the home of Superman this week. The city will kick off its Smallville Festival this Thursday and officially change its name to Smallville Saturday and Sunday. The celebration grew from the June 21, 2013, induction of Superman into the Kansas Hall of Fame. The promotion is based on ...

11 years ago
The work of some northeast Kansas high school students has gotten the attention of a developer and at least one family that wants to buy houses built by their school's construction tech class. Chapman High School teacher Josh Schlesener says it's a compliment that homes built by his students are in high demand, and it would ...

11 years ago
An eastern Kansas man is dead after crashing his car into a power pole while fleeing from Emporia police. 20-year-old Javier Escobedo of Emporia tried to elude officers who attempted to pull him over around 2:30 a.m. Sunday for failing to stop at a stop sign. Police say Escobedo wasn't wearing a seat belt when his 1999 ...

11 years ago
Stable farm income and a relatively small number of farms on the market left farmland prices in Kansas largely unchanged, contrary to concerns that an agriculture bubble could be deflated. Land auctioneer Farmers National Company says irrigated farm land sold at auction this month cost about the same as comparable land a year ago. With rainfall easing ...

11 years ago
The 2014 Smoky Hill River Festival is history. Organizers tell KSAL News that on Sunday 7,008 people crossed the bridges into the park to enjoy the final day of the festival. The total attendace for the weekend was 62,860, which is 552 more than last year. Mother nature was a big factor in the large attendance this ...