11 years ago
Eight people on the December list of Salina's Most Wanted are caught. The latest list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line back on December 7th. Since then, 8 have been arrested. Those arrested were wanted for crimes that include aggravated battery, felony battery of a corrections officer, making criminal threats, felony fleeing and eluding, endangering a child, ...

11 years ago
A pair of 15-year-old boys are hurt in a single vehicle crash involving a deer Monday evening in rural Barton County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 15-year-old Tyler Specht was driving a 1994 Chevrolet S10 Blazer when he swerved to miss a deer. The SUV went into the ditch, and over turned one time. Specht and ...

11 years ago
Two Wichita brothers who were sentenced to die for a quadruple homicide in December 2000 are taking their appeals to the Kansas Supreme Court. The court scheduled separate, two-hour hearings Tuesday for Jonathan and Reginald Carr. The brothers were convicted of shooting three men and a woman on Dec. 15, 2000, as the victims knelt on a ...

11 years ago
A new report ranks Kansas fourth in the nation when it comes to volunteering. The report was issued Monday by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that helps Americans engage in volunteer activities. The Volunteering and Civic Life in America report says nearly 37 percent of Kansas residents volunteered in 2012. That amounts ...

11 years ago
Two men will stand trial for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of a 27-year-old Salina woman. Twenty-five-year-old Joel Heil and 33-year-old Dane DeWeese, of Abilene, were bound over for trial Monday in the death of Kristin Tyler. The mother of four was missing two weeks last spring before her body was found ...

11 years ago
The Army - Navy football game this past weekend was extra special for a Salina couple. Retired Army veteran Bernard "Barney" King and his wife Mary were in Philadelphia for the big game. The Kings were the winners of a Salina Media Group contest where the prize was a trip to the game. Barney credits his ...

11 years ago
Salina Animal Shelter employees will not have to start over as new employees when they officially become City of Salina employees on January 1st. As part of the health department becoming a county agency, the animal shelter is becoming a city agency. Previously, both agencies were city - county shared. City commissioners Monday voted an exception for ...

11 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake has hit south-central Kansas. The USGS said the earthquake was reported shortly after 9 a.m. Monday about 11 miles northwest of Caldwell, which is about 60 miles south of Wichita, near the Oklahoma border. The USGS initially reported the quake to be magnitude 4.2, but ...

11 years ago
Police recover a stole truck and arrest the driver. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that an officer on patrol early Saturday morning saw a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that had been reported stolen back on December 1st. The officer conducted a traffic stop at the Pilot Truck Stop in North Salina. The ...

11 years ago
Salina police are investigating a burglary. Police say that a home at 1411 Osborne was entered sometime during the day on Thursday. Items taken include a Star Wars Luke Skywalker collectible light sabre, a jewelry including a ring and a a chain. Total loss, including damage to a window, is estimated at $1,030. --- Police are looking ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a Sunday night robbery. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a 36-year-old woman came home from shopping Sunday night just after 10:00. She left her 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix running in her driveway in the 600 Block of South 9th Street as she carried groceries in to her home. ...