11 years ago
A November trial has been set for a Manhattan man charged with killing a Fort Riley soldier and wounding four other people earlier this year. Forty-three-year-old Matthew Wilson appeared Monday in Riley County District Court on one count of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder. A judge entered not guilty pleas after Wilson stood ...

11 years ago
Heavy rainfall Monday afternoon caused traffic to come to a standstill in and around Lindsborg at about 2:30pm, after a reported 6-inches fell in Northern McPherson County. Flooding caused some motorists to become stranded, while some area county roads were covered with quick running water and field debris. Forecasters say more rain could fall in McPherson and ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested after several vehicles are damaged at a store's parking lot. Officers were called to Wal-Mart, 2900 S. 9th around 2:30am Monday morning, after a man was observed scratching vehicles in the parking lot. Police arrested 36-year-old Matthew Storrer, of Salina on charge of damage to property. Damage to three cars and two ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman is scammed over the phone. SPD's Lt. Scott Siemsen tells KSAL News that a woman in her late 70's contacted police on Friday after being conned over the telephone. The woman reported to police she was told over the phone last weekend that her grandson was in legal trouble in British Columbia, because authorities ...

11 years ago
Despite criticism leveled against storm chasers after a May tornado in Oklahoma, some storm chasers say they deserve respect for their efforts to collect data during vicious weather. Four storm chasers - three professionals and one amateur - died in the El Reno tornado. Mike Smith, senior vice president for AccuWeather, says he's bothered by the criticism ...

11 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force Wednesday evening - looking for seat belt violations. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that four officers and one spotter will be working around the city, from 9pm Wednesday to 1am Thursday, looking for occupants who are not buckled up. Lt. Lamer says that citations for unrestrained adults are $10 ...

11 years ago
A K.C. area man is charged with robbery and battery in Salina. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, 46-year-old Troy Harlin of Fairway, KS, was arrested Friday night after an incident at a room at the Value Inn and Suites, 1640 W. Crawford. Police were contacted by 51-year-old James Purucker, around 9pm on Friday night, after Harlin allegedly ...

11 years ago
For the second week in a row, a ticket sold in Kansas for a Saturday night Powerball drawing won $1 million. According to the Kansas Lottery the winning ticket sold in northeast Kansas. It matched the first five numbers, but not the Powerball, to be worth $1 million. The winning numbers are 9-23-40-53-58 Powerball 6. In ...

11 years ago
Bells are ringing again over the grounds of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum thanks to the donation of an electronic system by veterans. The American Veterans Memorial Carillon program donated a new system to the Abilene museum and library complex that honors the nation's 34th president. The previous carillon system was damaged by a spring ...

11 years ago
Topeka police say a 50-year-old deaf man died after he was struck and killed by a train. Topeka police Lt. Mike Cross says the man's death Sunday evening in north Topeka is being investigated as an accident. The man had stayed at the Topeka Rescue Mission in the past and apparently was headed there when he ...

11 years ago
A Cimmaron man is killed in a plane crash near Wilson Lake on Sunday. According to the Russell County Sheriff's Office, on Sunday afternoon at 12:20 a report of a plane crash came into the Russell County 911 Dispatch. Deputies from the Russell County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene along with officers from the Kansas Wildlife ...