11 years ago
A truck is damaged while parked in a Salina neighborhood. Police say sometime between Sunday night at 10pm and Monday morning at 9am, someone scratched the tailgate on a 2002 Ford Ranger that was parked in the 2000 block of Norton. Officers report the numerous scratch marks covered the entire tailgate. The damage is estimated at $500. ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are planning for two special DUI patrols in the next two weeks. Police Lt. Russ Lamer says two special saturation patrols are planned for September 20th and September 27th. Four additional officers and a supervisor will be on duty. The officers will be on patrol from 11:00 Friday night through 3:00 Saturday morning on both ...

11 years ago
An elderly Salina man is in ICU after a traffic crash yesterday. According to Lt. Russ Lamer, 93-year-old Eugene Olson was riding a 4-wheel electric scooter, northbound in the 2100 block of Tulane Monday afternoon around 3:30pm, and was struck from behind by a car driven by 49-year-old Dennis Campbell of Salina. Lt. Lamer tells KSAL News ...

11 years ago
Accessing the past through modern technology has taken a new twist in downtown Salina. Art, history, and architecture make up an exciting new web-based self-guided historic walking tour of downtown. To get started, visit the Smoky Hill Museum at Eighth Street and Iron Avenue, look for the Walk Salina sign on the sidewalk in front ...

11 years ago
Law enforcement authorities are investigating the third highway shooting in four days in the Kansas City area. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 47-year-old Kansas City man on a motorcycle was shot in the right hand Monday as he drove along northbound Interstate 435 in Clay County. The patrol says the shot is ...

11 years ago
An Ottawa man has been sentenced to more than four years with the state corrections department for accidentally shooting a 4-year-old boy. A judge will decide Sept. 30 whether 40-year-old Brian K. Bruno will serve the sentence in prison or on probation. Bruno was sentenced Monday to four years and four months for aggravated battery and a ...

11 years ago
One person is hurt in a motorcycle crash west of Salina Monday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 57-year-old Bryan Appleby from Broomfield, Colorado, was riding a BMW motorcycle east on Crawford Street. For unknown reasons he lost control and went into the south ditch.  Appleby was hurt in the crash and was transported to Salina Regional ...

11 years ago
One person is hurt in a crash involving a car going the wrong way on South 9th Street in Salina late Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, an Oldsmobile Cutlass driven by 63-year-old Laura Weinhold of Kanopolis was northbound in the southbound lanes of South 9th Street. A Toyota Corolla driven by 55-year-old Ruben Rivera ...

11 years ago
Kansas lawmakers have learned that administrative issues are likely to linger from a state law requiring new voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship. The issue arose Monday because Department of Revenue officials told a legislative committee they don't have a timetable for requiring everyone who seeks to renew a driver's license to provide citizenship ...

11 years ago
Riley County police say a 68-year-old man whose body was found during a welfare check over the weekend was the victim of a homicide. Police spokesman Matthew Droge says evidence at the rural Manhattan residence Sunday afternoon indicates John Burroughs was killed. He declined to provide any other details, including cause of death. Burroughs was ...

11 years ago
A Salina woman jumps off an overpass onto Interstate 70 in an apparent suicide attempt early Monday afternoon. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 43-year-old Amy Caldwell of Salina parked her car near the overpass. She got out, walked onto the deck, and jumped over the rail. She landed about 30 feet below. A passing truck ...