1 year ago
A Salina man was able to walk away after a plane he was piloting ended up nose to the ground, in a field, after a piece of his door fell off while he was airborne. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 33-year-old Justin Coletti of Salina was piloting a 1941 Piper fixed wing aircraft. Coletti lost a ...

1 year ago
A motorcycle rider was badly injured when he crashed while fleeing police in Junction City late Saturday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Calvin Amacker Jr. was riding a 2006 Yamaha motorcycle actively fleeing from law enforcement. He took a curve too quickly, left the road, and struck a utility junction box. Amacker, who was ...

1 year ago
An artist  whose background ranges from Ukraine, to Israel, to New Jersey, is headed for a residency in Lindsborg. Ukrainian-born Israeli artist Elena Samarsky will be the Artist-in-Residence at the Red Barn Studio Museum in Lindsborg, from September 3rd to September 28th. A reception will be held on Sunday September 24th from 2 to 4 pm ...

1 year ago
A late entrepreneur / businessman/ philanthropist from Salina, along with a retired railroad president, will be honored with induction into the Kansas Business Hall of Fame. According to the organization, retired BNSF Railroad President and CEO Carl Ice, and late Salina entrepreneur and business owner Charlie Walker are its 2023 Contemporary and Historical inductees, respectively. In 2020, ...

1 year ago
The most recent FBI cybercrime annual report shows victims lost $10.3 billion from internet scams in 2022, with phishing being the top-reported crime. A Kansas State University criminologist's new book forges a path for changing these statistics. "Against Cybercrime: Toward a Realist Criminology of Computer Crime," a new book from Routledge by Kevin Steinmetz, Kansas State ...

1 year ago
An intoxicated man was tased by authorities in his front yard after allegedly waving a loaded rifle in the parking lot of a Salina bar. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that 38-year-old Tharen L. Sparke was taken into custody Thursday night after tension filled moments at Hank's Tavern at 116 S. Broadway. Police say around ...

1 year ago
A woman with cuts on her hands, chest and face goes to a store for help. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the Dollar General on East Iron after a 44-year-old Salina woman showed up at the business just before 8am on Thursday with multiple knife wounds. The victim told police ...

1 year ago
Police are asking for public's help in identifying a theft suspect who was caught on camera. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Tuesday, July 25th, officers were dispatched to Shoe Carnival at 2584 S. 9th St., in regard to a theft. Employees reported at approximately 5:20 P.M. they ...

1 year ago
A week-long heatwave which shattered record highs across the area is set to end. After another day of dangerous extreme heat on Friday, forecasters say it will be cooler over the weekend, and into next week. According to the National Weather Service, a week long heat wave has impacted most of the Southern and Central Plains ...

1 year ago
Kansas is planning to expand broadband access to areas of the state where it is not easily accessible. The Kansas Office of Broadband Development has submitted the state’s comprehensive Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Five-Year Action Plan (FYAP) to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The required action plan details how universal connection will ...

1 year ago
Campus police are warning of a new phone scam targeting the parents of University of Kansas students. Department sources say the caller informs the recipient that their student has been arrested and that money needs to be sent before the student can be released from custody. The scammers reportedly sometimes use the names of actual KUPD officers ...