“Battle of the Badges” Begins Monday
Donors from around the area can participate in the "Battle of the Badges" beginning Monday. Salina Firefighters and Salina Police Officers are squaring off, seeing which agency can donate the most...
View ArticleAudit: Kansas’ civil forfeiture laws too vague
An audit has found some Kansas law enforcement agencies are taking advantage of vague state forfeiture laws to use those proceeds to pay for salaries and other apparent operating expenses. The practice...
View ArticleDozens of Manhattan Students Become Ill
State and Riley County health officials are working to determine why more than a dozen Manhattan High School students became ill this week. Riley County health official Jennifer Green says the high...
View ArticleHansen Foundation Makes Clean-Up Grants Available
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation is offering a new grant opportunity for 26 counties in Northwest Kansas. The Foundation is offering up to $20,000 per county in the Hansen service area for county clean-up...
View ArticleKansans Hitting the Road
Data released this week shows U.S. driving is up 3.3 percent for the first six months of 2016. Travel on the state highway system in Kansas is even higher at 3.6 percent over where it was one year ago....
View ArticleKansas Academy of Mathematics and Science Event Coming to Salina
Staff from Fort Hays State University's Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science will host seven free information sessions across the state this fall, including in Salina. Students and their parents...
View ArticleBethany Bringing Opera to Lindsborg
The Bethany College Music Department is partnering with a college alumnus to make opera readily accessible to audiences in central Kansas. “Humanity Sings: A Concert of Scenes & Choruses from Great...
View ArticleKansas developing system to track county inmates
The state is implementing a system that will make it easier to track the location or release of inmates in county jails. The Kansas Attorney General's Office says the system is called Victim...
View ArticleFormer Kansas State Quarterback Arrested
A former Kansas State University football player is accused of taking part in a home invasion and homicide in Louisiana. Former K-State quarterback Daniel Sams was arrested on Saturday in connection...
View ArticleK-State Makes Library Cuts
Routine all night-access to Kansas State University's Hale Library has ended, with the building closing at midnight most nights to save money. Kansas State said in an email that its libraries lost...
View ArticleArson Investigation
A Saturday shed fire is being investigated as an arson. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that crews from Salina Fire were sent to 1111 North 7th on Saturday morning at 6:15am. Police...
View ArticleKnife Threat at Party
A Salina man is in jail after allegedly placing a knife to the throat of a woman he was arguing with. Police arrested 27-year-old Matthew Levin on Saturday after he left a party at the Berschel...
View ArticleSalina Police Log 8-29-16
Police are investigating the theft of a motorized chair off a front porch in the 700 block of North 4th. Someone took the scooter which is valued at $2,200 sometime between 4pm and 9pm on Sunday. The...
View ArticleDouble Bucks at Farmers Market
Grants are helping to bring more fresh food to the table for low income families in Salina. Beginning Tuesday August 30th, individuals who buy food with a Kansas Vision card can double their fresh...
View Article“Tweeting Trooper” Has Close Call
Tweeting Trooper Ben Gardner experienced a close call Monday morning that prompted him to tweet about the state’s Move Over law. “I happened to go check on a vehicle that was broke down on the side of...
View ArticleSalina Tech Gets First Electric Car
There’s a lot of room in there to work, but I don’t see much to work on,” was how Whitney England described her first look under the hood of an electric car Monday at Salina Area Technical College....
View ArticleDriver Falls Asleep, Crashes
An Ellsworth man was hurt in a single vehicle crash in rural Saline County early Tuesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Cory Hill was driving a Ford F 250 pickup truck,...
View ArticleSeller Beware
A Saline County family is swindled out of $1,800 after trying to sell their daughter's drums online. According to Lt. Brent Melander with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a family in northwest...
View ArticleIt’s Just Peachy
Eat your heat out Georgia. Kansas might soon be known for a peach. Johnson County could soon be home to the world's heaviest peach. A peach that was picked at Tubby Fruits in south Johnson County on...
View ArticleBookkeeper Charged with Theft
A former office manager at a Salina business is now facing charges for embezzling over $8,600. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News an investigation that began in February of this year...
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