Philips to Layoff 32 Employees
A workforce reduction has been announced at a Salina manufacturing plant. In a statement, Philips Lighting tells KSAL News that the Salina workforce is being reduced by 32 employees. "As the lighting...
View ArticleWoman Treated after Domestic Dispute
A Salina man is behind bars for allegedly punching a woman and breaking her arm in a west Salina home earlier this month. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 36-year-old Tomaz Heczko was...
View ArticleLawmaker Leaves Gun in Meeting Room
A Kansas legislator has confirmed that he inadvertently left a loaded handgun under a table in a Statehouse committee room that is open to the public. Republican Rep. Willie Dove, of Bonner Springs,...
View ArticleFHSU Accepts $15,000 Degree Challenge
A Kansas university official has accepted Gov. Sam Brownback's challenge to make it possible for a higher education student to receive a bachelor's degree for $15,000 or less. Interim Fort Hays State...
View ArticleSalina Police Log 1-26-17
An iPhone 7 and iPad Pro were stolen from the Nex-Tech kiosk at the Central Mall on Wednesday sometime between 8am and 8:15pm. Police are searching for video that could help identify a suspect. Loss is...
View ArticleRemembering Yordano on KSAL
The tragic death of Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura on Sunday is still reverberating around Major League Baseball. Royals broadcaster Joel Goldberg with Fox Sports Kansas City joined in on the KSAL...
View Article27 Students Have Minor Injuries in Wichita School Bus Crash
Wichita police say 27 children suffered minor injuries and one was taken to a hospital for treatment after two school buses collided. Police Sgt. Kelly O'Brien says about 60 students were aboard the...
View ArticleFarm Bill Hearing to be Held in Manhattan
U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts says the first hearing on the 2018 farm bill will be held in Manhattan in February. Roberts, a Republican from Kansas, is chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture...
View ArticleKansas Lawmaker Pursuing Bathroom Bill
A Kansas lawmaker has introduced a bill to prevent transgender students in public schools from using facilities associated with their current gender identities. Republican state Rep. John Whitmer of...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Sought in Harvey County Murder
A Kansas prosecutor plans to seek the death penalty against one of two people accused of killing three people before fleeing to Mexico. Harvey County Attorney David Yoder announced the plans to seek...
View ArticleArrest Made in Fatal July Crash
A Manhattan man wanted in Saline County on a warrant for his role in a fatal head-on crash is now in jail. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, 29-year-old Aaron M. Finch is facing charges...
View ArticleRanking Up
Promotions are underway at the Saline County Sheriff's Office following the swearing in of Sheriff Roger Soldan January 9, 2017. Soldan tells KSAL News that Friday, deputies will be officially promoted...
View ArticleAvett Brothers Coming to Salina
One of the the most popular folk rock bands in the the country is coming to Salina. The Avett Brothers are coming to the Stiefel Theatre. The Avett Brothers are an American folk rock band fronted by...
View ArticleFlu Spreading Across kansas
Kansas health officials say the flu is spreading across the state. The state health department says Kansas is now experiencing widespread influenza activity, with increased influenza cases seen in most...
View ArticleNo Kansas Hunting Fatalities in 2016
Thanks to the nearly 1,430 volunteer hunter education instructors who serve Kansas, zero hunting-related fatalities were reported in 2016 – a stark contrast to statistics from just 50 years ago when...
View ArticleFashion police: Cops ease rules on tattoos, turbans, beards
NEW YORK (AP) - Police departments are relaxing traditional grooming standards and getting away from rules that used to require a uniformly clean-shaven, 1950s look. That's because there's a national...
View ArticleMan gets more than 8 years in prison for dragging officer
Dyllon Alan Tucker was sentenced Friday for the April 14 incident. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2kF3I57 ) police found Tucker asleep in his car with music playing loudly. When...
View ArticleFirst confirmed female mountain lion in Missouri since 1994
The Missouri Department of Conservation announced Friday that saliva left on a dead elk in Shannon County confirmed a female cat was in the area. Conservation biologist Laura Conlee says the partially...
View ArticleRefugees wish more focus on Syria, less on closing US doors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Syrian man whose family was the first to be resettled in the U.S. as part of the U.S. "surge" refugee program says President Donald Trump should help topple Syria's regime...
View ArticleKansas man sentenced to 3 years for fatal traffic accident
A Hutchinson man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a drunken-driving accident that killed his friend. Twenty-year-old Dakota Wade James was sentenced Friday for a May 15 wreck on the...
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