6 years ago
Authorities continue to follow an electronic trail left by thieves in a check forging scheme that has snared a number of Salina businesses. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officials at Kansas Wesleyan University contacted investigators after they learned that sixteen forged checks were cashed across the country in the amount of $44,000. UMB Bank ...

6 years ago
A police dog named Karma helped sniff out a drug runner with 98-packages of marijuana in his vehicle. A traffic stop near I-135 led to a drug related arrest early Wednesday morning. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, a deputy on patrol stopped an SUV after the driver failed to make a stop on the ...

6 years ago
A couple of former KSAL staffers will be inducted into the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame this weekend. Rick Mach and Dave "Lewis" Guthals will both be bestowed the honor. The Kansas Association of Broadcasters was formed in1951, to support broadcasters in the state so that they might better represent the public. In 1969 ...

6 years ago
A mid-August kayak trip down the Arkansas River in southcentral Kansas took a fascinating turn for sisters Ashley and Erin Watt when they happened upon a massive skull protruding from a sandbar. It was partially buried nose down, but they immediately knew the shape was unique. When they pulled it from the sand and saw ...

6 years ago
A Dickinson County woman was killed in a crash involving a pickup truck and a semi on a rural Kansas highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was headed east on State Lake Road in rural Geary County. The pickup entered US 77 Highway and was struck on the driver's ...

6 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce is urging area businesses to beware of a check scam. According to the agency, several local businesses have reported that they were the target of a check forging scheme in which checks are forged and cashed in other states for large sums. In both cases someone used computer generated checks ...

6 years ago
Remodeling work has begun this week at the Salina Public Library's front checkout desk. "We're reconfiguring our circulation checkout area because we are getting new self-checkout stations in," said Melanie Hedgespeth, Director of the SPL. Hedgespeth says the goal of the facelift is to improve customer service and availability. "We've moved our 'Hold' shelves our 'New' book ...

6 years ago
A new person to take over the top administrative job in Saline County has been selected. The Saline County Commission Tuesday morning approved a contract with Phillip Smith-Hanes, current Ellis County Administrator, to serve as the new Saline County Administrator. According to Saline County, Smith-Hanes comes to Salina after a career of more than 23 years ...

6 years ago
Sunday night five people were injured in a couple of unrelated crashes involving deer, including one in Southwest Kansas and one in Central Kansas, as the he numbers of crashes involving deer are spiking across the state. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, 10,734 (16.5 percent) of the 64,933 vehicle crashes reported in 2018 ...

6 years ago
College-bound students will soon have another great reason to choose Fort Hays State University. Already the most affordable university in the region, the university will offer, effective Oct. 15, 2019, four new scholarships with award levels ranging from $15,000 to $6,000 over four-years, or $3,750 to $1,500 yearly. Some of these awards can also be ...

6 years ago
A $1 million gift will help McPherson College fund a new community health care initiative, including ten $25,000 scholarships for students committed to community health. Introduced last month in partnership with McPherson Hospital, the initiative features a new enhanced health science degree at the college paired with a wide variety of hands-on educational opportunities developed ...