6 years ago
Firefighters from multiple rural fire districts in Saline, McPherson, and Dickinson Counties, and the Saline Fire Department battled a large grass fire just east of Salina Wednesday afternoon. Deputy Saline County Administrator Hannah Stambaugh told KSAL News a fire was reported at around 2:00 in the area of Simpson Road and Magnolia Road. Multiple first responders ...

6 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced on Wednesday her intent to submit an executive reorganization order to the Kansas Legislature creating the Kansas Department of Human Services (KDHS). The new agency will include the current programs at the Department for Children and Families (DCF), Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) and the juvenile services division ...

6 years ago
A pregnant woman was treated at the emergency room for a cut on her head as police continue to look for her boyfriend who is a suspect in a domestic violence case. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers are looking for a 31-year-old black male who allegedly hit his girlfriend during an ...

6 years ago
The neighborhood around downtown Wichita's new baseball stadium will be subject to a new sales tax. The Wichita City Council voted yesterday to approve a two-percent sales tax for businesses near the new ballpark, which opens in April. Proceeds from the special sales tax will help offset the cost of the 75-million-dollar stadium project.

6 years ago
A man from Bennington was injured in a single vehicle crash early Tuesday morning. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that 18-year-old Nathaniel Jamison was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with non-life threatening injuries following a crash north of Salina on K-143. Deputies say Jamison may have fallen asleep before his 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse ...

6 years ago
A Kansas hunter is in the record books. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism bowhunter Brian Butcher harvested a whitetail buck in Chase County last October that he knew was something special. It wasn’t until the buck’s rack was measured by Boone and Crockett Club certified measurers on Friday, Jan. 3rd, that ...

6 years ago
Saline County Commissioners have allocated special funding to ten different organizations. During their meeting on Tuesday, among other things, commissioners allocated funding through a couple of different funds, the alcohol fund and the parks and recreation fund. Saline County receives a portion of funds derived from the gross receipts tax on alcohol in the unincorporated areas of ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court will meet in special session later this month to swear in a new justice. Evelyn Wilson will be sworn in on Friday, January 24th. She will fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Lee Johnson. Wilson currently serves as chief judge of the 3rd Judicial District, which is composed of ...

6 years ago
A Concordia man has 10,000 reasons to be excited about the new year. Vonn Malcuit is taking home a $10,000 cash prize from the Kansas Lottery. According to the lottery, Malcuit was already a big fan of the $2 Celebrate Kansas ticket because of the extended play style. Now he has even more reasons to celebrate. “I ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a wide spread damage to property case after numerous mailboxes were destroyed southeast of Salina. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 14 mailboxes at rural properties on E. Water Well Road and S. Simpson Road were smashed and destroyed in the hours between Sunday evening and Monday morning ...

6 years ago
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not running for the Senate. Multiple reports indicate that Pompeo met yesterday with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to tell him that he would not run for the seat currently held by retiring Kansas Senator Pat Roberts. Pompeo served as the Kansas Fourth District Congressman from 2011 to 2017 before ...