6 years ago
Smoky Hills Public Television’s summer reading program, Share a Story, visited 71 communities across central and western Kansas this past June and July.  There were 1650 children and 625 adults that attended the 71 presentations held in partnership with the local libraries. During the Share a Story presentation, children watched a clip from a PBS Kids ...

6 years ago
The distinctive smell of hemp now wafts through certain test plots at multiple K-State Research and Extension sites across Kansas. The end goal is to find out whether it’s also the smell of money for farmers seeking a valuable new rotational crop. The first test crops of industrial hemp have been growing for about two months at ...

6 years ago
A large fire badly damaged a Western Kansas meat processing facility. According to the Garden City Police Department, first responders were called Friday night at 8:35 to the report of a fire inside the Tyson Fresh Meats Finney County plant. Multiple agencies responded to the facility, which is located in Holcomb. The fire was not brought ...

6 years ago
Kansas students can win great prizes and learn about traffic safety by participating in poster and video contests as part of the annual Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day safety campaign. In addition, the school, class or booster club of the grand prize-winning students will also receive money as part of the contest prizes. Poster contest: For ...

6 years ago
A man from Texas was killed in a head-on crash on a Central Kansas highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40-year-old Justin Nelson from Booker, Texas, was driving a pickup truck headed east on K 156 Highway.  His truck was hit head-on be a truck which swerved left of center to avoid a third vehicle ...

6 years ago
Police are warning the public about a phone scam that cost a Salina man $3,500. Police Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that a caller pretending to be a deputy with the Saline County Sheriff's Office convinced the victim he had missed a couple of court dates and would be arrested if he did not ...

6 years ago
A fire damaged a storage shed on a farm north of Hedville on Thursday. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, fire fighters from RFD#3 were sent to 6330 W. Shipton Road after a refrigerator sparked a blaze inside the building. Damage to the metal shed is estimated at $10,000. No one was injured in the incident.   [caption id="attachment_57693" ...

6 years ago
A woman from Atlanta, GA was transported to Salina Regional Health Center after she was injured in a single vehicle crash 5-miles west of Salina on Interstate-70. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that just before 1am Friday morning, 33-year-old Jessica Sizemore was driving eastbound on I-70 when she lost control of her vehicle ...

6 years ago
Salina Police took a naked man into custody Thursday afternoon after numerous calls alerted authorities to his activities on a roof. Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 1400 block of S. Santa Fe around 2:20pm after concerned citizens witnessed 61-year-old Michael Breit on the roof of a clothing business ...

6 years ago
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a burglar who was caught on camera. On August 6th between 4:00 – 4:40 AM, a person entered a garage in the 2000 block of Wesley. This party may be involved in other events in the same area. The involved person was described as a younger white male, ...

6 years ago
Colorful public art surprises have been appearing in Abilene this summer. Large, bright, graffiti murals have popped up at various locations around the Kansas community. Artist Whitney Kerr has completed Abilene's latest mural this week  on the KABI Radio Station, on the corner of Broadway and NW 2nd Street. A small peg will come out of ...