3 years ago
Dozens of state lawmakers are set to take the oath of office. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab will administer the oath to every member of the Kansas House of Representatives as well as three new members of the Kansas Senate this afternoon. Both the House and Senate are scheduled to gavel-in today at 2:00 p.m. as ...

3 years ago
The death of an inmate at a Kansas prison is being investigated as a murder. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation ( and the Kansas Department of Corrections are investigating a homicide that occurred Friday night at the Lansing Correctional Facility. The Lansing Correctional Facility contacted the KBI just after 9:30 p.m. on Friday to report the ...

3 years ago
When the winningest program in college basketball history, Kansas,  celebrates its 125th year of play Satureday a Salina man who may be the oldest living KU letterman is expected to be there. 94-year-old Aubrey Linville, who grew up in Salina, is at age 94 likely to be the oldest surviving KU Basketball Letterman attending, and perhaps ...

3 years ago
The death of an Ogden man is being investigated as a homicide. According to the Junction City Police Department, Friday afternoon  at 1:17 officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of Fort Avenue in Junction City in reference to a possible death. Upon arrival, officers located 18-year-0lod Carson Simon of Ogden deceased. This investigation has since been ...

3 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan has a new chief financial officer. According to the school, Annetta Flax assumed the title on an interim basis Jan. 1, continuing a non-traditional rise up KWU’s organizational ladder. A mother of five, with four boys and a daughter ranging in ages 15 to 6, Flax’s journey to the corner office has been one of ...

3 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s four-year inquiry into alleged child sexual abuse in four Catholic dioceses and a breakaway Catholic sect in the state resulted in referral of 30 cases to county prosecutors targeting 14 members of the clergy, state officials said Friday. An executive summary of the KBI report said no prosecutor had charged any ...

3 years ago
A new larger list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s most wanted is released. The first list of 2023 is online now. The January list of Salina’s Most Wanted looks a little different. In an effort to clear up numerous outstanding warrants that are currently ...

3 years ago
Salina Firefighters Friday evening rescued two workers from a private plumbing company who became trapped when a trench they were working in collapsed around them. The incident happened at around 4:45 on Edwards Street near the entrance of the Salina South High School east parking lot. Salina Fire Chief Tony Sneidar told KSAL News at the scene ...

3 years ago
The dream of home ownership takes planning and patience to become a reality. Over the past couple of years a team of professionals in Salina has come alongside first time home buyers to help piece the puzzle together. Mike Peterson and Gary Hobbie with the Community Housing Development Corporation joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra ...

3 years ago
Police are seeking tips in a case involving thefts from multiple storage units at multiple facilities. The case is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say between December 15th and December 31st officers took several reports of storage unit burglaries throughout town. Five separate storage unit facilities reported at least 8 storage units ...

3 years ago
A year-end Salina Area United Way fundraiser generated $30,000 for the organization. According to the United Way,  a total of $30,000 was raised thanks to the community and attendees at their latest fundraising event, Dueling Pianos Christmas 2022, on Saturday, December 17 at Tony’s Pizza Event Center. This year’s event saw a $10,000 increase in dollars raised ...