5 years ago
Don't fall for it. Scammers claiming to be from your power company might be trying to rip you off. Evergy has received many customer reports of individuals placing phone calls to customers and claiming to be Evergy representatives. The individuals are asking customers for immediate payment to avoid service disconnection. The company says these representatives are not ...

5 years ago
A scholarship to honor, and remember, a 17-year-old Salina South High School student has been awarded. Allie Chesney  is this year's recipient of the Allie Saum Scholarship. Chesney was the youngest of eight children, after being adopted from foster care at the age of three. Both of her parents had health issues and at age 10 her ...

5 years ago
Kansas middle school science educators spent the week at Fort Hays State University learning to incorporate engineering activities into their classrooms.   With funding from the Kansas NASA Space Grant, FHSU’s Science and Mathematics Education Institute organized and hosted a four-day summer workshop for a dozen teachers from all over Kansas. These teachers experienced various hands-on ...

5 years ago
An invasive crayfish species has been discovered at a Central Kansas fishing lake. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, widespread sampling for invasive crayfish had never occurred in Kansas lakes – that is, until the agency recently funded a university project focused on the freshwater crustacean. KDWP’s Aquatic Nuisance Species Program and Ecological ...

5 years ago
Earth has been valiantly fighting off super villain, Corona. The COVID-19 CureSaders have landed in Salina, to help our community end Corona’s evil plot. Vaxx and Mask, the Corona fighting duo, called the CureSaders, are looking for one more #VaxHero to help them defeat Corona once and for all. This is where they need your help! ...

5 years ago
Saline County is currently experiencing a new wave of COVID-19 infections. According to the Saline County Health Department, the last seven days have seen 85 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 37 new cases since Wednesday. There are currently 146 cases of the virus active in our community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have four patients in ...

5 years ago
Police are trying to piece together who was driving a pickup that led officers on a high speed chase through the Indian Village neighborhood early Friday morning. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 12:40am an officer on patrol attempted to make a traffic stop after the driver in a GMC Sierra truck failed to ...

5 years ago
A semi-truck driver avoided injury after his trailer snagged a guy wire on a power pole in Kipp Thursday afternoon. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a 38-year-old driver for Unruh Transport of Galva was turning around in the 7300 block of E. Schilling when the trailer on his 2021 Peterbilt became entangled ...

5 years ago
A Hutchinson man is in custody in Reno County following Wednesday's big weed bust in Reno County. Authorities say Luis Manuel Gutierrez Junior was arrested and charged with drug-distribution and other charges in a case that reportedly involved 40 pounds of marijuana. The arrest reportedly happened after members of the Reno County Criminal Interdiction Unit, along with ...

5 years ago
A shoplifter is now facing additional charges for shoving a Salina police officer after a foot chase. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 38-year-old Ricky Thompson was taken into custody after he allegedly tried to leave Walmart with a backpack filled with food and office supplies without paying. Staff at the store located at 2900 S. ...

5 years ago
The pond at Salina’s Jerry Ivey Park is among 12 bodies of water in Kansas now under a public health warning. Additionally, another 9 are under a watch. Additionally, a half-dozen advisories which had been in effect have been lifted. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks ...