5 years ago
A driver was killed and two teenage passengers were hurt when a mini-van was hit by a semi along Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the van was headed west in the right lane. As it went to cross the median at a crossover it was struck on the driver's side ...

5 years ago
Kansas farm families are mentally ready to transition from wheat harvest to focusing on their local county fair and other summer activities, but combines are still running across much of the central and northern tiers of the state. An atypical growing season has resulted in a highly variable wheat harvest, but farmers who are planting superior ...

5 years ago
A resident 0f the Sexual Predator Treatment Program at the Larned State Hospital escaped on Wednesday. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, John Freeman Colt, a 42-year-old white male, walked away from Larned State Hospital and is currently considered absent without permission. Colt was seen on video walking out of the Dillon Building at approximately ...

5 years ago
A Wichita man who was caught in Salina following a robbery in Newton will spend 5 years in federal prison. According to the U.S  Attorney's Office,  19-year-old Jeremiah Urias was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his role as getaway driver in an armed gas station robbery. In April he pleaded guilty to one count ...

5 years ago
Saline County Health Officer Jason Tiller, along with Saline County medical experts, are urging residents to remain vigilant in our community battle against COVID-19, as positive cases are rising in Saline County and the Delta variant has been detected. There have been 38 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the last week, with one sample testing ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of an inoperative SUV. According to Undersheriff Brent Melander, sometime between 6pm on Monday and 1pm on Tuesday, someone loaded up a 2000 Ford Excursion SUV and stole it from a home in the 400 block of E. 4th in Gypsum. Deputies say the owner was keeping the ...

5 years ago
Police are investigating a home burglary after a Sony ps5 console and controllers were stolen from a home in the 1100 block of Dover on Tuesday. The victim told officers he was in the backyard with his dogs for about 5 minutes, came back inside and discovered his equipment was gone. A neighbor noticed a ...

5 years ago
A man from Ohio was seriously injured in an industrial accident on Tuesday at a former lighting facility in a south Salina industrial area. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that a member of a work crew with Hosea Project Movers suffered injuries to his spine, skull and ribs after a 40-foot fall while working ...

5 years ago
A teenage driver from Bennington was not hurt after an early morning encounter with a bull standing on the road. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that around 1:50am Tuesday morning, the teen was headed northbound in the 1900 block of North Ohio in a 2011 Chrysler 300 when he struck a large, black ...

5 years ago
Many pilot students have fellow aviators to look up to and seek advice and support from, but for women in the aviation industry, this kind of camaraderie can be harder to find. Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is changing that. K-State Polytechnic's interim chief pilot Brandy Shaw and assistant chief pilot Karen Morrison are both accomplished ...

5 years ago
Governor Laura Kelly this week directed the Kansas Department for Children and Families to continue emergency food assistance (SNAP) benefits to current program households. According to the Governor's office, the emergency allotment increases a household’s monthly benefit to the maximum allowed for the size of family. “While Kansas continues its steady return to normal, the pandemic caused ...