5 years ago
If you will be spending time over the weekend at a Kansas lake, officials caution to be aware of the three warnings and twelve watches due to toxic blue-green algae. The following health advisories have been issued: Warning Milford Lake Zone B and C, Geary County Gathering Pond, Geary County (upgraded from watch) Lovewell Reservoir, Jewell ...

5 years ago
Though it will look a little different, backpacks full of free school supplies will be distributed at the Salina Back to School Fair. Families in need of school supplies will line up in vehicles in the cone-marked parking lot around Lakewood Middle School today to pick up backpacks for this year’s Saline County Back to School ...

5 years ago
More than 800 military personnel are set to converge on Salina and the surrounding area for the next several weeks to participate in the joint-service exercise, Jaded Thunder. According to the Salina Airport Authority the Jaded Thunder exercise will include joint corps integration by members of Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and Army units, as well ...

5 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly today toured the Kansas State University Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) to learn more about its work fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, including through potential vaccine development, medicine discovery, and understanding how animals may be affected by the virus. “The Kansas State University Biosecurity Research Institute has a long history of excellence and innovation ...

5 years ago
A purse is stolen after someone threw a large piece of concrete through a window of a vehicle and then took the purse from inside. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Ashley Appleby, Salina, discovered that her car had sustained damage to its windshield and her purse was also stolen. Appleby says that ...

5 years ago
A Salina woman is hospitalized after a wreck with a parked vehicle. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester says that the accident occurred at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday near S. 11th St. and W. Jewell Ave. A 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup, driven by 55-year-old Mellanie Shadden, Salina, was traveling north on 11th. She turned right on to Jewell and ...

5 years ago
Salina Police continue to investigate after a Salina man is found under the influence and with stab wounds in a parking lot. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 8 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to the area of the 600 block of S. Broadway Blvd. to the report of a subject with ...

5 years ago
Over a half dozen people on the August list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested. The new list of Salina's Most Wanted went online Saturday. Since then, eight of them have been arrested. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the arrests include: Patrick Dackin Glenn Jacobs Cody McElderry Logan Reed Mary Staufenberg Dillon Sonnier Khamry ...

5 years ago
Fall sports in Kansas are likely to be impacted by COVID-19. Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Dr. Lee Norman says that fall sports are not expected to be successful due to the pandemic. [audio wav="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Dr-Lee-Norman-Sports.wav"][/audio]   Norman says even though organized sports activities have not been as widespread this summer, there still have been  63 COVID-19 ...

5 years ago
A passenger on a motorcycle was injured in a crash south of Salina late Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Suzuki motorcycle was headed west on K-4 Highway. A vehicle turned in front of the motorcycle to enter the northbound I-135 on ramp. The driver of the motorcycle attempted an avoidance maneuver and ...

5 years ago
The city of Goddard's mayor is stepping down. Goddard Mayor Jamey Blubaugh resigned from office on Monday. He and his wife were each charged yesterday with one misdemeanor count of counterfeiting. Prosecutors say Blubaugh and his wife allegedly counterfeited tickets to the Sedgwick County Zoo's annual Zoobilee fundraiser.