6 months ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a electric bike. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, around 4:20pm on Monday, a 71-year-old man was mowing his yard in the 100 block of W. Key and left his garage door open. A thief noticed the lime green colored bike inside the garage and stole it. The E-bike is valued ...

6 months ago
A Salina man is in jail on charges of stalking a woman he is acquainted with. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Mark J. Storms was taken into custody on Saturday afternoon after he allegedly called a 41-year-old woman, thirty times. The victim did not answer the phone, but later called police after she ...

6 months ago
The billion-dollar Powerball jackpot is still on the rise According to the lottery, the prize has surged to an estimated $1.30 billion for the next drawing on Wednesday night. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $589.0 million. Wednesday’s jackpot ranks as the fifth largest in the Powerball game and the ninth largest among U.S. ...

6 months ago
Heavy rain is blamed for causing a three-vehicle crash which injured three-people on Interstate 70 in the Flint Hills Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  a Jeep Grand Cherokee was headed east near milepost 311 when it began to rain heavily.  The driver, 24-year-old Riley Brungardt from Hoisington,  lost control and struck a Buick ...

6 months ago
A Salina based convenience store chain is on a mission to help stock the shelves of local food banks. 24/7 Travel Store is kicking off its 8th annual Food Bank Fill-Up campaign, “Driving Out Hunger. Together.” According to the organization, across Kansas customers can donate at the register all month long. 24/7 Travel Store will match ...

6 months ago
A project to drawdown water at Kanopolis Lake begins on Tuesday. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Kanopolis Lake Project will begin a lake drawdown beginning September  2nd. It will end by September 30th.  The project is to support ongoing construction at the dam’s outlet works.  Outlet discharges into the Smoky Hill River are ...

6 months ago
Salina Public Library invites the community to play Library Bingo, a fun, month-long activity running September 1–30 in celebration of National Library Card Sign-Up Month. This initiative also supports the community during Suicide Prevention Month. Sadly, suicide continues to be a leading cause of death in the United States. In 2023, more than 49,300 Americans died by suicide, the highest number ...

6 months ago
Two people were killed and three people were hurt in a crash which involved three vehicles and a boat Sunday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Hyundai Kona was headed south on K 327 Highway in rural Jefferson County. The small SUV failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of US ...

6 months ago
Players will have a chance to go for a billion-dollar Powerball jackpot before the holiday weekend ends. No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night, pushing the Powerball jackpot to an estimated $1.1 billion for the next drawing on Monday night. Monday’s jackpot is the game’s fifth-largest prize ever. It has an estimated cash value ...

6 months ago
For those who don’t hunt, fall may officially start on September 22nd, the Autumn Equinox. For hunters, though, fall begins Monday when dove season opens. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, hunters should consider the many fields in state wildlife areas that are managed for dove hunting. Each year, agency staff plant and ...

6 months ago
Seventy percent of Kansas school districts are repaying amounts from hundreds to millions of dollars after a Medicaid calculation error by a state contractor, a Kansas official testified this week. Secretary Janet Stanek from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told the Legislative Budget Committee on Tuesday that 153 of the 286 school districts had ...