6 months ago
A couple's argument on a Salina street sends an Abilene man to jail. Police Lt. Andrew Zeigler tells KSAL News that on Friday 32-year-old Jonathan Picking was walking on Ohio Street with his 32-year-old girlfriend when they began arguing about their relationship. The woman became concerned and started calling someone, prompting Picking to grab the phone and ...

6 months ago
A Salina man is facing charges after allegedly choking a woman. According to Police Lt. Andrew Zeigler, officers were sent to a home in the 2400 block of Simmons Street after a 26-year-old woman called for help. Police say 30-year-old Dimitrios Laskou became violent during an argument and grabbed the woman by the throat, cutting off ...

6 months ago
Cheney Reservoir is at full capacity for the first time in three years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the reservoir rose 3.6-inches between Friday and Saturday following rainfall. Wichita city officials said last month there were no plans to amend water restrictions for customers who use city water. The city is currently under Stage 2 ...

6 months ago
An argument inside a Salina home took a violent turn after a resident allegedly pulled a knife on two roommates. Police Lt. Andrew Zeigler tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 600 block of S. 5th Street on Friday afternoon. Police say 47-year-old Abraham Glover was upset about how the living space was divided ...

6 months ago
A special horse will be the mount for an Abilene cowgirl this weekend. Jackie the horse might be blind, but that doesn’t make her useless. This week, at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene, Kansas, Lindsey Hughes will breakaway rope on her 21-year-old mare, a sorrel with two white back socks. Hughes acquired Jackie three years ago ...

7 months ago
After a few more days of dangerous heat, to begin the week, cooler and wetter conditions are expected by the weekend. Many locations will see highs only in the 70s and 80s by Thusday and  Friday. Prior to the arrival of the cooler weather, dangerous heat is expected as heat indices are forecast to climb into ...

7 months ago
A revamped Tri-Rivers Fair begins this week.  Changes in 2025 include among other things a new shorter date and time, a theme, and an "inflatable island" taking the place of a carnival. Traditionally held during the first full week of August, the fair this year will take place a week earlier,over a streamlined four-day schedule to ...

7 months ago
The first regular Army regiments comprised of African Americans are being honored today. It's National Buffalo Soldiers Day, marking their post-Civil War creation in 1866. The day was first commemorated in 1992, with General Colin Powell dedicating a monument at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where the 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers were based. Today, there are no known living ...

7 months ago
Salina Family YMCA is hosting the Y’s annual Healthy Kids Day® event on August 2 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Sponsored nationally by Peanuts, this free, annual event features a variety of family-friendly activities to encourage healthy kids, healthy families and a healthy start to the school year. “At the Y, we believe in providing resources to ...

7 months ago
When Alicia Allen returned to her family’s farm in western Kansas at age 24, she never expected that a patch of water-holding ground — one her dad had always said “just shouldn’t be farmed” — would turn into a cornerstone of their conservation legacy. That water-holding patch is a playa — a shallow, round wetland that ...

7 months ago
Let’s do this by job title. On one side of the Kansas gubernatorial gladiatorial arena you have four heavyweights: the secretary of state, the insurance commissioner, the Senate president and a former governor. On the other side you have — two state senators. That’s how the governor’s race has shaped up, more than a year before anyone ...