6 years ago
Authorities say a truck found burning and another pickup stolen from a rural Saline County property are likely linked by an unknown suspect. According to Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, deputies were sent to the 6400 block of E. Campbell Road on Wednesday morning around 5:30am to the report of a burning ...

6 years ago
Wind blown - arching power lines are thought to be the cause of a fire that burned up 100 acres of grass and fence line southeast of Salina. Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that overhead power lines leading to the Eagle Communications tower in the 4000 block of E. ...

6 years ago
The 2020 Ike Book Talk series begins Tuesday. The book club meets in the Visitors Center Auditorium at 200 SE 4th Street, Abilene. This free program is open to the public. Registration is not required. The first book in the series is At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends written by Dwight Eisenhower. Ike’s popular memoir ...

6 years ago
In partnership with global testing service Pearson VUE, Salina Area Technical College is now offering the Kansas Real Estate Licensure Exams on campus. Salina Tech first became a Pearson VUE Authorized Testing Center in 2016 and has been expanding on the testing opportunities available in the Salina area since then. To become an Authorized Testing Center, Salina ...

6 years ago
Firefighters from multiple rural fire districts in Saline, McPherson, and Dickinson Counties, and the Saline Fire Department battled a large grass fire just east of Salina Wednesday afternoon. Deputy Saline County Administrator Hannah Stambaugh told KSAL News a fire was reported at around 2:00 in the area of Simpson Road and Magnolia Road. Multiple first responders ...

6 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced on Wednesday her intent to submit an executive reorganization order to the Kansas Legislature creating the Kansas Department of Human Services (KDHS). The new agency will include the current programs at the Department for Children and Families (DCF), Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) and the juvenile services division ...

6 years ago
A pregnant woman was treated at the emergency room for a cut on her head as police continue to look for her boyfriend who is a suspect in a domestic violence case. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers are looking for a 31-year-old black male who allegedly hit his girlfriend during an ...

6 years ago
The neighborhood around downtown Wichita's new baseball stadium will be subject to a new sales tax. The Wichita City Council voted yesterday to approve a two-percent sales tax for businesses near the new ballpark, which opens in April. Proceeds from the special sales tax will help offset the cost of the 75-million-dollar stadium project.

6 years ago
A man from Bennington was injured in a single vehicle crash early Tuesday morning. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that 18-year-old Nathaniel Jamison was transported to Salina Regional Health Center with non-life threatening injuries following a crash north of Salina on K-143. Deputies say Jamison may have fallen asleep before his 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse ...

6 years ago
A Kansas hunter is in the record books. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism bowhunter Brian Butcher harvested a whitetail buck in Chase County last October that he knew was something special. It wasn’t until the buck’s rack was measured by Boone and Crockett Club certified measurers on Friday, Jan. 3rd, that ...

6 years ago
Saline County Commissioners have allocated special funding to ten different organizations. During their meeting on Tuesday, among other things, commissioners allocated funding through a couple of different funds, the alcohol fund and the parks and recreation fund. Saline County receives a portion of funds derived from the gross receipts tax on alcohol in the unincorporated areas of ...