6 years ago
Ticket sales are underway  for the 5th annual Every Child Matters Dinner in Salina.  According to the Child Advocacy and Parenting Services agency, the evening aims to connect the community to child abuse prevention and intervention work completed by CAPS staff in eight programs. The featured speaker is Darrell Scott, the founder of the Rachel’s Challenge ...

6 years ago
A traffic stop leads to a couple of arrests following an alleged shop lifting incident at Walmart on Sunday morning just before noon. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a deputy identified the orange, Chevy Silverado that was reported leaving the scene and made a stop on I-135 near the Old 40 interchange. The ...

6 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after he allegedly rammed into his estranged girlfriend's car with his vehicle. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Maxwell Thille was following the woman's car Sunday evening when she parked in the 700 block of Cedar Creek Drive around 7:40pm. Police say he hit the right passenger ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that a suspected child abduction incident near a rural bus stop Friday has been determined as an innocent misunderstanding by an 11-year-old boy. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the wife of a newspaper carrier heard media reports about a man in a dark car in the area and ...

6 years ago
A Kansas City area school district is planning to sue an e-cigarette manufacturer. The Olathe school board voted Friday to authorize a lawsuit against Juul and its retailers and distributors on the argument that using the products poses a health risk to students. District officials call vaping an epidemic and add that the district is taking the ...

6 years ago
A runner is dead after being struck by lightning in southeastern Kansas. Officials say 33-year-old Thomas Stanley of Andover was competing in the FlatRock 50k at Elk City State Park on Saturday when he was struck by lightning near the finish line. Stanley died from his injuries. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Stanley's family.

6 years ago
The 2019 Salina Reads selection, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann, centers on the Osage community in 1920s Oklahoma. To further discussion of the book, Matt Jarvis will present “Osage Indians Represented in Literature” at 3 p.m. Oct. 5 in Salina Public Library’s Prescott ...

6 years ago
The Smoky Hill Museum is changing its hours of operation. According to the museum, starting Tuesday they will be open 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesdays through Fridays. Currently, the hours are noon till 6. Saturday hours will remain the same at 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. As always, admission for the Museum will remain free. The Smoky ...

6 years ago
Before Saturday's rain showers fell, Salinans were treated to a parade down 7th Street as the opening act of the 2019 Smoky Hill Street Fair marched on by. Piles of Kettle Corn await the curious and the hungry. This year's Street Fair included food vendors, make and take crafts, demonstrators plus an Old West area for activities ...

6 years ago
In a 5-1 vote, Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commissioners approved the use of electric-assisted bicycles, or e-bikes, at Kansas state parks. The decision was made during the Commission’s Sept. 19 public hearing at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center in Great Bend. E-bikes, also referred to as pedal-assist bikes, have a small motor that engages when ...

6 years ago
A couple of Kansans were arrested in Colorado after twice fleeing police. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, two Ulysses, Kansas, residents were arrested in Baca County, Colo. after twice fleeing from police this week when authorities attempted to arrest them for outstanding warrants. The agency says 40-year-old Nicholas D. Moody of Ulysses had three ...