6 years ago
Most people in the state are hoping for less snow this winter, but regardless of what Mother Nature has in store, the Kansas Department of Transportation has done its best to be prepared. Parts of Kansas have already received some snow, and more is expected this week. Field employees have conducted snow and ice training during ...

6 years ago
Butler County EMS is considering changes to its ambulance response policy. County officials say ambulance calls increased by more than 14-hundred per year between 2014 and 2018. EMS took more than 66-hundred calls last year, but more than 25-percent of them were non-emergencies. EMS Director Frank Williams wants to partner with an outside agency to manage non-emergency calls ...

6 years ago
A trio of small earthquakes shook residents in Central Kansas Monday night. The Kansas Geological Survey says three small earthquakes were centered near Solomon. The first earthquake was a 2.9 magnitude, just south of Solomon in Saline County, at 9:48 PM. A 2.5 quake followed at 9:50 PM, and 2.8 was recorded at 9:55 PM. Both were just ...

6 years ago
Its still October, but parts of Kansas are preparing for snow. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for a large part of the state, from late Tuesday to late Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, winter precipitation is expected to overspread the area tonight through Wednesday. Snow is expected over western and central Kansas, with ...

6 years ago
A group of students from Salina South High School are planning to get an early jump on Halloween. Students, friends, and family from the school's drama department are planning to go out in costume tonight, going door-to-door volunteering to gather food donations Salina High School South’s Thespian Troupe #1476 is planning to participate in the International ...

6 years ago
It was a big weekend for lottery players in Kansas. According to the Kansas Lottery, on Saturday night, one lucky player in South Central Kansas won a $407,126 Super Kansas Cash jackpot. Then on Sunday night, the second of four Holiday Millionaire Raffle Early Bird drawings was held. The winning ticket, number 065585, was sold in ...

6 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office took part in the National Drug Take Back Day over the weekend - gathering over 200 pounds in expired prescription drugs. According to Lt. Sean Kochanowski, deputies were stationed at four locations around Salina and collected 222.6 pounds of leftover medications. The program is an effort to collect and safely dispose ...

6 years ago
A traffic stop leads to a drug related arrest on Saturday evening. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, an officer on patrol recognized a person he knew was driving with a suspended license - and pulled him over in the 300 block of S. Oakdale. As the officer talked with 20-year-old Caleb McConnell he noticed the ...

6 years ago
A Salina man's nest egg - put aside to buy his wife a bicycle was stolen from his home. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between October 20 and October 26, someone removed a bag of cash with over $10,000 in it and a couple of rifles from a home in the ...

6 years ago
A garage burns to the ground in Brookville over the weekend. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, Firefighters from Rural Fire District #3 were sent to 302 W. Anderson Street around 10:30pm Saturday night after a detached garage at the residence was engulfed in flames. Deputies say no one was injured in the blaze but a ...

6 years ago
A Salina man was jailed on Friday after initiating a lewd conversation with a 12-year-old boy. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 800 block of Elmhurst around 3pm after a naked man approached a woman and her son outside the Crossroads Club. Police say 61-year-old Michael J. Breit made inappropriate ...