6 years ago
More cases of a mosquito-borne illness have been confirmed in Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, five cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed across the state. The agency says two cases were confirmed in Barton County, and single cases were confirmed in Sedgwick, McPherson and Sherman counties. West Nile Virus can ...

6 years ago
An exhibit inspired by the elevators and mills of north Salina opens this week. Salinans Rick Frisbie and Jane Serene are collaborating on the exhibit “Castles of the Northern Kingdom,” on display in the Salina Public Library’s Gallery 708. It will be on display Oct. 4-Nov. 1 with a reception for the artists from 4-5:30 ...

6 years ago
The U.S. justice department's top prosecutor is planning to visit Kansas. U.S. Attorney General William Barr will stop in Topeka tomorrow morning before visiting Wichita for an event tomorrow afternoon. Kansas Senator Jerry Moran invited Barr to the Sunflower State as part of his work on the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Related Agencies, ...

6 years ago
Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone scratched up a vehicle in west Salina. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between last Saturday and Monday morning, someone used a sharp object to gash the paint on a 2019 Nissan Sentra that was parked in a yard in the 600 block ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has revealed a new website aimed at increasing the public’s involvement with Kansas missing persons cases. The new missing persons website can be viewed at www.kbi.ks.gov/missingpersons. Unlike several national or non-profit missing person sites, the search tool is specific to missing person cases that originated in Kansas. The website provides a ...

6 years ago
The Secret Service will be the topic of discussion at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum. According to the facility, the next Evenings at Ease program is Tuesday, October 8, at 7 p.m. in the Visitors Center Auditorium of the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene. This program is free and open to the public. A sign-language ...

6 years ago
After a brief escape from her enclosure Monday morning, the Ralph Mitchell Zoo’s cougar was captured on zoo grounds and returned without incident or injury. It is believed the cougar squeezed through a small opening created in her enclosure fence when a portion of sandstone broke free from the natural bluff in her exhibit. The Independence, Kansas, ...

6 years ago
The Drug Enforcement Administration is reopening an office in Southwest Kansas. According to the agency, they will reopen their Garden City office. DEA officials closed the office two years ago, but are reopening it due to a rise in drug trafficking and drug-related violence in the area. Six new agents will relocate to Garden City within ...

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 ...