7 years ago
Scammers have been asking for money in the form of gift cards for some time now. Often, they've posed as grandchildren stuck in a foreign country, representatives from local utility companies, or even law enforcement. According to the Kansas Attorney General's Office, a new angle on a gift card scam they've seen pop up is ...

7 years ago
Memorial Health System (MHS) in Abilene has received a Pathways to Healthy Kansas Implementation Grant in the amount of $10,000.00 to purchase water bottle filling stations in each of their facilities. MHS has implemented policies to enhance employee health and fitness and to discourage tobacco use, and would like to encourage employees and visitors to ...

7 years ago
The Salina USD 305 School District honored its teachers of the year Tuesday evening. According to the district, Kylene Comeau, third grade teacher at Sunset Elementary, and Charlie Todd, mathematics teacher at Salina High School South, have been selected as USD 305 Teachers of the Year. They were honored by the Salina Board of Education Elementary Teacher ...

7 years ago
Authorities have identified the driver of a pickup who fell asleep at the wheel and rolled to a stop near a railroad track. The Saline County Sheriff's office says 18-year-old Alec Sappington of Gymon, Oklahoma was eastbound on I-70 Monday morning and fell asleep just after 6am. His 2007 GMC pickup went through a guard rail and ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of an ATV. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between August 19 and August 26, someone jumped into a 2004 Eton RXL 50 ATV and stole the vehicle. The owner had parked the ATV in the 1700 block of Beverly Drive and told officers it does not require a ...

7 years ago
Kansas' largest school district is changing its grading system. The Wichita Public School District has adopted a new system that grades students on a zero to four scale. Zero is failing while Four is advanced. The Standards-Referenced Grading system will be used for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

7 years ago
A Kansas man has admitted to crashing a car into a Cabela's store in hopes of stealing guns. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, 30-year-old Kyle Mendez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to steal guns from a licensed firearms dealer and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. In his plea, ...

7 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has received a $750,000 challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation toward renovation of the new $4.5 million Nursing Education Center. The funding from the Mabee Foundation will be awarded to the university as a challenge grant requiring the remaining $3.76 million for the Nursing Education Center to be raised in ...

7 years ago
Fourteen people, including a dozen children, were hurt in a crash which left a school bus on its side in Northwest Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a USD 103 Cheylin School bus was headed south on a county road. The bus failed to yield the right of way at an intersection and was hit ...

7 years ago
A Salina man wanted on three outstanding warrants was tracked down in a trailer park Sunday evening. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, deputies contacted 29-year-old Adrian Vanley in a trailer court located in the 900 block of N. 13th Street. Vanley tried to run away from officers and was tased and taken into custody just ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a trailer loaded with mowing equipment. Captain Gary Hanus tell KSAL News that sometime between 10:30am Friday and noon on Sunday, someone hooked up a metal trailer that had two riding mowers on board along with weed trimmers and leaf blowers and drove off. Police say the owner, Tyler Pankratz ...