7 years ago
If you drive an electric vehicle in the Sunflower State, you're going to get a charge out of this, literally. State transportation officials say a ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow at the charging station in Topeka to announce plans for new charging stations in that city, as well as in Lawrence and Towanda. Officials say the ...

7 years ago
An abandoned house burns down near the Saline County Landfill. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that an old house on a property located at 4533 S. Burma Road was consumed by fire on Sunday morning. Fire crews from RFD #6 and RFD #2 were sent to control the blaze that may have been ignited by an ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) and Rod's Convenience Stores have entered into an acceptable agreement allowing the seven stores that were temporarily closed to resume business. Last week agents from the Kansas Department of Revenue accompanied by the Saline Sheriff Department executed tax warrants and closed Rod Convenience Stores for nonpayment of Retailers Sales Tax ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after three all terrain vehicles were stolen over the weekend, in two separate burglaries. Sheriff Roger Soldan says two of the vehicles were destroyed by fire while the other is still missing. Deputies were sent to 11513 S. Soderberg Road after a 2014 Polaris Ranger was found smoldering in ...

7 years ago
A dozen collector bicycles were stolen from a storage shed in Salina. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to 204 S. Broadway after the owner discovered someone had broken into his building and removed 12 bikes he had in storage. Police say the owner is still tabulating the loss after someone stole ...

7 years ago
The body of a Saline County man was recovered early Monday morning after he apparently drowned in a farm pond. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 9:30pm Sunday, 75-year-old Errol D. Redden told his wife he was going to clear out a drain that had become clogged underwater in the 11000 block of S. ...

7 years ago
No injuries are reported after three tanker cars went off the tracks Sunday afternoon in Hays. Local police reportedly got the call a little after 5 p.m. about the incident near 9th and Milner. Although there was no evidence of any toxic hazard and the derailed cars weren't blocking traffic, Hays firefighters set up a 300-foot ...

7 years ago
A drousy driver is responsible for a single-vehicle wreck on Saturday afternoon in McPherson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol tells KSAL News that a vehicle was traveling southbound down Interstate-135 when the driver fell asleep. The car crossed the center line, then crossed the left line, struck the bridge rail and came to a rest on ...

7 years ago
Authorities in McPherson are investigating after ten people were hospitalized yesterday afternoon following what local firefighters characterized as "a mass carbon-monoxide event." According to Fire Chief Ty Wyssman, his department got the call around 3:30 p.m. about the incident at a fast-food restaurant in the 22-hundred-block of East Kansas Street. Ten males were reportedly treated at ...

7 years ago
The free summer meal program in Salina ends this week. The free summer meal program ends on Friday. Free meals are for all children ages one through eighteen. Adults are welcome to eat breakfast for $2.00 and lunch for $4.00. There are no income or registration requirements to receive meals.  Serving Sites: Central High School – 650 ...

7 years ago
Fort Riley is planning its first ever Soap Box Derby. The race is scheudled on August 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Camp Funston. According to the Army, nicknamed “Riley’s Rascal Derby Race,” the event is open to racers in three age divisions: 7 – 12 years old; 13 – 17 years old; and ...