7 years ago
Lawmakers are considering a bill that could make Kansas more attractive to retirees. A measure calls for increasing the amount of money people can make while pulling from their Social Security without being taxed on their Social Security benefits. Under current law, Kansans can make 75-thousand-dollars per year without being taxed. The proposed bill would increase that amount ...

7 years ago
A Kansas woman is continuing to be treated for the coronavirus. Officials at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, announced yesterday that the patient is doing well. The woman, who is a Johnson County resident under 50-years-old, had arranged to be taken to an isolated area of the hospital, and officials say ...

7 years ago
The streets of Downtown Salina will be filled with revelers dressed in green this St. Patrick's Day weekend. Salina will celebrate again this year with a downtown pub crawl. The seventh annual Salina Downtown Inc.’s St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl is this Saturday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event has ten participating downtown bars and restaurants.  ...

7 years ago
A couple of Kansas Wesleyan University students may have noticed a reduction in their account balance. The school says it’s not a clerical error, but rather a pair of good Samaritans have paid off large amounts of the account balances for a pair of Coyote students. According to KWU one Coyote, a freshman nursing student, works ...

7 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration recently received assistance from The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, designed to help newly elected governors and their staff assess their juvenile and adult criminal justice systems and identify strategic goals that align with the administration’s vision for public safety. One of the areas identified for improvement was expanding ...

7 years ago
A man who fell asleep at the wheel of his car while stopped at a railroad crossing was taken into custody for DUI Sunday morning. Salina Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that around 8:30am, 30-year-old Terrius Jones of Wichita was allegedly passed out in his 2000 Mercury Sable at the intersection of North 9th ...

7 years ago
A Salina man is facing numerous traffic violations after leading law enforcement on on a high speed pursuit. According to Police Captain Gary Hanus, an officer on patrol Saturday night attempted to make a traffic stop in the 200 block of North Broadway after he observed a 2015 Toyota Civic driving with no tail lights on. ...

7 years ago
A man returns to his area farmstead to discover that his tilt trailer was missing. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime over the past year, a black, 2004 H&H 18-foot tilt trailer was stolen from a property in the 1800 block of S. Cunningham. The owner did not contact authorities for three months ...

7 years ago
A couple of people on the March list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested. The new list of Salina's Most Wanted went online back Saturday.  By Monday two of them have been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrests include: Calvin Ray Anderson III Victor Manuel Cabrera Jr, Since the Most Wanted program ...

7 years ago
The Salina Area United Way's 2020 Make A Difference Grant funding process is open. According to the agency, they are awarding $75,000 in Make A Difference Grants this year.  The purpose of the Make A Difference grant is to be responsive to community needs.  Consideration will be given to programs which make a difference in our ...

7 years ago
Two Kansas men and their dog survived a plane crash in Florida. According to the Okaloosa County, Florida, Sheriff's Office, a pilot and passenger aboard a Beech Bonanza aircraft which down short of the Destin Executive Airport runway Sunday morning are identified as a father and son from Kansas who were flying into the Destin area ...