7 years ago
A woman from Abilene was hurt when she hit a semi which was parked on the shoulder of the road along Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 22-year-old Keena Henderson was driving a 2006 Pontiac G6 headed west on  I-70. She failed to maintain a single lane and struck a 2007 Freightliner semi which ...

7 years ago
Three people from Alabama were killed in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro was headed west in Geary County. The car entered the median and struck a guard rail, then  vaulted over K 177 Highway and came to rest on the west side ...

7 years ago
A school resource officer is accused of child sex crimes. Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents arrested 30-year-old Mark Scheetz of Lansing Wednesday afternoon for suspicion of rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. According to the KBI, Scheetz worked for nearly a year as a school resource officer at F.C. Schlagle High ...

7 years ago
It's day two of the Mid America Farm Expo at the Tony's Pizza Events Center and Saline County Livestock and Expo Center in Salina. The annual event boasts more than 300 exhibits with vendors on hand to discuss grain storage, livestock equipment, farm buildings and precision electronics. Don't miss the amazing roasted nuts as you enter ...

7 years ago
A Salina motorcycle driver was sent to the hospital after he crashed in to the side of a vehicle in north Salina. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the crash happened at 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday in the 100 block of S. 5th St. A 2014 Kia Soul, driven by Aymet Demara, 23, Maricopa, Ariz., ...

7 years ago
A subject allegedly took a vehicle for a test drive and never returned. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a subject showed up at Kenny's Auto Body, 615 E. Pacific, and asked to test drive a 1999 Chevy Astro van on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The subject told the business that he would drive to ...

7 years ago
Authorities are on the look out for two donkeys--not even a month old--who appear to have been stolen. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the donkeys were taken sometime between 5 p.m. on Monday and at noon on Tuesday from the 2300 block of W. Farrelly Rd. A 66-year-old Salina man owns a pasture ...

7 years ago
A state agency is reminding utility customers who are behind on paying their electric and natural gas bills that the Kansas Cold Weather Rule ends Sunday. The Kansas Corporation Commissions says that means those who are behind on electric and natural gas utility bills will be subject to disconnection of service unless they contact their utility ...

7 years ago
The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday unanimously passed legislation to promote former U.S. Senator Bob Dole to the grade of colonel in the U.S. Army. Now with the legislation through both the House and the Senate, it will head to the president’s desk for final signage. In January, Kansas Rep. Dr. Roger Marshall introduced this bill ...

7 years ago
A student from Bennington will be recognized for her volunteerism. According to Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland Junior, Riley Padget-Cook was named one of Kansas’ top two youth volunteers of 2019 by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and will be honored at the council’s Recognition Breakfast and Annual Meeting on Saturday. This award celebrates young ...

7 years ago
No one was seriously hurt when an airplane made a crash landing near the airport in Newton Tuesday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Cessna 140 suffered total engine failure at a  low altitude and low speed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field north of the runway at the Newton City-County ...