8 years ago
Rates are increasing on the Kansas Turnpike. Starting this week, rates are up five-percent for K-Tag drivers and 12-percent for drivers who pay tolls with cash or credit cards. The increased fees will be used to renovate toll plazas and fund road construction projects.

8 years ago
A Kansas fast food restaurant employee is accused of adding a peroxide-based cleaner to a sheriff's deputy's drink. Twenty-two-year-old Trevor Hockaday was arrested last month after he allegedly tampered with the beverage while working in the drive-through lane at a McDonald's in Iola. Authorities say the deputy consumed the drink and suffered flu-like symptoms. Hockaday is charged with ...

8 years ago
More students are attending Wichita State University. Officials say enrollment is up this fall by four-point-seven-percent, and the school has its largest freshman class in history. More than 15-thousand students are enrolled at Wichita State this fall including more than 16-hundred first-time freshmen.

8 years ago
A stolen truck from Salina was found abandoned and burning in rural McPherson County. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 2013 Dodge 3500 Ram 1-ton diesel truck was stolen from a backyard in the 700 block of Merrill sometime between Sunday at 7pm and Monday morning at 8am. Police say authorities in McPherson County ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents released preliminary figures that show a slight increase at state universities and a small decrease in systemwide enrollment of full-time equivalent students. Fort Hays State saw the largest increase of students, while K-State and Wichita State saw a slight increase to both of its enrollment numbers. KU had a slight decrease ...

8 years ago
Police arrested 30-year-old Christopher Selby on Saturday evening after a homeowner in the 1200 block of N. 7th asked officers to come and remove him. Officers discovered Selby had three probation violations and took him to jail. He's now facing additional charges, during his book-in process, deputies found him in possession of 5.1 grams of ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of some high-tech gadgets stolen from a small river gauge station that is operated by the U.S. Geological Survey Center. Deputies say sometime between 10:45pm and 11pm Thursday, someone forced entry into a small shed near the Smoky Hill River Bridge in the 1500 block of N. ...

8 years ago
A car left abandoned after a high speed pursuit was found with a reluctant passenger inside. According to Salina Police Sergeant David Villanueva, an officer on patrol attempted to make a traffic stop on Saturday evening after observing someone in a 1998 Cadillac DeVille driving erratically in the 800 block of E. Iron around 6:40pm. The pursuit ...

8 years ago
No one was hurt after a couple of shotgun blasts were aimed at a home just northeast of Salina. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that someone in an older model 4-door Ford Focus slowed down in front of a home in the 1700 block of N. Marymount Road - and fired two shells ...

8 years ago
A woman suspected of breaking into a couple of homes is in jail while her wiener dog named Pickles, is at the Salina Animal Shelter. Police Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that 32-year-old Allison Williams was tackled and held down on the homeowner's front lawn early Sunday morning in the 600 block of W. Iron. Police ...

8 years ago
A long-time Salina organization whose mission is to mentor children is getting a new look. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina along, with more than 270 Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliates across the country, Monday unveiled a new, modern look and brand repositioning with a goal of recruiting more diverse volunteers. “The need in Saline County ...