8 years ago
Tracey is the Mann for the job. Salina businessman Tracey Mann is moving his office from Salina to Topeka to be the 50th Lt. Governor of Kansas. Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer and Mann were in Salina on Wednesday morning prior to Mann officially being sworn into office. The duo spoke in front of group of family, ...

8 years ago
Family and friends are still searching for a Salina teen who has been missing since late January. Kansas Missing and Unsolved tells KSAL News that 15-year-old Guage Peterson went missing on January 29th. Peterson is a white male. He is 5' 8" tall, and weighs 170 pounds. Peterson has brown hair and hazel eyes. He has a tattoo ...

8 years ago
The mother of a man shot and killed by Wichita police is showing her support for a so-called "swatting bill." Lisa Finch was in Topeka yesterday to speak to a legislative committee with the hope of advancing the proposal. Her son, 28-year-old Andrew Finch, was shot and killed in December by a Wichita police officer who had ...

8 years ago
Kansas is taking home the top prize in an annual pancake flipping event. Nine Liberal, Kansas, residents took part in the International Pancake Day race yesterday and defeated their opponents from Olney, England, by three seconds. The event, which is in its 69th year, features women from Liberal taking on women from Olney on a 415-yard course ...

8 years ago
Kansas police departments could soon have to release body camera video to the public. A Kansas Senate bill would require police departments to show body camera video to family members of those involved within 24 hours and then release that footage to the public after 30 days. A Kansas House proposal would require the police video to ...

8 years ago
Power was interrupted for a brief period of time in northeast Saline County Tuesday after a crop sprayer hit a power line. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 5:15pm, Michael Reinbold, 62 of New Cambria was operating a 2013 Apache brand sprayer in the 7300 block of E. Riordan Road and did not realize ...

8 years ago
Geoff Andrews has been named Assistant Principal at South Middle School. According to the Salina USD 305 School District, Andrews has been a public educator for over 12 years, most recently serving as the Lead Teacher at Coronado Elementary School. He has also served as a social studies teacher and athletics coach, coaching the Salina Central ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman was found guilty Tuesday of mistreatment of a dependent adult. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's Office, 43-year-old Meg Ellen Gravette-Holmgren pleaded guilty in Ottawa County District Court to one felony count of mistreatment of a dependent adult. The case stemmed from an investigation by the attorney general’s Fraud and Abuse Litigation Division ...

8 years ago
A Salina businessman is the new Lt. Governor of Kansas. Governor Jeff Colyer on Tuesday night announced Tracey Mann as his Lt. Governor. Colyer said "I am proud to introduce the new Lt. Governor of Kansas, Tracey Mann of Salina. Tracey has been a leader on economic development and rural issues in Kansas for years, and ...

8 years ago
People across North Central Kansas now have an easier and more affordable way to earn a Bachelor’s Degree. The presidents of Fort Hays State University and Salina Area Technical College came together Tuesday in Salina to sign an agreement establishing these new pathways. This new agreement means students can earn an Associate of Applied Science through Salina ...

8 years ago
A group of hearty volunteers are getting ready to go off the deep end, and take an icy dip. The Salina Polar Plunge event to help support Kansas Special Olympics is this Saturday at the Webster Conference Center. The event features an entire morning of activities, including a 5K and one mile run / walk and ...