8 years ago
A Salina woman was duped out of $2,000 by a man claiming to be an officer with the Saline County court system. Police Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that a 26-year-old Salina woman was contacted on Tuesday by a person claiming to be 'Deputy Cook' with the Salina Police Department. The caller convinced the woman she ...

8 years ago
Kansas could soon provide compensation to wrongly convicted people. Under a state senate proposal, wrongfully convicted people would receive 80-thousand-dollars for every year spent in prison. The Senate Judiciary Committee will continue its discussion of the bill on Monday.

8 years ago
The Salina South Boys Basketball Team was beyond tough Tuesday night in Derby. It was #CarterTough. Tuesday night was #CarterTough night in Derby. The night was to honor 7-year-old Carter Roberts, who within the last week lost his battle with childhood DIPG cancer. Carter was the son of a Derby alum and former athlete. Fans in Derby ...

8 years ago
A new study ranks Abilene as the best place to retire in Kansas. The study from SmartAsset ranked the 10 best places to retire in Kansas. The study considers taxes - both income and sales, the number of doctors' offices and opportunity for recreation and social life. According to SmartAsset, the looked at state and local tax ...

8 years ago
The Salina Tractor Supply Co. store donated 75 bags of pet food to the Saline County Animal Shelter. Grant Milford, manager of Salina Tractor Supply said, "More often than not, animal shelters and rescues depend greatly on food donations to support the pets they take in that await adoption." Milford also said, "Our goal at Tractor ...

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 ...