8 years ago
A group of land managers and rural district fire chiefs have been mulling what, if any, changes are appropriate to the county’s twenty year old “open burning” policies.  They have proposed: Adopting a “lifetime” burn permit, instead of requiring the public to apply yearly for burn permits. Permit holders will still have to contact the ...

8 years ago
Kansas State's win streak versus Texas schools has come to an end. K-State's streak stopped at six on Saturday when the Texas Longhorns edged the Cats 40-34 in double overtime. Quarterback Jesse Ertz hurt his knee in the third quarter, but came back for the final drive of regulation. Ertz was 12-of-18 passing for 224 yards, two ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Jayhawks lost their fourth-straight game on Saturday to Texas Tech. The Red Raiders gashed the Hawks, cruising their way to a 65-19 victory. Kansas' defense coughed up 546 yards of total offense. Tech quarterback Nic Shimonek was 19-of-24 passing for 233 yards and two touchdowns. Texas Tech nearly had two 100-yard rushers, led by Justin ...

8 years ago
A Salina man calls police after discovering his scooter was stolen from a spot he left it with an empty fuel tank. Police say Jeremy Dunham was riding his yellow, Bronc scooter and ran out of gas in the 800 block of N. Broadway Monday evening around 8pm. He told officers he left the bike in a ...

8 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan is urging citizens to be on the lookout for fly by night companies that promise work on rural properties and then do sub-par work or take the money and run. Sheriff Soldan tells KSAL News that a 70-year-old man who lives in northwest Saline County told deputies this week a so-called ...

8 years ago
An argument that began in a home in the 800 block of Seneca Ave. ends with a Salina man under arrest. Officers took 27-year-old Anthony Kirkbride into custody Monday afternoon around 1:30pm after his 29-year-old girlfriend called police. According to Sergeant Jim Feldman, the victim told officers the argument turned violent when Kirkbride allegedly threw a brick ...

8 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback on Tuesday issued an executive pardon to Mark Schmitt, a native of Liberal, Kan., currently residing in Parker Colo. At the same time, Gov. Brownback denied 72 other requests for executive clemency. The pardon granted is the first and only pardon signed to date by Governor Brownback. Mark Schmitt was convicted of felony theft ...

8 years ago
The fall season continues to roll on for the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes. And so does the Kansas Wesleyan Coaches Show, which takes place every Monday from 6 to 7 pm, live at Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn just past Lowe’s. Come in for the $6.99 Build-Your-Own-Burger Special that includes a side. Various members of the ...

8 years ago
A Solomon man was hurt in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 70 Monday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 72-year-old Stuart Novotny was driving west in a 2012 Ford F 250 pickup truck, pulling an empty small cattle trailer. Novotny lost control when a tire blew. The truck and trailer flipped in the median, coming to ...

8 years ago
A Salina doctor is using new break through technology to help reduce the risk of stroke in some at-risk patients.  Mowery Clinic Cardiologist, Dr. Maria Baldasare is now offering a newly-approved device designed to help reduce the risk of recurrent ischemic strokes in patients diagnosed with a patent foramen ovale (PFO) – a small opening ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Ulysses Police Department, and the Grant County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a one-year-old from Ulysses. According to the KBI, On Monday, Oct. 2, at approximately 11:25 a.m, the Ulysses Police Department received a call reporting an unresponsive male toddler at 819 N. Stever, Ulysses, ...