8 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback received a special holiday delivery this week from Salina. The governor’s Christmas tree arrived at his Cedar Crest mansion on a horse-drawn coach Tuesday morning. This year’s 9 foot Scotch Pine was grown and donated by Michelle Peck of Bel Tree Farm in east Salina. Bel Tree Farm is also donating a 24 ...

8 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan is reminding Thanksgiving holiday drivers to be watchful of deer after three more accidents over the past 24 hours involving deer strikes. Sheriff Soldan reports that a deer strike caused heavy damage to a Ford Explorer on Tuesday evening around 6pm after a collision on K-140 near Powers Road. At 7:13pm Tuesday, ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the use of a counterfeit $10 bill that was discovered in a deposit this week from The City Teen Center, 129 N. 7th. Staff at Bennington State Bank on South 9th discovered the phony bill and contacted police.   Police are investigating a work-site burglary at the Fairfield Inn at 2455 Virginia Ct, ...

8 years ago
Redshirt freshman quarterback Skylar Thompson connected with junior wide receiver Byron Pringle on three passing touchdowns, and Pringle added an 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to help Kansas State shock 13th-ranked Oklahoma State, 45-40. Pringle became the first player in Big 12 history with three touchdown catches and a kickoff return touchdown in the same ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after jumping out of a stolen SUV and running into the woods. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 22-year-old Malachi Lageman was arrested on Monday in connection to a string of vehicle burglaries. Police say between October 21 and November 20 Lageman allegedly broke into three vehicles on Clark ...

8 years ago
Two of the region's largest utilities are one step closer to combining forces. Shareholders of Kansas City-based Great Plains Energy and Topeka-based Westar Energy have voted in favor of merging the two companies under a new corporation called Monarch Energy Holding. Officials announced yesterday shareholders for each company voted more than 90-percent in favor of the ...

8 years ago
The cost of this year's Thanksgiving dinner is the lowest since 2013 and second-lowest since 2011. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day table, the average cost for this year's dinner for 10 is $49.12 - 75-cents less than last year's feast. Director of market ...

8 years ago
Coming off a high-energy rivalry showdown on Saturday against Bethany, the Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball team was looking for a spark early. The team delivered in the quick turnaround. Wesleyan jumped out to a 26-9 lead, lost the cushion, but turned things around for a 74-70 victory against Ottawa at Mabee Arena. KWU is 4-0 at home ...

8 years ago
Kansas Roads and highways will be plenty stuffed with Thanksgiving travel. AAA projects 50.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 3.3 percent increase over last year. The 2017 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005 with 1.6 million more people taking to the nation's ...

8 years ago
The Salina Salvation Army is planning a Thanksgiving dinner for several thousand of their closest friends. The organization will again host a free community-wide Thanksgiving dinner. The event this year will be at Applebee's on South 9th Street in Salina. The meal will include turkey with all the trimmings. Roxanne Matous from the Salvation Army tells KSAL ...

8 years ago
Kansas football was unable to overcome the powerful offense of No. 3/5 Oklahoma on Saturday, as the Jayhawks fell to the Sooners 41-3 at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas (1-10, 0-8 Big 12) held Oklahoma (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) redshirt senior quarterback Baker Mayfield to a season-low 259 yards passing, including just 105 in the ...