8 years ago
Volunteers are needed to help at the Saline County Back to School Fair. The event is on Friday, July 28th. “Volunteers are needed starting with a few on Wednesday and more through Friday evening,” said Regina Hendrickson, Volunteer Co-Chair. “I’ve helped pack bags on Thursday and taken registrations on Friday afternoon the last few years. It’s ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was jailed after a trove of stolen construction tools were found in his backyard. Police arrested 22-year-old Jordan Glassburn-Hoesli on Friday after the Saline County Sheriff's Office and SPD teamed up on an investigation centered on a residential burglary east of Salina. According to Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, investigators ...

8 years ago
Local media coverage leads to the recovery of three missing steel gates reported stolen from the Shiloh Cemetery northwest of Salina. The Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that a person with ties to the cemetery located at Burma and Pleasant Hill Roads saw the gates lying in the weeds and told deputies they thought ...

8 years ago
A woman has been charged with leaving a 3-year-old and an 11-month-old in a hot car at a suburban Kansas City mall. Neither child was seriously hurt. Thirty-two-year-old Sara Fite, of Olathe, Kansas, was charged Monday in Johnson County District Court with two felony counts of aggravated child endangerment. She appeared in court Monday afternoon and ...

8 years ago
Along with the Kansas heat index,  multiple Kansas lottery jackpots keep on rising. According to the Kansas Lottery, no ticket matched all numbers in Monday’s drawing, so the jackpot climbs to a new record of $3.44 million for Wednesday. The Super Kansas Cash jackpot has been rolling since September 21, 2016, when a Prairie Village player won ...

8 years ago
Two Republican senators Monday night dealt a fatal blow to the Senate Republican health care bill. Sens. Jerry Moran and Mike Lee joined two other senators in opposing the legislation, meaning there are not enough votes to move ahead. The implosion of the Senate Republican health care bill leaves a divided GOP with its flagship ...

8 years ago
A disciplinary agency that oversees attorneys has opened a formal investigation against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach for alleged misconduct in voting rights cases. A letter obtained by The Associated Press shows the Office of Disciplinary Administration decided to investigate the Kansas Republican following a complaint brought by Washburn University student Keri Strahler. Kobach's office says ...

8 years ago
The deteriorating log cabin at the "Little House on the Prairie" site in Kansas is expected to soon get a makeover. The Wichita Eagle reports that the current cabin was re-created and built near Independence in 1977 at the television series' peak of popularity. The show is based off Laura Ingalls Wilder's books centered on her ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman who was arrested for drug possession is now facing additional charges for drug trafficking after jail staff discovered meth in her bra. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 29-year-old Amy Jo Hall was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon for possession of a narcotic drug. Sheriff Soldan says that Hall would ...

8 years ago
Bethany College is no longer on probation. According to the school, it received official notification Monday that the board of directors of the Higher Learning Commission has removed the college from probation and reaffirmed the college’s accreditation. “This is day to celebrate! This outcome is the successful culmination of two years of diligent, smart work to correct ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of three ornate, steel gates from a cemetery northwest of Salina. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that back on June 30th, a maintenance crew at Shiloh Cemetery removed the gates off their posts and placed them inside the grounds. Last Friday the crew discovered someone had taken ...