9 years ago
On Monday July 17th, Thomas Industrial Coatings of Kansas City will begin repainting the pedestrian railings and light poles on the Iron Avenue bridge west of Marymount Road. The existing green paint has significantly faded and chipped since the steel was last painted 31 years ago.  The new paint color will be black to match the ...

9 years ago
During the week of July 17 - 21, APAC-Kansas, Inc., Shears Division of Salina will continue work on the City of Salina’s annual Asphalt Mill and Inlay project. The work consists of milling the existing asphalt street surface 1.5" and replacing it with new asphalt to rehabilitate and preserve the pavement section.  Permanent pavement markings will ...

9 years ago
A newspaper says an emergency log book suggests the Kansas Department of Corrections perhaps downplayed an inmate disturbance last month at a prison. Kansas prison officials had reported that no violence occurred and no weapons were accessed by inmates during the June 29 incident at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. But The Kansas City Star reports a ...

9 years ago
Between June 19th and June 28th, unknown suspect(s) burglarized an outbuilding located in the 7000 block of E. Assaria Road, in rural Saline County. Numerous items were stolen including: An unknown brand, yellow Arc welder Tool box with misc. hand tools and plumbing tools A Milwaukee cordless drill An acetylene torch with hoses A Stihl chain ...

9 years ago
A group of guys who won a state championship 25 years ago are gathering this weekend in Salina to reminisce, to play a little baseball, and to raise money in the memory of the son of one of their teammates.  The 1992 Salina Falcons state champion American Legion team is gathering for a reunion. Organizers tells ...

9 years ago
Education officials in Kansas say the state needs more high school graduates who go on to college or career training programs to fill its future employment demand. Deputy Education Commissioner Brad Neuenswander presented new state education data to the Kansas State Board of Education on Wednesday. Neuenswander says that over 70 percent of jobs are going to ...

9 years ago
Amidst the bright green walls and fresh smells, former Kansas basketball player Jeff Hawkins addressed a small crowd at his basketball camp. Everyone couldn’t stop smiling. The wait is finally over. Hawkins and a pair of current Kansas Jayhawks coached a group of 60 kids Thursday morning to officially open the Salina Fieldhouse. It was one of ...

9 years ago
Officials say ten lifeguards at a public pool in Manhattan were taken to a hospital for chlorine exposure. Manhattan Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Melissa Kirkwood says the lifeguards were exposed Wednesday at Northview Pool. KSNT-TV reports that patrons weren't sickened because the chlorine apparently was released during a break that gives the lifeguards a chance to ...

9 years ago
A single car crash on I-135 near Mentor sends a Salina woman to the hospital. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that around 7:35am Wednesday morning, 59-year-old Beth Cunningham was headed southbound on I-135 and swerved to miss a box on the roadway. The 2008 Mercury Sable she was driving began to fishtail and then ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was tased and tackled by police officers after refusing to drop a Samurai sword Wednesday in a motel parking lot. Police Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that officers were called to the Econo Lodge at 636 Westport Blvd. around 5:30pm after a man frightened a desk clerk and began swinging the sword ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a third-grade Wichita teacher has been arrested on suspicion of being a drug dealer after a two-month investigation. Records show the 48-year-old teacher was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on Tuesday. Sedgwick County Sheriff's Lt. Lin Dehning says she was arrested on suspicion of seven counts of cocaine distribution. She is being held ...