9 years ago
At their second Saline County Commission meeting, newly elected Commissioners Mike White, Jim Weese, Robert Vidricksen and Rodger Sparks had to determine if Rural Fire Department #2 would be allowed to proceed with building a second fire station, near Assaria. They also had to decide on salaries. Frustrated at being given a breakdown of proposed building ...

9 years ago
A conservative Kansas House member says he's drafting a bill to require transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms associated with their genders at birth. Republican Rep. John Whitmer of Wichita said Tuesday his bill also would impose the same policy for locker rooms and accommodations for students on overnight trips. Whitmer said he plans to ...

9 years ago
President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who leaked classified documents. The White House says Manning is one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama is shortening. Manning is more than six years into a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government and military documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. ...

9 years ago
A rock n roll hall of famer is coming to Salina. Ann Wilson of Heart is heading out on a solo tour, and she will make a stop at the Stiefel Theatre. The Ann Wilson of Heart tour begins in her hometown of Seattle on March 8th. It makes a stop in Salina on March 16th. Musicians ...

9 years ago
Doug Bradley Trucking, Inc. of Salina has donated a 2013 International Prostar truck, along with a 53-foot refrigerated trailer, to Salina Area Technical College. The truck arrived on campus Tuesday morning, with Jamie Bradley, Vice President of Bradley Trucking, behind the wheel, and students and instructors from both the Commercial Truck Driving and Diesel Technology departments ...

9 years ago
Several Kansas lawmakers are seeking to weaken a law that will allow concealed guns on state college campuses starting this summer. A bill introduced Tuesday would permanently exempt several types of health care facilities and colleges from the law that allows guns in public buildings. That exemption will otherwise expire July 1. One of the bill's backers, ...

9 years ago
A domestic dispute inside a motel leads to the arrest of a Salina man on Sunday. Officers were called to Salina Regional Health Center around 5:45pm after a woman told hospital staff about being assaulted by a male acquaintance. Police arrested 38-year-old Travis Lawson after a short foot chase that began at America's Best Inn, 2403 S. ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a burglary after someone stole a work truck and tools from an electrical contractor's shop. Police say sometime between 11pm on Saturday and 2:30am on Sunday, someone forced entry into L & S Electric, 1051 W. Diamond Drive and loaded a black, 2008 GMC pickup with numerous tools and drove away. The truck ...

9 years ago
Burglars removed some high end welding and cutting tools over the holiday weekend from a welding shop. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between noon on Friday and 10:30am Monday, someone forced open a garage door at MDF Industries located at 1012 N. Marymount Road and stole a mig arc welder valued ...

9 years ago
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service are preparing for a kind of barnstorming tour to help prepare storm spotters and weather enthusiasts for the upcoming severe weather season. They are getting ready to head out across the state to present severe weather safety and information talks. According to the National Weather Service in Wichita, they will ...

9 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center has been awarded Primary Stroke Center Certification by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. According to the hospital, the certification comes as validation of the hospital’s efforts to enhance stroke care in the region. Salina Regional first began working towards Primary Stroke Center Certification in 2015 and went live with a dedicated stroke response ...