9 years ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation has started a new drone program. According to the agency, the new Kansas Unmanned Aerial Systems program started test flights last Friday to find ways to use drones for bridge and tower inspections. “Our Aviation and Bridge inspection teams are doing great work in testing drones to enhance both the safety and ...

9 years ago
A top Kansas education official says results of the 2016 state assessment tests were essentially flat, but he expects to see improvements in the future. Education Commissioner Randy Watson reported on the results to members of the Kansas State Board of Education on Wednesday. Those numbers show that 41.33 percent of Kansas students in third through 10th ...

9 years ago
Voters are retaining four Kansas Supreme Court justices targeted for removal by abortion opponents and conservative Republicans. The results from Tuesday's election mean that Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justices Carol Beier, Dan Biles and Marla Luckert will remain on the seven-member court for another six years. Voters also retained Justice Caleb Stegall. He was GOP Gov. ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a suspect who entered a woman's van and stole multiple items while she slept inside. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 26-year-old Cody Adkins is homeless - and was sleeping in her van Tuesday afternoon in a parking lot at 2363 Chapel Ridge, when someone crept inside and stole a ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating two unrelated burglaries. According to Captain Mike Sweeney someone smashed a window at Joe's Auto Mart and entered the business at 1842 Hageman sometime between 7pm Monday and 8am Tuesday. Police say thieves damaged doors and windows inside the business and stole an auto diagnostic tool and 3 spray paint cans. Loss and ...

9 years ago
Officers were called to west Salina after shots were fired early Sunday. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that no one was injured after someone fired a gun multiple times in the 1600 block of Elgin around 1:51am Sunday. Officers found five shell casings on the street but did not release the caliber of the weapon. No ...

9 years ago
It was a Republican sweep in Saline County in Tuesday's general election. For the first time since the 1970s Republicans will hold every elected office in Saline County. Winners Tuesday include Randall Hardy in the Kansas Senate, and Diana Dierks, Steven Johnson, and J.R. Claeys in the Kansas House of Representatives. New additions to the Saline County ...

9 years ago
Students and faculty at Sterling College in Rice County are mourning two juniors at the school who died in a car collision. 25-year-old Xavier Bradford of Lancaster, California, and 21-year-old Esther Jenkerson of Datil, New Mexico, were killed in the accident Monday morning. Authorities say the vehicle that Bradford and Jenkerson were traveling in collided with a ...

9 years ago
The discovery of a large amount of cocaine during a traffic stop has  prompted federal charges against two people. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall's office, 117 pounds of cocaine was found hidden in their car when they were stopped for a traffic violation in Wabaunsee County. Marco Antonio Aispuro, 48, and Maria Janeth Moreno-Cento, 39, ...

9 years ago
Authorities say a sheriff's deputy has shot and killed a motorist who tried to take the deputy's gun after a pursuit ended in a crash in western Kansas. The Ellis County prosecutor said in a news release that the chase started early Tuesday after Hays police officers attempted to stop the white driver from crossing the ...

9 years ago
A burglar is caught red handed taking Cheetos and beer from a Salina home in the 1600 block of W. Republic. Police arrested 31-year-old Jaun Escalante-Haros on Monday afternoon after a family returned home and allegedly witnessed Escalante-Haros exiting through a window with a bottle of beer and bag of Cheetos snacks. Police say Escalante-Haros was easily ...