9 years ago
Law officers in six states including Kansas are joining in a regional speed enforcement campaign intended to catch speeding drivers this weekend. The Regional Speed Enforcement Campaign is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. Officers are concentrating on high traffic roads in an effort to reduce speeding-related auto crashes. Authorities say ...

9 years ago
The violence in Charlotte, North Carolina, is happening a little too close to home for one former Salina man. Chris Allison, a graduate of Salina South High School and former KSAL Sports Director, for the last three years has worked, and lived in Charlotte with his family. Allison, who works for ESPN 730, tells KSAL News ...

9 years ago
The University of Kansas says Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little plans to step down from the position in the summer of 2017. The university issued a statement Thursday. Gray-Little has been chancellor of the state's largest university since August 2009. Gray-Little said in a statement that with major initiatives at the university nearing completion, it's an ideal time for ...

9 years ago
"Modern Family" actor Eric Stonestreet, an alumnus of Kansas State University, has donated $50,000 to the university's Johnson Cancer Research Center to support a promising research project. "Cancer research is near and dear to my heart because, like so many others, it's touched my life," said Stonestreet, referring to his mother's and other family members' battles ...

9 years ago
Bethany College President William Jones used a Facebook post last week to describe the struggle he was facing as a father and Christian after racists messages targeted his family and students at the school located in Lindsborg. On Thursday Jones joined in the KSAL Morning News with a look back at the events he said felt ...

9 years ago
A sculpture is toppled in downtown Salina. Police say sometime early Thursday morning, someone knocked over one of the concrete pillars that holds "Iron Valley" in the 100 block of North Santa Fe. The four-part installation is part of the 2016 Salina Sculpture Tour and was crafted by Herrick Smith, a current graduate student at Ft. Hays ...

9 years ago
A former convenience store employee is accused of stealing $608 in cash and merchandise from two Salina Kwik Shop locations. Officers arrested 23-year-old James Walker of Salina on felony theft charges. Police say on multiple occasions between August 27 and September 16, Walker stole cash, Kansas Lottery tickets and cigarettes from the Kwik Shops located at 305 ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody on Wednesday in connection to a domestic disturbance dating back to September 5th. Police arrested 35-year-old Charles Nelson at his home at 1819 N. 5th on charges of aggravated assault, domestic battery and criminal restraint. According to police, Nelson broke a protection from abuse order by visiting a female acquaintances ...

9 years ago
A Salina man who was injured in a single vehicle crash September, 18 has died at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that 67-year-old Edwin Anderes died on Wednesday from a combination of his injuries and health issues. Deputies say Anderes was driving a 1999 Ford Ranger and swerved off Soloman Road, ...

9 years ago
The Salina Police Department is working closely with officials at Kansas Wesleyan University after a recent phone call to administrators was made in regard to a situation involving a student athlete. "There was a relative who did call Kansas Wesleyan - and made a vague statement that could be interpreted as a threat," said Police Captain ...

9 years ago
The best place in the Army to train opened its gates to the media on Wednesday. Fort Riley invited local media inside their gates to tour the facility, learn a little bit about army life, and to train a little on some of the simulation equipment. The army post, which takes up over 100,000 square acres,  ...