10 years ago
Authorities say a Kansas deputy is hospitalized after flipping his car while chasing a fleeing driver. The pursuit started around 1:30 a.m. Friday after the deputy attempted to pull over a car. A Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor says the deputy overturned his car during the pursuit. The deputy was taken to a Wichita hospital with what was ...

10 years ago
The animals at Rolling Hills Zoo will receive a special blessing this weekend. According to the zoo, on Saturday the Rev. Robert Nelson Smith, President and CEO of Saint Francis Community Services, will perform a blessing of the animals. Father Bobby will visit, and bless, multiple animals and their keepers. The blessings throughout the zoo will begin ...

10 years ago
Salina Meals On Wheels is in need of delivery volunteers. A program of the Saline County Commission on Aging, Salina Meals On Wheels provides nutritious meals to homebound persons in Salina. Meals are delivered five days a week, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays and days when weather does not permit delivery. Volunteers deliver meals three to five ...

10 years ago
The Army has named a new commander at Fort Riley, Kansas, to replace an officer who was fired Monday, just weeks before soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division deploy to Iraq. Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin is assuming command of the division. Martin replaces Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby, who is the subject of an Army investigation and ...

10 years ago
Authorities have cleared a western Kansas police officer of wrongdoing in a shooting death. Ellis County Attorney Thomas Drees said in a release Thursday that no crime occurred because the Hays officer was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot the 36-year-old man, who wasn't armed. Drees says the shooting happened August 18 after police tried to ...

10 years ago
He's been in eight countries and 49 states, telling the story of faith, family and farming in Kansas. Greg Peterson of the Peterson Farm Brothers dropped by KSAL Thursday with a look at what's next for the brothers that burst onto the entertainment scene four years ago with a YouTube parody video. Peterson says they will be ...

10 years ago
A recent study says the Kansas government could run on its cash reserves for only two days. The Wichita Eagle  reports that Pew Charitable Trusts analyzed cash reserves for all states at the end of the most recent fiscal years and estimated how long state government could continue to function if it relied on those reserves. Kansas ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a fraud case after a woman was contacted by FedEx. Police say the call from the delivery company tipped off the victim that someone had used her credit card number without permission to make four online transactions at Eddie Bauer. The merchandise, totaling $920 was shipped to Alabama.   Police report a 1982 ...

10 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has struck a deal with the American Civil Liberties Union that he hopes will help him avoid a contempt finding. The deal would allow people who registered at motor vehicle offices or with a federal form without providing citizenship documents to vote in the November election with a traditional secret ...

10 years ago
A janitor doused a smoldering fire set by a group of males at a Salina school. Police say at about 5:30pm Wednesday a custodian at Cottonwood Elementary School, 215 S. Phillips noticed a group of boys on the playground, attempting to ignite a fire under the slipper slide. As he approached them, three boys fled on bikes, ...

10 years ago
Police arrested a homeless man Thursday after an alleged Wednesday night assault in downtown Salina. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 16-year-old girl was walking in the 100 block of E. Walnut near the Stiefel Theatre around 9:30pm Wednesday. She told police that she felt like she was being followed. When she turned around ...