10 years ago
Firefighters from Mcpherson County Fire District #2 responded to a grass fire Monday that may have been sparked by a man hooking up a trailer in Falun. Captain Roger Soldan with the Saline County's Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that Scott Miller was hooking up a trailer in an open field at 200 North Mound when ...

10 years ago
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation of Logan, Kansas has named 260 high school seniors from 59 Northwest Kansas schools as winners in its 41st annual scholarship competition.  In addition, fifteen scholarships have been awarded to Kansas Community or Technical College Transfer students who are planning to continue their education at a Kansas four-year college or ...

10 years ago
A north-central Kansas man will be sentenced April 29 for the deaths of a Topeka father and daughter in a traffic collision. An Ottawa County jury convicted Jason Jeardoe of Bennington on Friday of two felony counts of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol in the 2014 deaths of Jason and Emma Jo ...

10 years ago
A trio of Christian music favorites are coming to Salina. According to Premier Productions, three new dates have been added to Jeremy Camp's "I Will Follow Tour" with Mandisa and special guest Finding Favour. One of the new dates is in Salina. Platinum-selling recording artist Jeremy Camp is planning to embark on his I Will Follow Tour ...

10 years ago
Wichita police are investigating a report that two college students were attacked by a man shouting racial epithets and the name of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Wichita State University student body vice president Khondoker Usama, who is Muslim, said he and a Hispanic friend witnessed a white man calling a black customer a racial epithet ...

10 years ago
A Wichita lawmaker's bill would roll back a tax exemption for business owners in order to reduce sales tax on groceries. Republican Rep. Mark Hutton's bill is scheduled for a hearing Tuesday before the House Taxation Committee. It would remove the income tax break for owners of limited liability companies and other pass-through businesses. The Kansas Department ...

10 years ago
A recent report has determined that women in Kansas who work full-time, year-round earn 79 cents for every dollar made by men. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that the University of Kansas' Center for Science and Technology & Economic Policy was commissioned by the Women's Foundation to analyze factors such as economic well-being, health and civic ...

10 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a weekend aggravated battery. According to police, a 29-year-old man was talking to an acquaintance at around 1:20 in the morning Saturday, in the 100 Block of N Santa Fe. The man says that someone who he does not know came up and punched him in the face. The victim was treated at ...

10 years ago
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and Linda Hinnenkamp with the Tammy Walker Cancer Center joined in on the KSAL Morning News Wednesday with a look at a prevention plan. "Colon cancer is the number two cause of cancer death in the United States," Hinnenkamp said. "And 90-percent of the time it's beatable when caught early enough." According ...

10 years ago
A couple of fires over the weekend in rural Saline County damaged property and equipment. According to the Saline County Sheriff's office, a fire Friday afternoon at 5099 W Slope damaged a shed. A push mower and snow blower inside the shed were also damaged.  David Schoenig had burned weeds around a pond on the property, ...

10 years ago
Salina area legislators will be back home Saturday to offer an update on what’s happening in Topeka. The second of three Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Issue Meetings will be held. Senator Tom Arpke, and Representatives Steven Johnson, Diana Dierks and J.R. Claeys have been invited to attend. The format of the meeting will consist ...