12 months ago
Central Kansas may not be under a threat of severe weather to begin the weekend, but there is another sort of imminent threat. According to the National Weather Service, strong sustained potentially damaging wind is anticipated Friday. The strongest sustained wind speeds and damaging wind gusts will impact mainly south central and southeast Kansas this afternoon. ...

12 months ago
A measles case is confirmed in Southwest Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a measles case has been confirmed in Stevens County. Health officials say it's not known if the case is linked to any ongoing outbreaks, but the Stevens County Health Department is notifying people who might have been exposed to ...

12 months ago
Kansas lawmakers are considering legislation expanding the definition of child pornography. The measure would expand what is considered child pornography to include content that's digitally altered to look like a specific child. The bill also includes content made entirely by AI to represent a specific minor. The measure was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

12 months ago
The new Kansas Fishing Atlas which came out this week has a local connection to it, the cover photo is a young man from Salina fishing, taken by a Salina photographer. Tanner Colvin shot a photo earlier this year of Thomas Humphrey fishing at Outlet Park below the dam at Kanopolis State Park. Colvin submitted the ...

12 months ago
Authorities are looking for a woman who is facing felony charges in Salina, who walked away from a drug treatment facility in Wichita. The Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News 42-year-old Amanda Vinardi was picked up in Wichita on January 9th, in connection with a Saline County District Court Warrant. She was arrested there and ...

12 months ago
Students studying to become nurses at Fort Hays State University will benefit from the sale of an Osborne County farmstead and farmland. According to Fort Hays State University, Roxy (Green) Tate, a 1972 FHSU graduate, recently made a significant gift to the university that will keep her family’s name alive. Last year, she sold her family’s 160-acre ...

12 months ago
An Alabama man was transported to a Salina hospital after a single-vehicle crash. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News on Wednesday, March 12th a 2003 gold Chevy Suburban was towing a Jeep Wrangler and traveling westbound on I-70. Allegedly, the driver of the Chevy passed the ramp to the Brookville road exit and missed ...

12 months ago
An abandoned trailer valued at around $10,000 was discovered. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News, an abandoned 24 foot silver Carry-on Cargo Trailer was discovered in the 8500 block of S. Gypsum Valley Rd. Allegedly, sometime between March 11th and March 12th it was stolen. Reportedly there was a cut padlock on a road nearby, ...

12 months ago
Emporia State University president Ken Hush defended Wednesday faculty and staff firings as well as academic program reallocations as overdue changes tied to imposition of a market-oriented business model at the liberal arts university. Hush, a former president of a Koch Industries company hired to lead his alma mater in 2021, said aggressive administrative reform to ...

12 months ago
A new toy store will open this Friday in downtown Salina. From toys, puzzles, devotionals, books, journals, puppets, stuffed animals to games and so much more, Familia Toys will offer it all to the public this Friday on March 14th. Co-Owner Eric Swenson tells KSAL News, he owns the business with his wife Yesica and they ...

12 months ago
Salina City Commissioners gathered for a special meeting Wednesday afternoon to conduct on-line interviews with prospective executive search firms to assist with recruitment of candidates for the position of city manager. After conducting four interviews, commissioners elected to partner with municipal consulting firm Government Professional Solutions (GPS) in the search for a city manager, at a ...