11 years ago
A woman is assaulted, and a family member arrested after an argument in the 100 block of Oakdale. Police arrested 21-year-old Dallas Backman after he allegedly took a woman's cell phone following a dispute around 10:30pm Friday. Officers found him about two hours later in the 400 block of S. Santa Fe Ave.   A Salina man ...

11 years ago
A multi-award winning singer and song writer is coming to Salina. Sarah McLachlan is coming to the Stiefel Theatre. According to the Stiefel,  McLachlan is one of the most celebrated singer songwriters in entertainment with over 40 million albums sold worldwide. She is an eight-time Juno Award winner and a three-time Grammy Award winner. McLachlan's landmark ...

11 years ago
A Salina man is arrested for an alleged rape of a 16-year-old female. Saline County Undersheriff  Dave Dunstan tells KSAL News that the female victim recently came forward about an incident that occurred in May or June of this year in southwest Saline County. The investigation led to the arrest of 33-year-old Michael S. Pfeifer on Friday. Dunstan ...

11 years ago
Riley County authorities say a man has been hospitalized after wrecking his airboat in Tuttle Creek Lake. Emergency Management Director Pat Collins said Sunday it took first responders more than two hours to rescue the man from a portion of the lakeshore without drivable access on Saturday night. He says the man was suffering from hypothermia ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas woman is awaiting her first court appearance in a hit-and-run accident that killed an elderly man. Clay County Sheriff Chuck Dunn says the Clay County resident was arrested Friday after the accident on U.S. 24 near Clay Center. She made her $4,000 bond and had a first court appearance scheduled for Nov. 17. Dunn ...

11 years ago
A mass of bitter cold arctic air will roll across Kansas beginning Monday evening. According to the National Weather Service, the  artic invasion is set to arriv with a strong cold front surging southeast across Kansas this afternoon. The front should enter Southeast Kansas early Monday evening. North winds will whistle to tunes  of 25 to 35 ...

11 years ago
Kansas health officials say the state has a plan for dealing with Ebola, although they are downplaying the risk the deadly disease poses to the public. Officials at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment began working with local health departments, the medical community and numerous other groups in August, more than a month before the ...

11 years ago
The number of small banks in Kansas and the U.S. continues to shrink at a significant rate. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data shows that between June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2014, the number of Kansas-based banks with assets less than $100 million declined 44 percent. The Wichita Eagle reports that the data also showed the ...

11 years ago
A northeast Kansas school bus driver has been fired after leaving a sleeping preschooler on a bus. Eudora schools spokeswoman Kristin Magette says the child fell asleep Wednesday while being taken to afternoon preschool at Eudora Elementary School. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that after dropping off children, the bus driver took the bus home and went ...

11 years ago
Organizers are ready for one of the largest events of its kind in the Midwest. It's nearly time for the See 'N' Sell craft show. According to the Girl Scouts of  Kansas Heartland, the 48th annual See ’N’ Sell Arts & Crafts Show continues a long-running tradition of kicking off the holiday season with nearly 200 ...

11 years ago
A tiny mite whose bite packs a surprisingly big wallop has reappeared in Kansas, and it may make you think twice about outdoor activities, especially in close proximity to oak trees. The oak leaf itch mite, Pyemotes herfsi, has been confirmed in a sample submitted to the Insect Diagnostic Lab at Kansas State University. Although small ...