1 year ago
Inclement winter weather which started late Saturday morning ended late Sunday afternoon with in excess of a foot of snow across much of Kansas. Freezing rain which started Saturday morning glazed roads, making them dangerously slick. There were numerous slide-offs, crashes, and other travel issues across the area several crashes involving multiple vehicles. First responders at times ...

1 year ago
The Kansas Department of Transportation has reopened westbound and eastbound I-70 to through traffic in both directions from Salina to the east Geary County line. This was the last section of I-70 that remained closed because of the blizzard conditions that impacted the state on Jan. 4 and 5. Other state highways continue to reopen across ...

1 year ago
With current blizzard type conditions, the City of Salina will continue 24-hour plowing operations. According to the City, crews are currently working hard trying to keep Arterial and Collector roadways passable for emergency vehicles. Even though significant progress will not be made until the weather can subside, crews will continue to do what they can. Once Arterial ...

1 year ago
Saline County’s fleet of snowplows—including Betty Whiteout, Scoop Dogg, and Darth Blader—are hard at work tackling the 8+ inches of snow that’s fallen. You can track their progress in real-time through the Snow Paths portal, where you’ll see live plow locations, priority routes, and updates on snow removal operations. According to the County, snow removal efforts ...

1 year ago
Low visibility, impassable conditions and extreme winter weather has caused highways to close in northeastern Kansas, including I-70 east to the Missouri state line, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation. I-70 CLOSURE: I-70 is now closed in both direction from the Missouri state line in Kansas City west to the Ellsworth County line in western Kansas. ...

1 year ago
Saline County is one of many counties under a Blizzard Warning. According to the County,  Gov. Laura Kelly made a (verbal) disaster proclamation for all counties in Kansas. Saline County Commission Chairman Joe Hay, Jr. has declared a state of local disaster for Saline County. Extreme cold, dangerous road conditions, and possibly power outages are anticipated. Some reminders: ...

1 year ago
First responders are discouraging travel across Central Kansas. Freezing drizzle has glazed most roads and highways, making them extremely slick, and dangerous. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner is reporting multiple slide offs and crashed along Interstate 70. Gardner reports Central Kansas, including Saline and surrounding counties, is currently experiencing a significant number of crashes. The most ...

1 year ago
Four people were killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 135 south of Salina early Saturday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Honda CR-Z compact SUV was traveling south in the northbound lanes of I 135. It collided head-on with an oncoming Toyota RAV 4 SUV. The driver of the Honda, 36-year-old Jacob Aich of ...

1 year ago
A man and woman from Kansas have been charged through a criminal complaint in Wichita on charges related to a series of bank robberies involving a firearm. According to court documents, Zane Tilcock, 20, of Wichita is charged with three counts of bank robbery. Emily Wise, 18, of Wichita is charged with one count of bank ...

1 year ago
A man accused of child sex crimes was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, On Dec. 28th around noon, Brian W. Black, 40, was found dead outside of his residence in Arkansas City. Black died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Deputies contacted the coroner who pronounced ...

1 year ago
A wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 west of Salina injured three people. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Mitsubishi Eclipse passenger car one was driving east in the left lane of westbound Interstate 70. The car struck an oncoming Nissan Pathfinder SUV head-on. The driver of the car, 56-year-old Gregory White from Camdenton, Mississippi, suffered suspected ...