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University of Kansas officials say a student with tuberculosis is expected to make a full recovery. The university sent an email Monday confirming the case of the disease. The university says fewer than 50 other individuals who may have been exposed to the infected person have been contacted and will be tested for infections. Tuberculosis is spread through ...

12 years ago
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole says he's looking forward to visiting friends across Kansas next week. Dole represented Kansas in Congress from 1960 until 1996. He will celebrate his 91s birthday in July. He says he planned the trip through Kansas next Monday through Wednesday to see old friends and meet new ones — and to enjoy ...

12 years ago
U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp was back in his home state Monday, hosting town hall meetings around the area. One of his stops was in Salina, where a crowd of about 50 people gathered to listen, and to ask questions. Huelskamp began by talking about what he sees as the biggest issues in Washington DC. One of ...

12 years ago
Salina City Commissioners delay until August making a decision on whether or not to allow demolition of the St. John's Hospital buildings. The issue could become a moot point, as the facility could soon be transformed into affordable senior housing. Back on December 4th Salina's Heritage Commission approved plans to demolish the buildings, saying restoring them ...

12 years ago
An Ellsworth man is injured in what is believed to be an alcohol related crash. James Brown, 68 was driving his 1997 Chrysler Seabring Convertible on K-140 approximately 1.5 miles west of Brookville Road just after 6:40 p.m. Friday night when the vehicle left the roadway. Saline County Sheriff’s Captain Roger Soldan tells KSAL news the vehicle ...

12 years ago
Salina police implore anyone with information to contact them after a shooting and stabbing outside a downtown nightclub early on Sunday. Shots were fired from a high powered rifle and a person was stabbed during the altercation outside the Inferno at 122 North Santa Fe at around 2:30 in the morning. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that ...

12 years ago
Ready to pitch it in the trash ...wait! The 6th Annual Electronic Recycling Event is ready for almost anything with a cord or battery. Household Hazardous Waste Coordinator, Chris Slubowski stopped into the KSAL Morning News on Monday with a preview of next month's E-Waste extravaganza. "It's going to bigger and better, and at a new location ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a car trailer is stolen from a local business. Sometime between 4 p.m. April 11 and 8:50 p.m. April 13 a 2013 black PJ-T6 car-hauler tilt trailer was stolen in the 2000 block of Centennial Road. The trailer was parked in a driveway south of Precision Machine & Welding. ...

12 years ago
A fire that destroyed a dining center in central Kansas might put an annual summer camp for children with cancer in danger. The fire was reported early Saturday at Camp Aldrich near Claflin. Camp Aldrich is owned by Barton Community College and is used for social events. A wedding was planned at the hall Saturday, and ...

12 years ago
Slick roads contribute to multiple crashes south of Salina early Monday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crashes were on Interstate 135 at milepost 78, the north Lindsborg exit. They happened shortly after 6:00 in the morning. Trooper JL Riedel reported that a motorcycle rider who lost control on an icy bridge was on ...

12 years ago
One person is dead and another hospitalized after a shooting on Interstate 70 near Kansas City. Kansas City, Kan., police say the shooting happened around 4 a.m. Monday. Both victims went to the University of Kansas Hospital, where one died and the other was being treated for what police call critical injuries. Police released no information on a ...