12 years ago
A 14-year-old boy was hit by a car on a busy Salina street while riding his bicycle home from a football workout Wednesday morning. The accident happened just after 9:30 on South Ohio Street. Salina Police at the scene told KSAL News that the bicycle rider was on the west side of Ohio, headed east, crossing ...

12 years ago
A Manhattan man is hurt in a crash on Interstate 70 that was caught on video and has gone viral. According to the Kansas Higway Patrol, 41-year-old Greg Harris of Manhattan was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee headed west. For an unknown reason he drove onto the north shoulder. He hit a trailer, and an unattended ...

12 years ago
A nonprofit group that supports small farms in Kansas will hold two public "Farm-to-Fork" summits next week. The Kansas Rural Center says the events will take place June 24 at the American Legion in Concordia and June 25 at the Colby Community Building in Colby. Both run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Author Jane Marshall will ...

12 years ago
State university students could see their tuition and fees rise by as much as 5.7 percent this fall under proposals before the Kansas Board of Regents. The board was considering proposals Wednesday afternoon from the six state universities and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. The proposed increases in tuition and fees would provide ...

12 years ago
Governor Sam Brownback says a federal lawsuit by environmental groups over the lesser prairie chicken is an attempt to shut down agriculture and energy production in western Kansas. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington argues the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not doing enough to protect the bird. The agency in March listed ...

12 years ago
A Salina man and an Abilene woman are sentenced for their roles in the 2013 disappearance and murder of a Salina woman. On Tuesday afternoon in Saline County District Court Judge Jared Johnson sentenced 26-year-old Joel Heil to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. He sentenced 21-year-old Megan Wells to 8 ...

12 years ago
Recent rains and a short standing winter wheat crop has made for new challenges across much of Kansas. Aaron Harries with Kansas Wheat in Manhattan joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look at the crop that has producers hoping to push go on their combines, "It's down to a race now between the ...

12 years ago
Four people on the June list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The latest list of Salina's Most Wanted went on-line back on June 7th. Since then, four have been arrested. Those arrested include Jordan Allen, Marcell Benoit, Mindy Burr, and Trapper Giersch.. They were wanted for crimes that include felony drug crimes, aggravated battery, domestic violence ...

12 years ago
Salina Police will be out in force Friday evening – looking for seat belt violations. Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that four officers and one spotter will be working around the city, from 9pm Friday to 1am Saturday, looking for occupants who are not buckled up. Lt. Lamer says that citations for unrestrained adults are $10 ...

12 years ago
Despite a fire that damaged its longtime home and the loss of a major sponsor, a central Kansas camp is still providing hope for children with cancer. The aptly-named Camp Hope is offering its services again this week on the Barton Community College campus in Great Bend. The camp was forced to move from Camp Aldrich in ...

12 years ago
A group that has worked for three years to restore the Joyland amusement park in Wichita is calling it quits. Kira Johnson, who led the three-year effort, says a lack of time and money led the group to disband. The nearly $10,500 raised by the group will be reimbursed and then donated to other groups. Joyland operated ...