2 months ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were busy keeping roads and highways safe over the New Year's holiday and into the weekend. According to the agency, KHP personnel assisted 687 motorists over the holiday reporting period. Troopers also worked two fatal crashes, in Jefferson and Ford counties. Among other things, they also made 25 DUI arrests, and wrote 572 ...

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Saline County Commissioner Joe Hay spent a good portion of yesterday listening to county residents voice their concerns and dislikes for a proposed energy storage facility to be built a couple of miles north of Southeast of Saline school. Today he spent time on the KSAL Morning News Extra talking about the reasons he voted to ...

2 months ago
One year ago today, Salina residents were still digging out of a widespread snowstorm that left streets, driveways and parking lots snow-packed and icy. Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, breezy south wind with a high near 63. According to the National Weather Service, the January 2025 storm saw some of largest snowfall amounts ever ...

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A Salina man was taken to jail after allegedly threatening a school official over the phone and battering a police officer. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 39-year-old Chad Everett was arrested on Tuesday evening following a string of events earlier in the day. Police say Everett called Sunset Elementary with a complaint he wanted ...

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Preparing for the unthinkable is part of the mindset that faith leaders and communities around the nation are beginning to embrace. Saline County Emergency Management Director Michelle Weis joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at some straight forward seminars planned for later this month. The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is hosting ...

2 months ago
Kansas State University has resolved a student complaint about the presence of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within its student government following pressure from legislative leadership to investigate. The Legislature passed a provision in 2025 requiring state agencies, including state universities, to eliminate DEI-related positions, mandates, programs, activities, training requirements, grants and contracts by Aug. 1. Universities and ...

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After 30 years the murder of a Salina woman remains unsolved, and a $5,000 Governor’s Reward remains unclaimed. This past December marked 30 years since the murder of Gina Cyphers. Gina Bridget Cyphers was murdered December 28th, 1995. At about 12:12 pm that day first responders were dispatched to 721 West Cloud #54 in reference to ...

2 months ago
While we have been enjoying mild temperatures in the 60s across the area to begin the week, accumulating snow could potentially be on the horizon. According to the National Weather Service, after a mild stretch through Thursday, temperatures will cool back closer to average by Friday. Rain is possible late Wednesday night into Thursday. By Friday, accumulating ...

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A concert featuring a local rock / Americana band, and a 13-year-old guitar  maestro, will benefit Salina’s Stiefel Theater. Rockin’ the Fe is coming up on Friday, February 13th, featuring Sunset Sinners and  Emmitt DeWater. For 12 years the Stiefel has been partnering with Blake Blackim/Sunset Sinners to bring Rockin’ the Fe to Salina – the ...

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A chorus of community voices joined together Tuesday morning at the Saline County Commissioner's meeting to air their concerns over a proposed energy storage facility. Those concerns turned to applause as commissioners voted 4-1 to deny the project that would have allowed a Texas based business to place battery storage containers on a 40-acre plot north ...

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A 15-year-old boy accused in a fatal shooting in Salina made his first court appearance in juvenile court Tuesday morning. Assistant Saline County Attorney Nathan Dickey tells KSAL News the juvenile offender is Collin Michael Arroyo. He is being charged with: Murder in the 2nd degree (reckless) Criminal Use of a Weapon Possession of Marijuana Possession ...