1 year ago
A lion and lioness are now standing tall at Minneapolis High School. According to USD 239 Superintendent Curtis Stevens, efforts of several Minneapolis Junior / Senior High School alums culminated with a taxidermied male and female lion now standing proud on a platform in the school gym. Stevens posted on social media that 2005 alum Tyler Crosson, ...

1 year ago
Wind gusting in excess of 80 miles per hour caused visibility issues, multiple crashes, and road closures across Kansas. The Kansas Department of Transportation closed multiple roads and highways Friday afternoon into Friday evening, including I-70 between Wakeeney and Goodland.  Motorists awere advised to delay non-essential travel until conditions improved. There were also wildfires in several counties, including ...

1 year ago
Bands who want to be considered to perform in what’s billed as “the biggest showcase in the USA”, in front of a crowd in excess of 12,000 people at the official opening event of the Smoky Hill River Festival, can begin to apply. If your band, three-piece more, is interested in performing at this event contact ...

1 year ago
Police are warning of scammers impersonating local law enforcement officers to extract money from unsuspecting victims. According to the Hays Police Department, the scammers used the names of two actual Hays Police Department supervisors and threatened potential targets with an arrest warrant if they did not immediately pay a fee over the phone. In recent incidents, the ...

1 year ago
Authorities are investigating a dispute that took place at a Salina apartment complex. Police Captain Mike Miller tells KSAL News on Thursday, March 13th around noon, a woman reported a male suspect kicked down her front door at an apartment complex in the 2000 block of Hageman. Allegedly, the suspect had a gun in his hand ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in connection with a business burglary. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Monday, March 10th, officers responded to Pack Rat Smokes at 695 S. Broadway in reference to a business burglary. Surveillance video from the business showed, during the overnight hours, two subjects ...

1 year ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation hosted Salina’s 14th annual Match Madness giving day on Thursday. Preliminary numbers indicate a record amount of money was gifted, crushing the previous record amount. A tabulation of the final leader board indicates in 24 hours, $818,100.01 was raised. That total includes 3,213 gifts for 103 area nonprofit organizations via donations. The ...

1 year ago
Central Kansas may not be under a threat of severe weather to begin the weekend, but there is another sort of imminent threat. According to the National Weather Service, strong sustained potentially damaging wind is anticipated Friday. The strongest sustained wind speeds and damaging wind gusts will impact mainly south central and southeast Kansas this afternoon. ...

1 year ago
A measles case is confirmed in Southwest Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a measles case has been confirmed in Stevens County. Health officials say it's not known if the case is linked to any ongoing outbreaks, but the Stevens County Health Department is notifying people who might have been exposed to ...

1 year ago
Kansas lawmakers are considering legislation expanding the definition of child pornography. The measure would expand what is considered child pornography to include content that's digitally altered to look like a specific child. The bill also includes content made entirely by AI to represent a specific minor. The measure was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

1 year ago
The new Kansas Fishing Atlas which came out this week has a local connection to it, the cover photo is a young man from Salina fishing, taken by a Salina photographer. Tanner Colvin shot a photo earlier this year of Thomas Humphrey fishing at Outlet Park below the dam at Kanopolis State Park. Colvin submitted the ...