2 months ago
A wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 involving a heavy truck killed two adults and left a child with serious injuries. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 45-year-old Jason Webb from Cheboygan, Michigan, was driving a Kenworth construction truck headed east on I 70. For an unknown reason he crossed the center median and into the westbound ...

2 months ago
A Salina fire station is back open after being temporarily closed for repairs. According to the Salina Fire Department, Fire Station 2 is back open and crews have moved back in as of Friday afternoon. The station was closed for a short time due to roof damage from the April 28th hail storm, causing major leaks ...

2 months ago
The water level at an area lake is the highest its been in four years. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, the water at Kanopolis Lake has been steadily rising, and has nearly reached the targeted summer elevation goal for the first time since July of 2022. Additionally, the parking lot on the west side ...

2 months ago
Sixteen recruits had their badges pinned on Friday afternoon in Salina and officially became Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers. The new troopers are part of KHP Recruit Classes #75, the latest graduates from the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy in Salina. The 16 members of Class #75 completed 24 weeks of intensive training. They will now report to ...

2 months ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Ness County Sheriff’s Office, and the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) arrested a Ness City man following the execution of a search warrant Thursday morning. According to the KBI, at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, KBI agents and Ness County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at 609 ...

2 months ago
We’re just days away from the 50th Annual Smoky Hill River Festival bursting back to life in Salina’s Oakdale Park. Arts & Humanities Executive Director Brad Anderson joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at the four day celebration. Anderson says one of the newest things patrons will notice at the gate is ...

2 months ago
Saline County authorities are investigating a residential burglary after a number of high-end power tools were stolen. Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that sometime between last Sunday and Wednesday afternoon, someone broke into a home and a detached garage in the 13,000 block of W. Shipton and removed power tools and hand tools. The owner returned ...

2 months ago
A child that went missing Thursday night was found unresponsive in a creek early Friday morning. According to the Mitchell County Sheriff's Office, Thursday night at 8:45 deputies were dispatched to 2197 290 RD, in rural Mitchell County for a missing 2-year-old boy. Many different counties, cities, first responders, and volunteers, responded to help in a ...

2 months ago
Someone in Salina this weekend will advance to the state championships of the Karaoke World Championships. The competition will be held Saturday night at Speakeasy Bar and Grill on S Ohio Street. Saturday night's winner advances to the state qualifier, which will be held in Salina in July. The top four finishers at that competition will ...

2 months ago
Layoffs and furloughs are coming to Bell Textron. The company announced yesterday that the move will impact about 285 employees across three locations in Wichita, Fort Worth, and Amarillo. Some employees will start a three-week furlough on June 15th. Bell Textron says it needs to align staffing with lower revenue and lower costs.

2 months ago
Former Coldwater mayor Jose Ceballos is released from jail. Ceballos, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor election crimes tied to voting as a non-citizen, turned himself in to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on May 13th following an order from immigration officials. Ceballos was released from the Chase County Jail this week.