6 days ago
A Larned couple is charged with financial mistreatment and elder abuse. Sixty-four-year-old Jeffery Bates and 62-year-old Sandi Bates appeared in court yesterday morning in Pawnee County. The alleged crimes took place between July 2015 and December 2022.

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Record breaking rainfall Thursday could give way to light snow on Friday. Rain that began early Thursday in Salina, and persisted throughout the day, set a January 8th record. According to the National Weather Service, 1.28 inches of rain fell. More rain is possible on Friday, and may change to snow. Rain will gradually transition to light snow ...

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 A guest artist will host a couple of events at Kansas Wesleyan University. According to KWU, pianist Tony Lu will return to Kansas Wesleyan for a recital and a day of master classes Jan. 23 and 24. The next day, he will conduct master classes, offering students an invaluable opportunity to learn from an experienced and ...

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Bring your children and grandchildren to the Salina Symphony on Sat. Jan. 24, at 1 p.m. at the Stiefel Theatre for this year’s Family Concert, The Harmony Games! Enjoy an afternoon of music and more with The Harmony Games, a story that tells of four families who, after fighting for as long as anyone could remember, ...

6 days ago
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service are preparing for a kind of barnstorming tour to help prepare storm spotters and weather enthusiasts for the upcoming severe weather season, and will be making a stop in Salina. Saline County Emergency Management, in partnership with the National Weather Service in Wichita, will host the annual Storm Fury on ...

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A couple of Salina organizations are among  64 community-based organizations and local and state agencies receiving a portion of $10.4 million in federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant funding. Among those receiving funding are: Child Advocacy & Parenting Services (CAPS) - $67,677 Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas (DVACK) - $369,402 “The services these 64 organizations ...

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Police are investigating another break-in at a Salina bar involving a gaming machine. Police Captain Jim Feldman says officers were sent to Chuck's Bar at 600 N Santa Fe at 7:45 Wednesday morning to the report of a burglary. Sometime in the early morning hours after the bar closed, a thief gained entry by forcing open a ...

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Kansas legislators will pursue a statewide school cellphone ban, superseding the state education board’s past directives to allow local districts to deal with cellphones as they see fit. The initiative already has the support of two-thirds of the Senate, according to a joint announcement from Sens. Chase Blasi, an Andale Republican, and Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa ...

1 week ago
A scenario played out Wednesday afternoon as multiple agencies descended on the Salina City / County Building after an active shooter entered and was ultimately taken out by court security. It was a drill several years in the making, coordinated by Saline County Emergency Management. Saline County Emergency Management Director Michelle Weis tells KSAL News one ...

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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 ...