2 years ago
A tour event with a purpose of getting high school students interested in blue collar trades will make a stop in the area, at a McPherson County high school. The 2024 Blue Collar Tour, a project of the Western Welding Academy in Gillette, Wyoming, is stopping at 30 schools across the country in 60 days. A ...

2 years ago
An attempt to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of legislation which would have created a 5.25% state income tax in Kansas failed in the Kansas House of Representatives Tuesday. Prior to the veto, the so called "flat tax" legislation had passed in the House with 81 votes, three short of  a veto proof 2/3 majority. To ...

2 years ago
An area home that is listed for sale now needs a new water heater and electrical wiring. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that thieves entered the home located in the 4100 block of East North Street and removed a 50-gallon water heater, ripped out electrical wiring and cut copper piping that was tied ...

2 years ago
Burglars grab over twenty Barbie dolls from a Salina home. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime between 3pm and 9:30pm Sunday, someone entered a home in the 200 block of South 10th Street and removed 20 to 25 Barbie dolls that were on a shelf in a room. Police say the dolls were displayed ...

2 years ago
Police are investigating a business burglary at a Salina fuel stop. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, a patrol officer stopped into the Salina Travel Center on West Crawford on Friday as part of his usual beat. Staff had just completed a check on inventory and approached the officer to report a crime. Police say sometime between Friday ...

2 years ago
A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a downtown Salina restaurant in a case involving a mural on the outside of their facility. According to the Kansas Justice Institute, a lawsuit was filed by the Cozy Inn against the City of Salina on Monday. The organization says thew case is about a business owner in ...

2 years ago
Today is the deadline to register to vote or change your party affiliation in advance of the Kansas presidential primary. Officials say today is also the final day to request and advance mail-in ballot. The Kansas presidential primary will take place on March 19th. Kansas has hosted only two other presidential preference primaries, with the last one being ...

2 years ago
Solomon volunteer firefighters have been honored with a donation, which will help fund safety equipment and initiatives. Sunbelt Solomon, a provider of customized and sustainable electrical power solutions and services, has recognized of the City of Solomon’s Volunteer Fire Department with a $10,000 donation in support of its community work. According to the organization, the donation will ...

2 years ago
A construction project on one of the busiest street in Salina will begin this week. According to the City of Salina, on Tuesday replacement of the medians on Broadway at the Crawford, South, and State Street intersections. Existing asphalt curbs and medians will be replaced with concrete curbs and stamped and colored concrete medians. The medians between ...

2 years ago
A Kansas State University assistant professor of engineering is working to develop a framework that better predicts disease progression and complications from drug interactions than traditional methods like animal testing. Davood B. Pourkargar, assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, has received a $245,000 grant from the National Science Foundation ...

2 years ago
An investigation is underway following the death of an inmate at a Kansas prison. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, Lansing Correctional Facility resident Kaydin Varland-Hazelton, 28, died Saturday. He was pronounced deceased by local hospital staff. The cause of death is pending the results of an independent autopsy. Per protocol, when a resident dies in the ...