2 years ago
Twas the days before Christmas, and all through the state, many bags and cars were packed, as holiday travel adventures await. AAA Kansas projects 115.2 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the 10-day year-end holiday travel period. The year-end holiday travel period is defined as the 10-day period from Saturday, December ...

2 years ago
Law enforcement agencies across the nation and across Kansas are joining forces over the holidays to remind drivers it’s deadly, dangerous and illegal to drive under the influence of illegal drugs, alcohol and some prescription drugs. According to the Kansas Deparment of Transportation, driving impaired can have deadly consequences. That’s why multiple agencies are partnering  to ...

2 years ago
The Georgetown Santas will return this week, for the 25th year of their annual event. The group of neighbors have become a popular mainstay in Salina in the days leading up to Christmas each year. Each year they Santa suit up on Georgetown Road in East Salina, handing out candy and popcorn and spreading Christmas ...

2 years ago
Kansans will soon have a new license plate. A new standard-issue license plate design has been chosen by a majority of the public after a week-long voting process that elicited nearly 270,000 votes from Kansans in all 105 counties. According to Governor Laura Kelly, Kansans chose the design featuring the Kansas Statehouse dome within a ...

2 years ago
Two people were transported to the hospital in Ellsworth after their slow-moving car was hit by a semi on Intestate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Chevrolet Malibu passenger car was headed east on the Interstate in the driving lane, traveling 60 mph because it was driving on a donut following a flat tire. The ...

2 years ago
A stolen car was recovered and the alleged thief arrested after he abandoned the vehicle. According to Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman, 42-year-old Tony Nordahl was arrested on Sunday after a tussle with officers. Police say that Nordahl jumped into an unlocked 2018 Honda Accord with the keys in it - and drove away from the Club ...

2 years ago
Two men were wounded after a single shot was fired in a Salina home. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 500 block of Moon Drive early Saturday morning around 2:30am after a domestic dispute ended in gunfire. Police say two male relatives were involved in an alcohol fueled argument - ...

2 years ago
If you are dreaming of a white Christmas in Central Kansas this year, you may have to just keep on dreaming. A white Christmas in Central Kansas is rare. This year, it's not likely. According to the National Weather Service, in the days leading up to Christmas it is expected to be mostly dry, and mild with ...

2 years ago
After guiding the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum through two important and successful years – including the 125th anniversary of the Old Mill’s construction – the museum’s Executive Director is preparing to hand off her position to a new chief executive. She will stay in the museum’s top job until the right person is found ...

2 years ago
Beginning in the new year a change is coming to city commission meetings in Salina. Instead of four meetings a month, meeting every Monday, the governing body will have two meetings a month, every other Monday. Salina City Manager Mike Schrage told KSAL News they looked at twenty-one peer communities, and Salina was meeting the most among ...

2 years ago
A Delphos man was transported to the hospital in Salina after his SUV crashed through a fence along a highway in Ottawa County and ended up in a field. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 66-year-old Christopher Lewis was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer, headed south on U.S. 81 Highway. For an unknown reason he went ...