2 years ago
The Fall sports season is underway across the Sunflower State and teams are trying to practice and stay safe amid sizzling temperatures. Jeremy Holaday Kansas State High School Activities Association joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a look at how technology is making a difference in monitoring conditions on the field. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JH-8-18.mp3"][/audio]   Last year ...

2 years ago
Authorities are looking for a Salina woman they believe has ties to a plan to free a man who is in jail on murder charges. An arrest warrant has been issued by the Saline County District Court for 28-year-old August B.  Neff Dekat for conspiracy to commit aggravated escape from custody and criminal solicitation to commit ...

2 years ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in a case involving vandalism of a mural. The case is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on August 4th officers responded 343 N. Santa Fe Avenue in regards to damage to property. The damage was located over the mural painted on the grain elevators at ...

2 years ago
Dangerous extreme heat will settle into the the area beginning this weekend. Forecasters say the central U.S., including a large area of Kansas, is in for the hottest weather of the summer the next few days. An excessive heat watch encompassing most of the Sunflower State is set to go into effect Saturday.  It is set ...

2 years ago
A  reminder to drivers - stiff fines are in your future if you don't stop for school buses and slow down in school zones. While local law enforcement join a nation wide effort to target impaired drivers and look for seat belt violators, they are also stepping up their efforts to ticket school zone violators. A ...

2 years ago
A group of prison inmates were hurt when a bus they were in collided with a semi. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, just before 1am Thursday a transport bus carrying 21 Topeka Correctional Facility residents was involved in a traffic accident. Nine people, including eight inmates, were injured. The inmates had just finished their 3-11 ...

2 years ago
A South Salina retailer is celebrating 30 years in the same location with a grand reopening, and unveiling a remodel. Sam's Club, located at 2919 Market Place in South Salina, Thursday began three full days celebrations. The retail warehouse is celebrating a whole new look with expanded and new departments.  They are also celebrating 30 years ...

2 years ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital after trying to cross the interstate - on foot in front of a semi truck. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that just after midnight on Thursday, 24-year-old Anthony Shirley was clipped by a southbound semi on I-135 near the McReynolds overpass at mile post #85. The ...

2 years ago
Saline County authorities are investigating the theft of materials from a construction site. Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that sometime between August 11th and 15th, someone loaded up 18 boxes of screws, a door with windows and 140 sheet metal panels that were stored outside on a property in the 3500 block of E. Magnolia ...

2 years ago
While children need exercise and play time in their daily life, the Kansas summer heat has reached intensity levels often too hot for extended outdoor play. Timing could not be more ideal for the opening of Wee Fit Kids Gym and Activity Center, a new business located at 505 N.W. Third Street, in Abilene. According to ...

2 years ago
North Salina will host an open forum Thursday evening to gather ideas on a new location for Salina’s commercial bus stop, which is currently located at Thomas Park. Currently, Greyhound and Beeline drop off and pick up passengers once during the day and once at 3:00 am on the frontage road by Thomas Park on N. ...