3 years ago
A single car crash leads to DUI charges for a Salina man. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers were sent to the area of Kenwood Park Drive and YMCA Drive on Monday morning around 9am to investigate an accident after the driver left the scene. Police say a short time later, 34-year-old Jimmy Wells and a ...

3 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is set to begin  her second four-year-term in office as the 2023 Legislative session is officially underway in Topeka.  Governor Kelly and Lieutenant Governor David Toland were sworn into office in a ceremony outside the Kansas State Capitol. According to the Governor's Office, Kelly became the 48th governor of Kansas on January 14, 2019, ...

3 years ago
A wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 near Fort Riley Monday night killed two people and badly injured a third. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze was headed east in the westbound lanes of I 70. It struck an oncoming Hyundai Elantra head-on. The driver of the Chevrolet was killed. She is identified as ...

3 years ago
The Rolling Hills Zoo family is mourning the loss of one of their newest members. According to the zoo, they are grief-stricken over the loss of Augustus (Gus), the southern white rhino born at the zoo on December 9, 2021. Known for his playful behavior, Gus began exhibiting neurological-type symptoms on Thursday, which stayed consistent over the next ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of 175-pair of shoes from a shoe store. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, sometime between November 21 and January 7, someone broke into a storage shed behind Brown Shoe Fit, 2150 Planet Avenue and removed over $5,000 worth of footwear. Police say an employee was trying to put ...

3 years ago
A Saline County woman was arrested after a disturbance in Gypsum early Sunday morning. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 23-year-old Keirghan Scott was taken into custody around 1am after the woman allegedly kicked a couple of deputies and tried to bite one as well. Authorities report that Scott had an argument with a 21-year old ...

3 years ago
A Salina man that was arrested for trespassing, was later identified as the suspect wanted in a knife point request for cigarettes in downtown. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 38-year-old LeJuan Henderson was taken into custody after a brief struggle with officers on Thursday evening in the area of 9th and Charles. Police ...

3 years ago
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the nationally known civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, visited Kansas State University on Jan. 19, 1968. It was one of his last visits and speeches before he was assassinated less than three months later, on April 4th, 1968. According to the school, during his visit, Dr. King met ...

3 years ago
A two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon west of Salina sent two people to the hospital. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup truck was on Halstead Road at the intersection with K 140 Highway stopped at a stop sign. The truck pulled onto K 140 Highway into the path of a 2007 Mustang ...

3 years ago
Dozens of state lawmakers are set to take the oath of office. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab will administer the oath to every member of the Kansas House of Representatives as well as three new members of the Kansas Senate this afternoon. Both the House and Senate are scheduled to gavel-in today at 2:00 p.m. as ...

3 years ago
The death of an inmate at a Kansas prison is being investigated as a murder. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation ( and the Kansas Department of Corrections are investigating a homicide that occurred Friday night at the Lansing Correctional Facility. The Lansing Correctional Facility contacted the KBI just after 9:30 p.m. on Friday to report the ...