3 years ago
Kansas is looking for a new state fire marshal. Governor Laura Kelly announced yesterday that Kansas State Fire Marshal Doug Jorgensen will retire next month. Jorgensen, who has served as state fire marshal for the past 11 years, will stay on temporarily as Deputy Fire Marshal to help his successor transition into the job.

3 years ago
A family friendly event will allow Salina to ring in New Year's Eve early on December 31st. The annual Noon Year’s Eve event is scheduled at the Tony's Pizza Events Center. According to Salina Parks and Recreation, they are ringing in 2023 with their Annual Noon Year's Eve Party from 11am until 1pm. Noon Year’s Eve is ...

3 years ago
Icy conditions on Christmas night led to numerous slide-offs and a few injury accidents around Saline County. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a 33-year-old woman from Enterprise was transported to Salina Regional Health Center after her 2003 Jeep Wrangler slid off Interstate-70 and hit a tree near mile post 261. Deputies say Carla ...

3 years ago
A donation is helping to fuel Kansas Highway Patrol vehicles keeping Kansa roads and highways safe. According to the agency, for the 32nd consecutive year, Fuel True – Independent Energy & Convenience, previously known as Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas (PMCA), graciously donated gasoline to the Kansas Highway Patrol to fuel patrol cars during ...

3 years ago
A cattle truck crash south of Salina prompted a closure of Interstate 135 early Tuesday morning. The truck hauling cattle slid onto it side on the Mentor overpass before 6:00 in the morning. Southbound I-135 was closed near milepost 86 because of the rollover for several hours, and traffic  was diverted at Water Well Road. _ _ _ Kansas ...

3 years ago
Four local nonprofit agencies were presented with contributions from the Salina Elks Lodge. Recipients sharing in $3,000 from the Elks National Foundation in Chicago  — Gratitude Grants of $750 each — were the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank, 255 S. Chicago; Ashby House, 204 S. Eighth; Saint Francis Ministries, 110 W. Otis; and Salina Shares, 155 S. Fifth. The local ...

3 years ago
Gas prices are still falling in the Sunflower State. As reported by Triple-A, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded declined yesterday in Kansas to a little over two dollars, 75 cents, this as the corresponding national figure was unchanged at about three-ten. Motorists in Texas continue to rock the nation's lowest average price at ...

3 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center has a new Director of Organizational Development. According to the hospital, Jonna Struble has been named to the position. She begins her new role this week.  . Struble has been a nurse at Salina Regional for 25 years and has worked on 2-South/2-Central, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cardiac Cath Lab, Emergency Department and ...

3 years ago
A conservative political organization wants the Kansas attorney general to investigate the state Department of Commerce’s response to record requests with an emphasis on the alleged failure to promptly and fully disclose information about a category of business tax incentives. The Americans for Prosperity Foundation of Kansas submitted a request in 2021 under the Kansas Open ...

3 years ago
An Ellsworth County Sheriff Deputy was injured Christmas night when he crashed in his patrol vehicle while responding to another crash on an icy highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 27-year-old deputy Adam Macy was in his marked patrol Ford Explorer with emergency equipment activated responding to a collision. The SUV lost control on ice, ...

3 years ago
A crew from the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, will be in western Kansas measuring groundwater levels the first week of January. Levels are measured annually as part of a joint project conducted by KGS and the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Water Resources (DWR) to monitor the health of the ...