3 years ago
If you are heading lo a lake in Kansas this Labor Day Weekend be aware toxic blue green algae has prompted state health officials to issue public health advisories for 18 different bodies of water across the state. Still included on the list is a pond at a Salina park. According to the Kansas Department of ...

3 years ago
Public transportation in Salina will not be running on Monday. According to OCCK, the organization which runs the services, transportation will be closed on Monday in observation of Labor Day. No vehicles will run on Monday, including CityGo, 81 Connection, GoAbilene, GoConcordia, KanConnect, and Paratransit services. No vehicles will run on Monday, September 5th.  Transportation services will resume ...

3 years ago
Kansas’ largest foster care contractor responded to Kansas Reflector reporting on the organization’s finances and litigation by pointing to a turnaround under current leadership and a willingness to cooperate with investigators. Salina-based Saint Francis Ministries said statements published in an Aug. 12 story are “inaccurate” and “false,” but wouldn’t identify specific statements in question. The nonprofit also ...

3 years ago
A Pittsburg man is dead following Wednesday night's single-vehicle, rollover crash in southeast Kansas. Troopers say 21-year-old Caden Anderson had been headed south on South 200th Street in Pittsburg, Kansas, shortly before his Chevy Tahoe went off the road around 9 p.m. and hit a culvert, at which point it overturned at a high rate of ...

3 years ago
A local youth sports coach is facing child-sex charges in Great Bend, Kansas. Police say Bryce A. Hofmeister was taken into custody yesterday after authorities say they received a Crime Stoppers tip on Tuesday about alleged sexual misconduct and the illegal sale of tobacco products. Chief among the charges are aggravated indecent liberties with and sexual exploitation ...

3 years ago
When the K-State Wildcat football team kicks off one of its most anticipated seasons Saturday night, the beginning of what fans hope could be a dream season, a Salina broadcaster will be living his dream. James Westling will provide the play by play on the ESPN TV Broadcast. Westling, a K-State alum, is the operations manager ...

3 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is among 24 facilities granted the  most prestigious zoological accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquarium Accreditation Commission. According to the AZA, the accreditation process includes a detailed application and a meticulous, on-site, multiple-day inspection by an independent team of expert zoological professionals. The inspecting team analyzes all aspects of the facility's ...

3 years ago
For those who don’t hunt, fall may officially start on September 22nd, the Autumn Equinox. For hunters, though, fall began Thursday when dove season opens. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, the 2022 Kansas dove hunting season has officially begun and quality public hunting opportunity awaits at more than 90 locations managed specifically ...

3 years ago
The Salina Area United Way has picked a group of local non-profit agencies as 2022-2023 Funded Partners. According to the agency, nine local nonprofit community organizations were chosen as Funded Partners. They include: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina Ashby House Prairieland Market Salina Child Care Association Central Kansas Mental Health Center Salina Family YMCA Child ...

3 years ago
An inmate with convictions in Ellsworth, Rice, Russell, and Saline Counties who escaped from a Kansas prison on Tuesday is back in custody. According to the Kansas Debarment of Corrections, Michael Shane Stroede has been apprehended. Stroede was taken into custody Thursday morning, September 1, 2022, by officials from the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department. He was arrested ...

3 years ago
Sparking conversations about learning and life in Salina is the goal of a couple of events planned for community members to attend at Sunset Elementary School on Thursday and Friday. USD 305 Superintendent Linn Exline joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra to detail how the meetings will be shaped. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Linn-Exline-9-1.mp3"][/audio]   Superintendent Exline will share an ...