3 years ago
Salina USD 305 is planning a couple of discussion-type events for community members to participate in this week. According to the district, Superintendent Linn Exline is inviting community members to join her for a conversation about schools this Thursday and Friday. Opportunities include: September 1, Thursday, 5:15-6:15 p.m. at Sunset Elementary School September 2, Friday, 9:00-10:00 ...

3 years ago
A historic Kansas church is damaged in a fire. Officials say that Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Fort Scott was struck by lightning on Monday night. The 162-year-old church's roof caught fire, and the building suffered heavy damage. Church officials say that the building can be repaired.

3 years ago
An inmate at a Kansas prison was found dead Tuesday morning. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, Lansing Correctional Facility resident Ricardo Carlos Ramirez died Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Ramirez was found unresponsive in his cell early Tuesday morning. Staff began life-saving measures immediately and continued after EMS arrived on the scene. He was pronounced deceased ...

3 years ago
Officials in Riley County are investigating another incident involving an overdoses from fake pressed pills containing fentanyl. According to the Riley County Police Department, officers late Monday night responded to the report of an overdose in Manhattan at around 11:30. A 20-year-old male was transported to Via Christi hospital for treatment after ingesting a presumably fake ...

3 years ago
Police are looking for the driver of an older white car who was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Salina on Monday afternoon. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL a 34 year-old woman was stopped at the light going northbound at the S. Ninth Street and W. Crawford Street intersection. At approximately 1:00 p.m. the ...

3 years ago
Officers were called to a home in New Cambria for a wellness check and when they arrived, they found two individuals with warrants for their arrest. Sheriff Rodger Soldan of the Saline County Sheriff’s Office tells KSAL News that officers were called to a home in New Cambria to conduct a wellness check. When the officer ...

3 years ago
A handgun is missing after a party at a home east of Salina Saturday night that was occupied as an Airbnb. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News there were about 30 people who attended  a party at the home in the 3500 block of Country Club Road, A 22-year-old man showed up at the party ...

3 years ago
An unusual cyber crime took place this week as a scammer rerouted an employee’s check. Saline County Sheriff Rodger Soldan tells KSAL News an individual in the human resources department of an industrial business south of salina received an email from an employee asking to change their direct deposit information. When payday came around a 61 ...

3 years ago
A new grant program from Kansas State University provides eligible students with an award covering in-state tuition that remains after other grants and scholarships are applied to a student's account, helping those who need it most. The award, known as the Land Grant Promise, provides tuition-free undergraduate education and exemplifies the university's land-grant commitment to access and affordability ...

3 years ago
Two people are in custody in Southwest Kansas and 800 pounds of stolen meat has been returned to its owner. According to the Hugoton Police Department, the incident started in Morton County when a victim filed a police report regarding packages of processed meat being stolen from a meat locker.  An investigator received information the stolen ...

3 years ago
A state psychiatric hospital employee and patient are taken into custody. Authorities say 20-year-old employee Jamey Anderson left the Osawatomie State Hospital in a vehicle with 18-year-old Salvador Reyes III and were reported missing yesterday morning. Law enforcement captured Anderson and Reyes near the spillway at Hillsdale Lake late yesterday morning. Both Anderson and Reyes are facing escape ...