4 years ago
Kansas' new congressional map is dealt a setback. A Wyandotte County judge has struck down the map and ruled that it violates the rights of residents in Wyandotte County and Lawrence by reducing the influence of Black voting blocs in order to serve partisan ambitions. KWCH reports that the map splits Wyandotte County between two congressional districts ...

4 years ago
An outreach effort by a Salina USD 305 adult education program is seeing success. According to the district, four Schwan’s employees received a certification of completion after taking part in a 10-week, intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) class. The class was developed to address a language challenge experienced by workers who are not fluent ...

4 years ago
It's a numbers game - hospitals around the nation need about 14,000 pints of blood per day to save lives. Teri Novotny with the American Red Cross joined in the the KSAL Morning News Extra on Monday and says blood donations have been down since the pandemic, but the need never subsided. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Terri-N-blood.mp3"][/audio]   The American Red Cross ...

4 years ago
The Smoky Hill River Festival is fast approaching, and groups of volunteers are being sought to help in one area of the event. Organizers say during the Festival a section of Oakdale Park is transformed into Artyopolis, a thriving metropolis of art, crafts, games, and incredible entertainment designed especially as a kid-sized “lots to do” town. ...

4 years ago
A deck of playing cards – each including information about an unsolved crime in Kansas – will soon be distributed in state prisons and county jails across the state. Contained in the cards are three unsolved murder cases from Salina and Saline County, a missing person from Salina, and an unsolved murder case in the Dickinson ...

4 years ago
An arrest has been made after an accident Saturday morning led to a fire hydrant being damaged. Peter McSpadden, a 26-year-old Bennington man, has been arrested on requested charges of driving under the influence, driving on the left side of the roadway and driving while suspended among others. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that ...

4 years ago
No injuries are being reported after some gunshots rang out at a bar in Salina on Sunday morning. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 2 a.m., officers were sent to the Patron Nightclub, located at 1844 N. Ninth St. for reports of several fights going on. When officers arrived, they heard two gunshots in ...

4 years ago
A Salina man is looking for answers after his house was burglarized over the weekend. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that between Friday and Sunday, a house in the 400 block of S. 12th St. was involved in a burglary. The 57-year-old owner was out of town for the weekend. When he returned, he told ...

4 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a storage unit burglary from last week. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that between April 18-24, a storage unit at 1025 W. Grand Ave. was broken into. A lock was cut, and the entry door was damaged. A wire welder, racing jack, battery charger and other miscellaneous tools were ...

4 years ago
A driver from Hays was hurt in a two-vehicle crash involving an SUV and a semi on Interstate 70 near Abilene Sunday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 32-year-old Ricardo Resendiz Cruz of Hays was driving a GMC Acadia headed east on the interstate when he ran into the back of a Freightliner semi which ...

4 years ago
The National Weather Service is confirming that a tornado damaged a town in western Kansas. An EF-One tornado struck the town of Sharon Springs in Wallace County on Friday night. No injuries were reported, but officials say many businesses suffered significant damage in the storm. The Red Cross is helping with damage cleanup.