4 years ago
Winter is coming. According to the National Weather Service, arctic air will invade the region on New Years Eve and Day. Rain will change over to a wintry mix and then snow late Friday night into Saturday. As of now, north-central Kansas will be more likely to see a changeover to all snow than south-central Kansas Friday ...

4 years ago
There is still time to make a tax deductible year end donation to the Salina Area United Way. According to the organization, you can cash in on the advantages of a tax-deductible gift and strengthen the community when you make a donation before the clock strikes midnight on December 31st. A gift to the Salina Area United ...

4 years ago
The CDC announced this week it is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others. According to the Saline County Health Department, while they are aware of this change, they are bound by the state ...

4 years ago
OCCK Transportation is recognizing  pleased recipients of the 2021 Driver Safety Recognition Awards.  The organization honored 37 drivers with more than 166 years of safe driving. According to OCCK,  their Transportation Division Safe Driver Recognition and Award Program is designed to distinguish and honor OCCK Transportation drivers who have proven their skill in avoiding accidents and ...

4 years ago
A Salina man has been arrested after he was discovered inside a vacant home Monday afternoon. Nicholas Reimonenq, 29, has been charged with single counts of burglary, theft and interference with a law enforcement officer. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of S. Eighth St. at ...

4 years ago
A man is facing charges after a domestic incident Sunday night. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 9:45 p.m., officers responded to reports of a domestic disturbance involving a firearm in the 2400 block of Drake Place. The 43-year-old male victim told officers that his father, 75-year-old Daniel Baffa, pointed a shotgun at ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman is on the search for her vehicle after it was stolen Sunday night. Amanda Hubbard was working a shift at the Casey's General Store at 1100 E. Iron Avenue. She left the store at 10 p.m. to go to her vehicle and then returned to work. When she returned to the parking lot ...

4 years ago
A house is struck by gunfire in Maize. Police were called to the Hunter's Glen neighborhood early yesterday morning and found a home in the 700-block of South Longbranch that had been struck several times by gunfire. No one was injured in the incident, which is under investigation.

4 years ago
A convicted killer is headed to prison in southeastern Kansas. Thirty-year-old Mark Hopkins the Second has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2020 deaths of Blaze Swank and Kylan Shook. The murders took place in June 2020 in Cherokee County. Hopkins pleaded guilty last month to two counts of premeditated first-degree murder in the case.

4 years ago
The number of COVID-19 cases in Kansas is on the rise. Officials reported 69-hundred-39 new cases over the holiday weekend, bringing the total in the state to 512-thousand-461. Fourteen additional COVID-19 deaths were confirmed, and the state has seen 69-hundred-64 COVID-19 deaths overall.

4 years ago
He's headed to the Texas Bowl to watch the Wildcats and Tigers from LSU. KSAL's 'Superfan' Clarke Sanders says there is still room on the bus trip to Houston to watch Kansas State play Tuesday, January 4th at NRG Stadium. Clarke joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra and says the bus trip includes a choice ...