5 years ago
A Saline County man is bilked out of thousands of dollars in cash after falling victim to a phone scam. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that a 59-year-old man who lives in the northwest part of the county was contacted by a man over the phone who claimed to be the chief counsel ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen moped. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the owner contacted authorities after returning from a trip to discover his 2014 Bronc Rally-49 moped was gone. Police say the vehicle was stolen from the 1400 block of E. Iron and was last seen parked on a patio near the ...

5 years ago
State and local health officials are revealing new details about the investigation into reported illnesses linked to the Tanganyika Wildlife splash park. The agencies announced yesterday that three cases connected to the park have tested positive for Shigella bacteria. Additional testing is underway to see if the bacteria from each person is related.

5 years ago
A Kansas man is being recognized for making a record-sized catch at an Oklahoma lake. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation says Grant Rader of Wichita caught the world record paddlefish at Keystone Lake on Tuesday. Officials say the fish weighed in at 164-pounds.        

5 years ago
The USDA is investing $3.51 million to equip, rebuild, and modernize essential services in rural areas of Kansas. According to the agency, the investments will directly benefit more than 13,000 Kansans. The specifics of the Kansas investments are: Spearville – A $1,392,000 loan will cover the increased cost of construction materials on a senior living campus ...

5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is already preparing for the arrival of the first students for the fall semester. According to the school, new student move-in day will be held August 4th, while returning students will come back to campus two days later, August 6th. Off-campus students will be expected to complete the check-in process on these days ...

5 years ago
The number of vaccinated people in Saline County continues to slowly grow. According to the Saline County Health Department, 20,772 people are now vaccinated, an increase of 304 over the past week. The agency says 38.3 percent  of our population is vaccinated. There have been are 20 new COVID cases in Saline County over the past week, ...

5 years ago
A former KU Medical Center employee will spend two years in federal prison for embezzling over a half million dollars. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, 50-year-old Michael Tae Kim Ahlers of Lenexa, Kansas, was sentenced to two years in prison after stealing more than $556,000 from his former employer, the University of Kansas Medical Center ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a driver who hit a parked car and then disappeared into the dark. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 1:45am Wednesday, someone slammed a 2011 Subaru Impreza into the back end of a parked car - and rolled it once near the intersection of Sherman and Venango. Police say ...

5 years ago
The Tanganyika Wildlife Park is facing a lawsuit after several people reported getting sick after visiting the splash park. The Patterson Legal Group filed the lawsuit yesterday and noted that many adults and children were unknowingly exposed to a pathogen and suffered violent periods of illness. The lawsuit accuses the wildlife park of failing to maintain ...

5 years ago
A large wheat fire breaks out southwest of Hesston. The blaze was reported Tuesday afternoon near Emma Creek Road and Northwest 60th Street. At least 200 acres were burned, and one resident was voluntarily evacuated. Crews from more than a half-dozen agencies responded to the scene.