5 years ago
A drowsy driver was able to avoid serious injury when her RV went airborne in a single-vehicle crash along Interstate 70 in Central Kansas. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 60-year-old Debora Lee from Evergreen, Colorado, was driving a 2005 Ford Motorhome headed east on I-70 in Ellsworth County near Wilson. Lee dozed off while driving. The ...

5 years ago
A quartet of Kansas Wesleyan professors earned both promotion for the upcoming academic year and tenure, according to information released by the school Tuesday. Dr. Trish Petak (Business), Andrea Picklesimer (Nursing), Kathy Sweeney (Nursing) and Karen Babcock Brassea (Theatre Arts) will each be promoted to associate professor effective Aug. 1. “The faculty members who have earned ...

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Thanks to a generous donation from a faculty member and some ambitious students, a recently launched center at Fort Hays State University now has a visual symbol to call its own. Paige Simpson, a graphic design student from Salina, won the logo contest for the Center for Empowering Victims of Gender-based Violence (CEVGV) – and the ...

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A man near and dear to the hearts of rodeo fans in Abilene and around the nation has been memorialized on a Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo buckle. According to the rodeo, Lecile Harris, a Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame rodeo clown who performed at Abilene’s Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo a dozen times, is the feature on ...

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A Celebration of Junteenth and Pride is planned in Salina this weekend. PrideFest Allstars will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. North Central Kansas Pride is hosting the weekend long PrideFest Allstars at Oakdale Park. Entry to PrideFest AllStars is free. Please bring cash for local vendors, catering, games, crafts, and more. The fun starts Friday at 6 ...

5 years ago
A teenage driver told police she tried to turn off the cruise control on her car before running a red light at a busy Salina intersection. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that about 7:15pm Monday, the 16-year-old driver was westbound on Crawford Street and collided with a vehicle headed south on Santa Fe. Her ...

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Salina Police are looking for the driver of a hit and run vehicle that left the scene of an accident Monday night. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 40-year-old Salina woman was shaken up after a hit and run driver collided with her 2015 Ford Escape in the intersection of Belmont and Magnolia. The ...

5 years ago
A Salina teen was transported to the hospital with minor injuries after a rollover crash southeast of town. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that the 17-year-old male driver was northbound on Gypsum Valley Road around 5:30pm Monday when the right front tire on his 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse dropped off the pavement and pulled the car ...

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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is rolling back COVID-19 executive orders. Kelly announced yesterday that she has rescinded all but two of the nine executive orders she issued in relation to the pandemic. The governor, who says her main priorities include vaccinating children before the next school year and continuing COVID-19 testing, is pushing state lawmakers to extend ...

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An El Dorado teenager is dead following a crash. Eighteen-year-old Alexandria Epp was one of four people injured when two vehicles collided on Kansas Highway 254 west of El Dorado on Friday night. Epp died from her injuries. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the vehicle that Epp was traveling in was struck by a wrong-way driver.

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A historic Union Pacific steam locomotive that made a tour across the country back in 2019 to  commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary is being prepared to make another run. According to Union Pacific, while details are still being finalized, Big Boy No. 4014 will depart Cheyenne, Wyoming, Thursday, Aug. 5, traveling through Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, ...