6 years ago
An employee at a Salina liquor store was fooled by a caller claiming to be with a Kansas utility provider. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the employee at Hill Liquor, 153 N. Broadway, received a call at 12 p.m., Tuesday, from a caller claiming to be with Westar Energy. The scammer told the employee ...

6 years ago
Law Enforcement are investigating after a window was smashed out and an ATM dismantled at the Tony's Pizza Events Center in Salina. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the break-in occurred between 6:20 p.m. Monday and 5:25 a.m. Tuesday at Tony's Pizza Events Center, 800 The Midway. Employees with the entertainment venue arrived to work ...

6 years ago
The rollover of a tractor trailer truck prompted the closure of  a portion of Interstate 70 west of Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, just before 6:30 a 2016 Volvo semi drifted into the median. The driver, identified as 23-year-old Lovepreet Singh from Bakersfield, California, over corrected  and flipped the truck and trailer onto its ...

6 years ago
McPherson College is a great place to work and it’s been confirmed by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The 12th annual report on The Academic Workplace, recognized McPherson College as a “Great Colleges to Work For” for the fifth year in a row and received Honor Roll recognition for the fourth year in a row. ...

6 years ago
The shortage of registered nurses in Kansas and the nation is expected to increase in the next decade, and the Institute of Medicine recommends that 80 percent of Registered Nurses (RNs) obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) by 2020. In response to these concerns, Wichita State University and Kansas State University have combined ...

6 years ago
A new partnership between OCCK Transportation and Cloud County Community College will allow students, faculty and staff to ride 81 Connection buses for free. Beginning September 18, 2019, all Thunderbird students, faculty and staff can ride any 81 Connection regular fixed-route bus for free during normal operating hours by presenting a valid Cloud County Community College ...

6 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation recently awarded over $41,000 to 11 charitable projects and organizations in Saline County. The following organizations received funding: Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas, $5,000 to purchase playground equipment for children who access DVACK services at the organization’s new facility. Heartland Early Education, $5,000 for food to send home with ...

6 years ago
Another washed check shows up at a bank's drive-through window on Monday. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that surveillance cameras captured a white male trying to cash a stolen check at Bennington State Bank located at 200 South 9th. Police say the check had been altered with a sharpie or black marker, and ...

6 years ago
A large amount of meth was confiscated after a stop led to a drug related arrest on Interstate-135 on Monday evening. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 10:15pm an officer on patrol was monitoring traffic on I-135 and recognized a vehicle driven by a man wanted on a couple of warrants. Police ...

6 years ago
Voters in Kansas will be able to cast ballots at any polling place within their home county. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly visited Wichita yesterday for a bill signing ceremony for the measure, which changes the state's election laws. The measure was supported by Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman, whose department created an app where voters can ...

6 years ago
A suspect in a recent Northwest Kansas murder has been found dead. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Wednesday evening September 11th, and Thursday morning September 12th, KBI agents interviewed 47-year-old Jon Flowers of Inman who was identified in connection with a Rooks County homicide. Multiple search warrants were also served at Flowers’s residence ...