7 years ago
Two Westar Energy employees are dead following a workplace incident. Craig Burchett of Overbrook and Jesse Henson of Manhattan suffered severe burns Sunday morning when a steam safety valve apparently failed at the Jeffrey Energy Center in St. Mary's. The area where the victims were working was filled with hot pressurized steam. Both victims were taken to ...

7 years ago
Salina Police have released statistics from a two week seat belt enforcement program that began May 21 and wrapped up over the weekend. Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that officers made 198 stops during the 14-day period and handed out 182 citations for adults and one for a child who was not restrained during the ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a couple of pistols from the home of a man while he was serving overseas in the U. S. Army. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that while the 39-year-old man was deployed between November 2017 and this June, someone entered his home in the 2000 block of Starlight ...

7 years ago
A Wichita man is facing multiple charges in Salina after a chase ended with his arrest in McPherson County. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, on Saturday morning around 7:35am, officers were called to Tractor Supply Company located at 3120 Riffel Drive after an employee discovered a broken window at the store and saw a ...

7 years ago
A Lindsborg woman was injured in a rollover crash involving a car and a farm tractor on Kansas Highway-4 Saturday. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Graci Kejr was transported to Salina Regional Health Center and then onto a Wichita hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Deputies say Kejr was driving northbound ...

7 years ago
The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake shook the Salina area early Monday morning. According to the agency, a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was centered near Salina, in the area of N. Holmes Road and E. North Street. The earthquake happened at 5:54 am. The earthquake was felt throughout Central Kansas. There were no immediate reports of damage. Earthquakes ...

7 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is facing criticism over his appearance in a parade over the weekend. Kobach appeared in Saturday's Old Shawnee Days Parade while riding in a Jeep with a replica gun mounted on the back of it. A replica a five-foot-long machine gun was on top of the jeep, which was painted ...

7 years ago
People without access to air conditioning or other means of staying cool during hot and humid weather can receive fans from the Salina Salvation Army. According to the agency, they will make free fans available again this year. The Salvation Army, located at on North Santa Fe, will be distributing box fans on Thursday from 9:00 ...

7 years ago
A long-time Salina educator was inducted into the Kansas Teacher's Hall of Fame over the weekend. George Troutfetter, who has spent nearly 50 years in public education in Salina, was among of the class of 2018 inductees who were honored at a ceremony on Saturday. During his career in Salina Troutfetter has been a teacher, assistant ...

7 years ago
The new Arby's in Abilene will open on Tuesday when the 24/7 Travel Store celebrates its grand opening. Arby’s is the end cap to the new 24/7 Travel Store, which opened on April 30.  Arby’s will open Tuesday for breakfast at 7:00am and remain open until 11:00pm. every day, occupying 2,130 square feet, with comfortable, full ...

7 years ago
A woman was killed and six other people were hurt in a crash near Ellsworth late Saturday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a Kenworth tractor trailer truck was headed west on K -156 Highway.  It braked to avoid striking a farm implement. the semi jackknifed into the eastbound lanes and struck and oncoming GMC ...