7 years ago
Erik Bowell is living proof that from a person's darkest moments can come the inspiration needed to change one's own life. At 47, Bowell is by most standards an unlikely med student and literally the gray beard of this year's class of eight freshly minted doctors who will be graduating from the University of Kansas ...

7 years ago
A woman from Manhattan is joining Ellsworth County farmer Josh Svaty as his running mate in his quest to be governor. The Svaty campaign announced Wednesday Katrina Lewison of Manhattan as his running mate for Lt. Governor of Kansas. Lewison, born and raised in Hutchinson and Buhler. She is a graduate of the United States Military Academy ...

7 years ago
A country music hall of famer is coming to Salina. Vince Gill is coming to perform at the Stiefel Theatre. According to the venue, Gill is one of the most popular and most recorded singers of the past quarter-century.   Gill’s current MCA Records album is Down To My Last Bad Habit, of which he wrote/co-wrote, co-produced ...

7 years ago
A Saline County man was able to walk away from an accident after tipping over his tractor in rural southern Saline County. Saline County Sheriff's Capt. Jim Hughes tells KSAL News that the accident happened in the 8900 block of S. Halstead Rd on Tuesday evening. 62-year-old Donald Sims, of rural Saline County, was driving a Farmall ...

7 years ago
The search is on for a a group of Salina siblings who are missing. Kansas Missing and Unsolved tells KSAL News 8-year-old Rosalia Lopez Milleson, 5-year-old Lorenzo Lopez Milleson, 3-year-old Nellie Lopez Milleson, and 1-year-old Carman Lopez Garcia went missing from Salina earlier this month, back on May 6th. All of the children are believed to be ...

7 years ago
A fire inside a mixing room at a Salina food supply company leads to over $200,000 in loss and damages. Fire Marshal Troy Long with SFD tells KSAL News that the fire sprinkler system at McShares Food Supply & Equipment saved the company from further losses after a fire ignited just before 10:30pm Tuesday evening. Long says ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a white male suspect after a west Salina business was burglarized. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that authorities were called to Jumpin' Joe's Family Fun Center, 1634 Sunflower, at 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday evening in reference to damage found at the facility. Forrester says that an employee found a door ...

7 years ago
A residence in west Saline County sustained damage as well as had several belongings stolen from an intruder. Saline County Sheriff's Capt. Jim Hughes tells KSAL News that deputies responded at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night to a home in the 500 block of S. Brookville Rd. The owners of the property came home to find that ...

7 years ago
Salinans gathered on a beautiful Spring morning Wednesday to honor and remember local police, sheriff, and highway patrol officers who have died in the line of duty. A Peace Officer Memorial Day event was held at Jerry Ivey Park. A crowd that included law enforcement and their family and friends, firefighters, and citizens gathered to honor, ...

7 years ago
People who are wrongfully convicted of a crime and incarcerated in Kansas will be compensated. Governor Jeff Colyer signed a bill into law yesterday which pays innocent people based on the time they're behind bars. Innocent people will be paid 65-thousand-dollars for each year spent in prison based on a wrongful conviction. Exonerated men and women will ...

7 years ago
Damage assessment is continuing following Monday's severe storms in Kansas. The National Weather Service says a tornado that struck north of Maple City in Cowley County was likely an EF-Two. Another twister near Maple City was rated an EF-Zero. No injuries have been reported following Monday's storms.