7 years ago
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has conceded defeat in the Republican gubernatorial primary, ending one of the closest votes in Kansas history. Secretary of State Kris Kobach will be the Republican nominee for governor. The Governor made the concession Tuesday evening. Earlier in the day Kobach had stretched his lead by several hundred votes, gaining votes in ...

7 years ago
A Hutchinson veteran is accused of defrauding the government by pretending to be blind. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister's Office, 39-year-old Addison Lewis, a U.S. Army veteran, and 25-year-old Brandi Lewis, both of Hutchinson are charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and two counts of theft of government funds. The indictment alleges ...

7 years ago
A recent cattle truck crash is prompting the most well-known animal rights group in the world to put up a billboard in Saline County. Back on August 7th a truck hauling cattle crashed in rural Saline County. A semi hauling 65 head of cattle crashed in a ditch southeast of Salina. As the driver reached for ...

7 years ago
The Streetscape and Waterline work proposed for this week has been modified due to weather such that the intersection of Walnut and Santa Fe on the west side has been reduced to one lane westbound.  This configuration is shown on the attached maps and the work is further described as follows. Traffic control will continue ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman was killed in a single vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 29-year-old Michelle LaPierre was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata, headed east on Crawford Street in the westbound lane of travel. She made an evasive maneuver, steering the car to the south. The car left the road, struck a culvert ...

7 years ago
Children are back in school. The Salina Police Department is reminding motorists to slow down and to be careful around school zones. Police Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that officers on patrol are enforcing a zero tolerance policy for speeding in school zones and that fines can be pretty costly. According to Rupert, fines including court costs ...

7 years ago
A man and woman from Salina were taken into custody on felony theft charges in connection to a series of high-tech items that were stolen from Wal-Mart at 2900 S. 9th. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Brent Trimble and 42-year-old Stacie Walle were arrested on Monday after loss and prevention agents at ...

7 years ago
Kansas' rich aviation history flew even higher on Tuesday morning in rural Saline County. Several media members, politicians, dignitaries and staffers with the Kansas Department of Transportation looked to the sky as a Kansas State University Polytechnic drone took off in a milo field just outside of Gypsum. What was so significant about this flight was that ...

7 years ago
Lightning is blamed for igniting several hay bales and three vehicles yesterday as thunderstorms fired up Monday afternoon around Saline County. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 18 bales of hay were burned on John Thelander's property located in the 4000 block of E. Cloud. There were no injuries. Deputies say the row of bales were struck ...

7 years ago
Legendary rock and roll hall of famer Lindsey Buckingham is coming to Salina. The former member of Fleetwood Mac, and renowned solo artist, is coming to the Stiefel Theatre in November. According to the venue, Lindsey Buckingham is widely considered one of the greatest guitarists and songwriters and musical expressionists of our time. A Rock and ...

7 years ago
A Kansas college student is facing child sex charges. Police arrested 19-year-old Jordan Tuttle on Sunday evening after learning that he allegedly had sex with a runaway 15-year-old girl at his Cowley College dorm in Arkansas City. Authorities say the teen had run away from her home in Oklahoma and had been staying with Tuttle. Tuttle faces ...