7 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback is making an announcement about the Department of Corrections at a prison that has seen at least three significant disturbances in recent months. Lawmakers and the state employees' union have urged the administration to address chronic staffing shortages and low pay among Kansas corrections workers. The governor's office has not disclosed what Brownback ...

7 years ago
The Powerball jackpot is up to an estimated $510 million for Saturday’s drawing. This puts the advertised jackpot above $500 million for the first time since the jackpot run that produced the world record jackpot of $1.586 billion in January 2016! Any player who matches all numbers in Saturday’s drawing will win or share Powerball’s fifth ...

7 years ago
Police say a fiery crash of a semi-trailer truck will close one direction of Interstate 435 near Kansas City through mid-morning Thursday. Overland Park police say the crash occurred about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when the truck went into a median and erupted in fire. The driver suffered only minor injuries but the crash damaged a safety device ...

7 years ago
Authorities are still searching for a truck that is connected to a rural Ottawa County murder. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, on Friday, Aug. 11 or Saturday, Aug. 12 an unknown suspect or suspects killed Matthew Schoshke at his rural home near Tescott. At approximately 7:15 p.m. Saturday the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office responded to 806 ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Commission named Heather Vidricksen Fuller and Lori Trow to serve first terms on the County’s Health Advisory Council.  The Commission also renewed the term of Ron Kramer, who will continue to serve on the council. Health Department Director Jason Tiller recommended Fuller and Trow, who were among six individuals who had completed expression ...

7 years ago
Wildlife experts say black bears wandering into Kansas from Missouri and Oklahoma will likely become established residents of the state within the next decade. Two bears were documented in southeast Kansas and another along the Colorado border as recently as two summers ago. For most of the past 15 years, bears only have been seen in ...

7 years ago
An accident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon caused damage to the building that houses Catholic Charities of Salina at 1500 S. 9th St. Sydney Ingraham was traveling northbound on 9th St. and following a vehicle that was going to turn left, when the driver of the vehicle went to turn, they became confused by construction markings. ...

7 years ago
A scammer has been targeting the area with a clever scheme that have duped some out of several thousand dollars. According to Undersheriff Brent Melander, the Saline County Sheriff's Office has received a message about an individual who lost money when a subject posing as a delivery man came to the door with flowers and a ...

7 years ago
A burglary in Salina has authorities searching for several guns valued at just under $10,000 total. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the burglary occurred sometime between Aug. 7 at 4:30 P.M. and Aug. 15 at 4:30 P.M. at 859 Sheridan. Forrester says that 54-year-old Dennis Olson was out of town between those dates and when ...

7 years ago
A gas leak at Salina South High School prompted officials to dismiss early. Officials initially thought that they were going to be able to get the problem resolved and the building aired out adequately, but that turned out not to be the case. The gas leak is fixed, but school was cancelled because of the time it ...

7 years ago
Storms rolling through the Salina area early Wednesday morning brought strong wind, heavy rain, and caused a fire. A lightning strike hit an oil tank a little to the east and the north of the city of Salina, just off North Street. Firefighters from Rural Fire District 5 responded to the fire. Thick black smoke could ...