8 years ago
With a perfect storm of heavy fuel, high winds and low humidity, wild fires roared through 23 Kansas counties in early March. One of the largest burned more than 800 square miles in Clark and Comanche counties, scorching more than 80 percent of Clark County. The fires had a devastating impact to those who lived ...

8 years ago
A fire that started on a kitchen stove badly damaged a Salina home Wednesday evening. Salina Fire Marshall Roger Williams tells KSAL News that first responders were dispatched at around 7:00 to the report of  a house on fire at 1125 E. Beloit. The first crews on scene discovered a working fire. "Flames were not visible, but ...

8 years ago
Authorities say two people were killed when a man driving the wrong-way on Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Kansas, collided with a pickup truck. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 34-year-old Troy Reliford of Lee's Summit, Missouri, and 30-year-old Tyrone Jennings Jr. of Kansas City, Kansas, died in the crash shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday. The patrol says ...

8 years ago
Murky, wet flying conditions on Wednesday did not ground the continued growth of the aviation program at Kansas State Polytechnic. Thanks to a Kansas Department of Transportation grant of $428,990 - officials at Salina Regional Airport will use the funds for repairs and maintenance of the ramp or apron area of the airport used by the ...

8 years ago
A traffic stop along Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County prompted arrests in connection with alleged alien smuggling. According to the U.S Attorney's Office in Wichita, six men from Mexico were indicted Tuesday in a case of alleged alien smuggling. Adrian Guzman-Rojas, 19, a citizen of Mexico, was charged with one count of knowingly transporting Mexican citizens who ...

8 years ago
Kansas legislators are considering a new proposal for raising personal income taxes as they wrestle with the state's serious budget problems. The House Taxation Committee expected to vote Wednesday on a plan favored by conservative Republicans to move the state to a "flat" personal income tax with a rate of 5 percent for all filers. The Senate ...

8 years ago
Salina police responded to a reported burglary at Broadway Mini Storage, 3335 S. 9th. An employee was driving the lot at the storage unit on Tuesday and noticed that a lock had been ripped off of one of the units. KSAL News learned that Alanna Regh, 31, of Salina and Ronnie Mills, 37, also of Salina; shared ...

8 years ago
Eric Clayton, Head Coach of the Salina Liberty Indoor Football team, has resigned effective immediately.  The Liberty, in it’s second season of operation, are currently 0-4 on the season. “Eric Clayton is a stand-up guy, and has done more for our organization than meets the eye of fans” stated General Manager Francis Flax. “He was ...

8 years ago
The Salina City County Building Authority met Tuesday. The Board ended up taking no formal action on securing the building but planned to make such a decision at its April meeting. Court Administrator Todd Heitschmidt estimated that it may cost the Building Authority $150,000 to $200,000 per year to have three deputies secure one entrance at ...

8 years ago
The inability of Republicans to repeal and replace the affordable care act has some legislators in DC vowing to still try to come up with an alternative healthcare plan, while others are throwing in the towel. House Speaker Paul Ryan has insisted that they will still try to repeal "Obamacare." Congressman Dr. Roger Marshall, who represents Kansas's ...

8 years ago
A suspect was arrested following a foot pursuit in Downtown Salina during the noon hour on Tuesday. Salina Police told KSAL News at the scene that the pursuit started when an officer responded to a report of a person with outstanding warrants walking in the 200 block of South Santa Fe. The officer quickly located the ...