9 years ago
Advocates for people with disabilities are urging the federal government to require Kansas to quickly clear its backlog of Medicaid applications and to resolve problems with its application process as a condition for approving any renewal of its privatized program. The Disability Rights Center asked the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to force Kansas ...

9 years ago
Online enrollment for Salina USD 305 Schools begins this week. According to the district, online enrollment opens Thursday, July 14th for returning students. You can enroll from the convenience of your own home computer. If you do not enroll online, you will need to enroll at your school building on July 28. Please be aware that enrollment ...

9 years ago
The discovery of a cannonball prompted the evacuation of a Salina business Monday afternoon. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that at 1:39 in the afternoon dispatch received a call that a cannonball was discovered in a box of items being donated to the DAV Thrift Store at 901 West Crawford. It was on a back ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was arrested following a short high speed pursuit, and a crash, early Tuesday morning. According to Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney, at 2:00 in the morning an officer on patrol observed an unbuckled driver and attempted a traffic stop on a 1996 white Honda Civic on South 10th Street, in the area of ...

9 years ago
Salina Law Enforcement is accepting applications for the 20th Citizen’s Academy course. Applications are being accepted through July 29th. According to Sheriff Lt. Sean Kochanowski, they would like a class of 20 - 25 people. The course covers numerous areas of interest of law enforcement which include: accident scene simulation, DUI investigation, fingerprinting, court system, K9 unit, ...

9 years ago
Damaging severe weather rolled through Central Kansas early Tuesday morning. The heaviest storms rolled through portions of Ellsworth, McPherson, and Saline Counties, between 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning. The storms dropped heavy rain, and produced strong wind. The initial gust front produced 56-mile-per-hour wind at the Salina Airport at 2:53 in the morning. The backside of the ...

9 years ago
One of the top unmanned aircraft systems programs in the country is partnering with one of the best emergency management programs in the country to offer students a unique opportunity in a growing new industry. The Presidents of Kansas State University Polytechnic and Kansas Wesleyan University signed an agreement Monday afternoon on the Salina campus of ...

9 years ago
A woman in a truck was hurt in a two vehicle crash that left her on the ground in a North Salina Street Monday morning. The crash happened at the intersection of Santa Fe and North Streets. The Kansas Highway Patrol told KSAL News at the scene that a pickup truck driven by 28-year-old Ashley Collins ...

9 years ago
A couple of burglaries and a stolen bicycle highlight Monday's Salina Police Log. Police say that sometime between June 30th and July 10th a video game system and three games were stolen from a home at 853 Pontiac. A door was forced open to gain entry to the home, and a bedroom door inside was damaged ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a theft involving 70 pair of designer sunglasses. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that at 5:18 in the morning on Saturday a thief broke into Eyecare Associates of Salina at 900 Westchester Drive. Entry was gained by breaking a door glass. One inside, the thief then broke glass on display cases, and stole ...

9 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a case involving a small explosion that destroyed a mailbox. According to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan, at around 12:25 Sunday afternoon a mailbox in front of a home at 3265 E. Country Club Road exploded. An explosive device, possibly some sort of firework, caused the explosion. The mailbox exploded ...