2 years ago
The McPherson Police Department arrested a daycare provider for suspicion of Aggravated Endangering a Child and Driving Under the Influence. According to the agency, on Wednesday 0fficers responded to the 100 Block of South Park Street in McPherson in reference to young children and a dog being found and unsupervised in someone’s backyard near a pool. ...

2 years ago
An interim Salina Police Chief will take over the agency beginning Friday. According to the City of Salina, city manager Mike Schrage has appointed Sean Morton as the interim police chief. The interim appointment is the result of current Police Chief Brad Nelson’s recent retirement announcement. Chief Nelson intended to retire on September 2nd, but has ...

2 years ago
You can help out a sweet little boy who is battling life-long medical conditions by buying a sweet treat Saturday morning. Beckett was a badly injured shaken baby who was adopted by Salinans Christy and Jay Rector. The Rectors have never given up on Beckett, even when doctors said certain things were not possible.  The Rectors are ...

2 years ago
A pedestrian was killed while walking along Interstate 135 near Salina Thursday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at approximately 6:30am, dispatch was notified of a two vehicle non-injury crash with one driver walking south from scene. Shortly afterwards an additional crash involving a pedestrian was reported resulting in a death. The agency says a Chevrolet ...

2 years ago
Gas prices are up slightly in Kansas. As reported by Triple-A, the average price for regular unleaded rose yesterday to just under four dollars, 59 cents on Thursday. Meanwhile, prices fell across most of the nation, dropping to an average of four 86 per gallon. The cheapest gas continues to be found in Georgia, where the average, ...

2 years ago
Two teenage boys were taken to Salina Regional Health Center early Thursday morning after an alleged stabbing incident. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the incident happened around 1 a.m. in the 600 block of Montrose Street. A 14-year-old male victim had stab wounds to the thigh and buttocks, and his 13-year-old brother had ...

2 years ago
A vehicle fire south of Salina on Wednesday led to injuries for an Assaria man. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that at 11:54 p.m. in the 4900 block of S. Ohio Street, a brown 1969 Chevrolet C10 pickup left the roadway on the east side and struck some trees. The 43-year-old man driving ...

2 years ago
Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus played an integral role in an unmanned aircraft systems flight competition in Starkville, Mississippi, where prize money from federal innovation funding was awarded to drone teams for their emergency safety ideas. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Public Safety Communications Research Division, along with K-State Salina and Mississippi ...

2 years ago
Some would say pie can be an art form. An artist in Lindsborg will have pie as art on full display. According to the Red Barn Studio, from Roeland Park Laura Baker will be the Artist-in-Residence  Friday, July 1st through Sunday, July 10th. “Another summer approaches and my thoughts turn to Pie. I will be working on ...

2 years ago
A three-year investigation ends with 140 charges against 9 people for hunting crimes. According to the Kansas Governor's Office, the investigation in northwest Kansas involving Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace, and Logan Counties came to a close thanks to numerous public tips and the diligent efforts of Kansas game wardens. Throughout the investigation, game wardens executed multiple physical and ...

2 years ago
A combine is a total loss after catching fire in a wheat field. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, David Persigehl was operating a Case IH 2188 combine in a field in the 8800 block of S. Centennial Road on Monday evening when the machine caught on fire. Persigehl told deputies he believed the U-joint sparked ...