4 months ago
Deb Gruver felt heartbroken and violated when police raided the Marion County Record last year. As a reporter at the newspaper, Gruver knew that powerful people in town weren’t fans of the accountability journalism she and her colleagues produced. But when police rolled up to the office on Aug. 11, 2023, she didn’t know those officials ...

4 months ago
Most of the state of Kansas is now at risk for West Nile virus. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a high-risk warning for West Nile infections for most of the state. There are now two confirmed positive cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the state's northeast and southwest regions. People over 50 and ...

4 months ago
A multi-year - multi phase plan to bring the Smoky Hill River back to life in Salina is underway, but most of the work will be under the radar for the next couple of years. City of Salina Utilities Director Martha Tasker joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra Thursday with a look at the ...

4 months ago
A suspect abandoned a vehicle after fleeing from police in a pursuit. Wednesday at 10:14pm, authorities attempted to stop a Lexus passenger vehicle, for an illegal license plate in the 700 block of N 7th. Salina police Lt. Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News, the driver did not pull over and fled from authorities. The chase entered Ottawa ...

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Rain or shine, mud will be flying northwest of Salina this weekend. The Redneck Paradise Mud Run, a Kansas Mud Racing Organization event, will be held Saturday afternoon. Mud racing is a form of off-road motor sports. The goal is to drive a vehicle through a pit of mud, or a track of a set length. ...

4 months ago
One of the biggest events of its kind in the Midwest is for the second time hosting a summer event.  The Salina Heart Land Toy Show, billed as the largest toy show in Kansas, is traditionally held in November. Based on how it was received last summer, the second Heartland Toy Show Summer Bash is ...

4 months ago
An investigation of an animal cruelty case in Valley Center is complete. The investigation began after the Valley Center High School baseball team was accused of animal cruelty after a chicken was allegedly killed on school grounds. Investigators determined that insufficient evidence was uncovered to establish the commission of a chargeable crime under state law.

4 months ago
Seven Wichita police officers are entitled to qualified immunity in a civil lawsuit over the in-custody death of a teenager. Seventeen-year-old Cedric Lofton became unresponsive while being restrained following an altercation at a Wichita juvenile center on September 21st, 2021, and he died at a hospital two days later. A federal judge ruled this week that seven ...

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An American hero will roll back into Abilene for the Central Kansas Free Fair at the end of July. Kansas native Mark Nutsch now lives in Leavenworth and joined in on the KSAL Morning News with a look back at a group of US Army Green Berets he led in freeing Afghanistan from Taliban rule in ...

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A woman who was strangled by an acquaintance calls police three days later. Captain Mike Miller tells KSAL News, yesterday afternoon authorities were sent to the 200 block of South 7th, to investigate an assault. A 28-year old Salina woman was strangled by a man on Saturday afternoon and did not call police the day of. Police have ...

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 For a century, Kansas State University has been “bringing the college to the people and the people to the college,” becoming a pioneer radio voice when KSAC first aired on Dec. 1, 1924. The university will commemorate this historic milestone as the first educational broadcasting station in Kansas with the K-State Radio Centennial: A Century of Sound ...