5 years ago
A motorcycle was stolen from outside of a downtown Salina bar, however, it was later found a half block away. Salina Police Capt. Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that the 2000 Suzuki VZ800Y Marauder was stolen on Thursday between 11:11 p.m. and 11:43 p.m. from the 100 block of N. 7th St. The 37-year-old male victim from ...

5 years ago
Monday, Sept. 7, is Labor Day. This means a three-day weekend for students, faculty and staff as K-State campuses are closed until Tuesday.   This extended weekend, K-State and local health departments are encouraging the Wildcat family to stay in Manhattan, Salina or Johnson County rather than travel to visit friends and loved ones.   Positive COVID-19 cases are steadily increasing ...

5 years ago
UPDATE: A car, which was stolen from a rural Salina residence earlier this week, is found in New Mexico. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News a stolen 2004 Buick Lesabre that belongs to a Solomon woman, was found in Albuquerque, N.M. on Wednesday night. At 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Albuquerque Police located the vehicle behind a ...

5 years ago
An Ellsworth man has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for convictions on four child sex-crime related charges. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, 59-year-old Karl Van Nice was sentenced on two counts of rape, one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of aggravated sexual battery. Van Nice ...

5 years ago
State health officials say more than one thousand university students and staff at the two largest schools on Kansas have tested positive for COVID-19 so far this summer. A campus spokesman in Manhattan says that Kansas State has reported 479 cases of the virus so far this semester after testing more than 3,300. In Lawrence, officials said ...

5 years ago
The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance to identify potential victims of Kansas high school basketball coach Jeffrey Pierce. According to the agency, the high school basketball coach at Seaman High School in Topeka has been charged with sexually exploiting minors. Using social networking platforms, Pierce would contact his victims while pretending to be a female ...

5 years ago
The preliminary findings by Kansas State University during a necropsy on Luka, one of three cubs born at Rolling Hills Zoo, found that Luka suffered from subaortic stenosis, a serious condition that obstructed the flow of blood from his heart’s left ventricle. According to the zoo, this serious condition was likely congenital and may have been ...

5 years ago
If you will be spending time over the weekend at a Kansas lake, officials caution to be aware of the one warning and thirteen  watches due to toxic blue-green algae. The following health advisories have been issued: Warning Camp Hawk Lake, Harvey County Watch Brown State Fishing Lake, Brown County Ford State Fishing Lake, Ford County Gathering ...

5 years ago
KANcycle, the regional bike sharing program that serves north central Kansas, is going to relaunch.  KANcycle has been closed since the end of March because of COVID.  The relaunch is planned for September 11th. KANcycle, a program of OCCK Transportation, was started in June of 2019 with 80 bikes spread across 16 stations in eight counties ...

5 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly today toured COMCARE of Sedgwick County Children’s Services to discuss how the pandemic has impacted COMCARE and other Community Mental Health Centers, and how her administration can help local partners increase access to mental health services for Kansans. “The challenges brought on by the COVID-19 virus have led to an increased number ...

5 years ago
State health officials will begin to release the names and locations of active COVID-19 outbreaks in Kansas. Last week, Kansas saw the highest increase in outbreaks to date, with an increase of 26 from Wednesday to Friday, and ended the week with 170 active outbreaks. Active locations will be released when there are five or more confirmed ...