Local News

Waymaster Receives Committee Appointments

Kansas House Representative-Elect Troy Waymaster of Luray has been selected to serve on three House committees for the 2013-14 legislative session.

Remember Food Safety This Christmas

For holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, families and friends across the country gather together to share in fellowship around a table of great food, but sometimes sickness follows when feast leftovers are poorly taken care of.

Dreiling Retires from Patrol

Colonel Ernest E. Garcia, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, has announced that Lieutenant Keith Dreiling of Victoria retired on December 8, 2012, after serving citizens and the state of Kansas for more than 27 years.

Electric Department Continues Work on Upgrades

The City of Russell Electric Department is very busy starting to put into place a few upgrades and updates to the city's power grid that were recently approved by the Russell City Council.

Special to KRSL.com: Russell Not Ready to Call for Water

Last week, the KRSL News Team learned the City of Hays was planning to send a letter to the Kansas Water Office to ask for a release of water from Cedar Bluff Reservoir.

Governor Brownback Urges Moment of Silence

At the request of Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and in remembrance of those lost in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback urges all Kansans to observe a moment of silence on Friday, December 21 at 9:30 AM local time.

Prepare Now for Winter Weather

The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is urging all Kansans to make preparations now for the below freezing temperatures, snow and ice-covered roadways, possible power outages and blizzard conditions the state will face in the coming days, weeks and months.