7 years ago
A Salina man who allegedly threatened his stepdad with a screwdriver is in jail. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers were sent to a home in the 600 block of S. 10th Street around 9pm Wednesday evening after an argument over loud music sparked an incident between a couple and 19-year-old Austin Gassmann. Police say the ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone spray painted a racial slur on a man's pickup. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 500 block of Maple after vandals broke both passenger side windows on a 2003 GMC pickup, stole a JVC stereo from the dash ...

7 years ago
It's a sign of the season. Bell ringers and red kettles. The Salina Salvation Army Kettle Campaign is underway. The agency tells KSAL News the campaign began this week with a kind of "soft opening".  Kettles and bell ringers began at limited locations around Salina. The Kettle Campaign will launch fully on "Black Friday", Friday November 29th. Red ...

7 years ago
Salina Downtown will ring in the holiday season this weekend. Two of the biggest events of the year are on Saturday. Historic Salina Downtown’s signature event, the annual Christmas Festival and Parade of Lights are an all day family-friendly event sure to entertain the young and old alike. The day begins with a the Frosty 5 K ...

7 years ago
A large crowd gathered in Salina Wednesday afternoon to watch a historic Union Pacific locomotive chug into town. Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 has been touring the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad's 150th anniversary. This week the journey has been taking it through Kansas. Wednesday afternoon in ...

7 years ago
Volunteers will be greeting you at all three Dillon’s stores in Salina on Friday and Saturday – to help shoppers fill a bag for those in need. Chad Young, Executive Director of the Salina Rescue Mission tells KSAL News that the 20th Annual Dr. Temple Food Drive is a easy way to pitch in. “Our volunteers will ...

7 years ago
A two-car crash in north Salina sends multiple people to the hospital with minor injuries. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the crash occurred at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at the intersection of 5th St. and Harsh Ave. A 2012 Dodge Journey, being driven by Gerald White, 40, Salina, crashed in to the driver's ...

7 years ago
A van stolen from a residence in north Salina is ultimately found in a trailer park earlier this morning. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to 921 N. 8th St. on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. to the report of a stolen vehicle. Another resident at the home left at 3:15 p.m. When ...

7 years ago
A Salina man is facing numerous drug-related charges after a police K-9 helped find drugs inside of a vehicle. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester says that an officer on patrol observed Marquis Richardson operating a Ford F-150 truck at 11th St. and Harsh Ave. at 3:15 p.m., Tuesday. The officer knew that Richardson had a suspended licence ...

7 years ago
The small, rolling vehicle looks a bit like something out of a science fiction film as it moves slowly across a barren patch of land on Kansas State University’s North Agronomy Farm. It rolls on treads similar to an Army tank, but the complicated array of attachments suggests something else. The machine, which measures 2 feet tall ...

7 years ago
An elderly man who is traveling from Iowa to Arizona might be lost and missing somewhere in Kansas. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, a Silver Alert has been issued for 90-year-old James Lewis Larson. Larson last seen in Lawrence on November 13th in a maroon 2017 Ford Edge 4-door hatchback bearing Iowa license plate ASG ...