7 years ago
What is being called one of the largest and most ambitious research efforts ever into severe weather is calling Salina its home base for the next 45 days.  The TORUS project, or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells, is headquartered in a hangar at the Salina Regional Airport. More than 50 researchers, including a ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after breaking a protection order and allegedly threatening a family. Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Jason Duffy was arrested Monday evening after officers were called to the 900 block of S. 3rd Street just before 7pm. Police say Duffy had entered the home of a person ...

7 years ago
Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus in Salina will host the third annual Midwest Big Data Hub Digital Agriculture Spoke: All-Hands Meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The meeting serves as the culmination of the National Science Foundation project dedicated to bringing academics and commercial operators together around the topic of big data in agriculture. The NSF ...

7 years ago
Ahead of what is being called one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever, the research group conducting it is planning a media day today at the Salina Regional Airport to explain the project and answer questions. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, more than 50 researchers and students ...

7 years ago
The United States Congress and President of the United States have designated Tuesday, May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police week. The City of Salina honors the valor, service, and sacrifice of its peace officers and those of other agencies locally and nationwide.  Four Salina ...

7 years ago
An unknown suspect shot into an occupied Salina home Sunday night. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, on May 12th at 11 PM Police were called to the 600 block of N. 10th St. A 52-year-old man was sitting on his front porch when a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee with two white males inside stopped in ...

7 years ago
Two men were arrested on Friday thanks to observant Salina Police Officers. Captian Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department told KSAL News; On Friday the 10th a law enforcement officer noticed Justice Kennedy a 24-year-old male from Manhattan outside apartments on N. 9th St. the Officer was aware of his federal warrants and called for backup. ...

7 years ago
A Salina teen faces multiple charges after allegedly stealing a gun and using it to make threats against a 16-year-old male. Police Capetian Paul Forrester told KSAL News about the following correlating cases. Mr. Kinnard of Salina noticed Saturday morning that someone had stolen his vape pen, vape juice, Ruger P89 and ammo. He parked his car ...

7 years ago
Authorities are asking for the public's help in founding a thief who stole a gun. Sometime between the hours of 2:30 PM on May 1 and 5:30 AM on May 2, 2019, an unknown suspect(s) made entry into two vehicles parked in the 1900 BLK of E. Gray Rd.  Once inside the vehicles, a silver North ...

7 years ago
Smiles, tears, and hugs were mixed in with the sounds of Pomp and Circumstance over the weekend in the Salina area. Hundreds of seniors from multiple schools walked across the stage and received diplomas. On Saturday seniors at Salina Area Technical College, at the Kansas State University Polytechnic campus, and at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina ...

7 years ago
If searching out ancient Indian petroglyphs and looking for forgotten caves in Kansas interests you, then the Smoky Hills Audubon Society has someone they want you to meet. Crystal Trickle is a part of a field team, searching Kansas for ancient astrological alignments that are only revealed at sunrise on a single day of the ...