7 years ago
Two people from Salina were arrested after leading law enforcement on a multi-county high speed pursuit. According to the Russell County Sheriff's Office, late Saturday night, at around 10:45, a deputy observed a vehicle driving around the football field in Lucas. The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle which was a blue Ford Mustang with a ...

7 years ago
International cast and crew from Up With People begin arriving in Salina next Monday, and they are still in need of a little help from the community. Families in Salina still have a unique opportunity to bring a bit of the world into their homes. The international cast of Up with People is coming to town ...

7 years ago
A Mexican national who was arrested in Kansas with 4.5 pounds of heroin will spend nearly 3.5 years in federal prison. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister's Office, 26-year-old Elesvan Garcia-Matinez pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. In his plea, Garcia-Matinez admitted the Geary County Sheriff’s Office stopped his car on ...

7 years ago
The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley will  host a 9/11 commemoration ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Global War on Terrorism monument, which is located on the east side of Cavalry Parade Field. The monument is a small replica of the World Trade Center Twin Towers on a Pentagon-shaped base. It bears ...

7 years ago
A recent cattle truck crash has prompted the most well-known animal rights group in the world to put up a billboard in Salina. Back on August 7th a truck hauling cattle crashed in rural Saline County. A semi hauling 65 head of cattle crashed in a ditch southeast of Salina. As the driver reached for something ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle that was full of pesticides. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an employee with a pest control company contacted authorities after discovering his car had been stolen from his apartment's parking lot in the 700 block of S. 2nd. Police say sometime between 11:30pm on Friday and 3:30pm ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating two residential burglaries after someone kicked in the front door on a couple of rural houses and removed numerous items from inside. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime Friday between 8am and 1:11pm, computers, tools computer speakers and a couple of flat screen TVs where stolen from ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a motorcycle rider who allegedly threatened a man with a handgun on Sunday. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 22-year-old man from New Cambria was fueling up his car at the Velero gas station located at 848 N. Broadway when a white male rolled up on a motorcycle and ...

7 years ago
A woman from Philadelphia was killed in crash along Interstate 70 in Kansas Sunday night in Dickinson County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  71-year-old Elizabet Douglass Baker, was driving an SUV headed west traveling near the minimum posted speed limit. A van struck her SUV in the rear, forcing it into a ditch where it ...

7 years ago
Electric vehicle drivers and enthusiasts are invited to Cloud County Community College’s Drive Electric event on Monday. The event will be from noon-8 p.m. in parking lot two at the college’s Concordia campus. The event will highlight the clean-air benefits and cost-savings of electric cars during the week of September 8-16. The event is part of ...

7 years ago
SPARK Artist Resource Exchange is a project funded by the Greater Salina Community Foundation and the Dane G. Hansen Foundation focused on inspiring, connecting, and empowering artists to thrive as valued community members. The project has the goal of shaping a community that acknowledges and requires the participation of artists as decision-makers in Salina and ...