8 years ago
Four people are taken into custody on numerous charges including human trafficking in connection with an alleged child sex trafficking case in Wichita. Police went to an apartment in the 2400 block of South St. Clair Friday morning to make contact with a 15-year-old female victim. A 37-year-old man and a 19-year-old man were arrested at ...

8 years ago
A couple of people were injured when a van veered off a west Salina road, crashed through a couple of fences as it drove through a couple of backyards, and finally came to a stop after crashing into a shed on Saturday afternoon. Police tell KSAL News that a passenger van operated by OCCK of Salina ...

8 years ago
After two years of work the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays has launched a database showcasing pictures and information about the fossils that are housed at the museum. According to Fort Hays State University, this is the first time this database of fossils has been available online to the public. “Museum paleontology specimen data are ...

8 years ago
A man from an Alaska was killed in a motorcycle crash in Kansas when he collided with a law enforcement SUV which was making a u-turn in front of him. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2015 Ford Explorer was headed west on U.S. 24 Highway.  The officer in the SUV, identified as 33-year-old Nicholas ...

8 years ago
Since announcing tuition-free scholarships for graduates of Saline and McPherson County high schools beginning in 2017, Bethany College has been busy welcoming local students and families to its campus. According to the school in Lindsborg, when the fall semester began on August 21st, more than 95 new local students were among the freshman class. This is ...

8 years ago
Fifty photographs of Kansas agriculture are now on view at the Spencer Museum of Art in the exhibition “Larry Schwarm: Kansas Farmers.” The images created by Greensburg native and University of Kansas alumnus Larry Schwarm explore the contemporary realities of farm life in Kansas. A book of the same title published by University Press of Kansas and ...

8 years ago
It got rained out last weekend, so with sunshine in the forecast this weekend a dog wash event at the Salina Animal Shelter will be held. Friends of the Salina Animal Shelter Volunteer Maggie Gillam tells KSAL News after the event was rained out last Sunday, it should be a perfect day for it this Sunday. The ...

8 years ago
A group of Kansas Wesleyan University alumni have established an endowed scholarship in honor of pioneering conservation researcher Dr. Wes Jackson. The scholarship recipients will gain valuable insight into the research programs of The Land Institute, co-founded by Jackson in 1976, while assisting in the fields, seed processing facilities and laboratories. The annual scholarship will support ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was taken to jail on Thursday evening after reportedly being unwilling to move his car during a police accident scene investigation. Police Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that 32-year-old Ernest Soukup drove around orange cones and past a police cruiser to park in front of his home in the 1400 block of ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen Chevy pickup truck. According to Sergeant Jim Feldman, sometime between 8am Tuesday and 9pm Thursday, someone stole a 2007 Chevy Avalanche that was parked on the street in the 1100 block of Stapler. The owner told police the keys may have been left inside the tan colored truck that also ...

8 years ago
A theft of two high-dollar bicycles highlights this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to Salina Police, on Wednesday, August 22nd, officers responded to a theft that occurred at the Holiday Inn Express at 755 W. Diamond Drive. The victim reported that between the hours of 10:00 p.m., on August 21, 2018, and ...