8 years ago
A unique look at some of the more colorful people on the history of Salina will be the focus on an event Thursday evening at the Smoky Hill Museum. According to the museum, John Burchill will introduce some of the colorful and charismatic people who helped make Salina and the surrounding area what it is today. ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University Faculty united on Tuesday for a community service project. Volunteers gathered and helped in cleanup along the banks of the Smoky Hill River. According to the school, the project was part of the Smoky Hill River Renewal. It consisted of removing invasive growth behind the Salina Family YMCA. Friends of the River Executive Director ...

8 years ago
Salina police are investigating a couple of burglaries that aren't connected. The first attempted burglary occurred on Monday, Oct. 1 between 3:05 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. at Construction Rental Incorporated, 515 N. Broadway. The suspects cut a chain link fence and attempted to steal a Bobcat Auger Driver with a dolly, however, the machinery was too heavy ...

8 years ago
A Salina man has turned himself in to authorities after allegedly committing an aggravated assault, among other crimes. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that authorities were sent to the intersection of Crawford and 4th St. for a disturbance at 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday. There, officers made contact with two victims who told them that they ...

8 years ago
Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs are removed from the streets of Barton County. Deputies searched six properties and three vehicles on Monday and recovered 500-thousand-dollars worth of drugs, 25-thousand-dollars in cash as well as firearms. Seven Great Bend residents were arrested during Operation Snowplow, and authorities believe some of the drugs were smuggled from ...

8 years ago
Rates are increasing on the Kansas Turnpike. Starting this week, rates are up five-percent for K-Tag drivers and 12-percent for drivers who pay tolls with cash or credit cards. The increased fees will be used to renovate toll plazas and fund road construction projects.

8 years ago
A Kansas fast food restaurant employee is accused of adding a peroxide-based cleaner to a sheriff's deputy's drink. Twenty-two-year-old Trevor Hockaday was arrested last month after he allegedly tampered with the beverage while working in the drive-through lane at a McDonald's in Iola. Authorities say the deputy consumed the drink and suffered flu-like symptoms. Hockaday is charged with ...

8 years ago
More students are attending Wichita State University. Officials say enrollment is up this fall by four-point-seven-percent, and the school has its largest freshman class in history. More than 15-thousand students are enrolled at Wichita State this fall including more than 16-hundred first-time freshmen.

8 years ago
A stolen truck from Salina was found abandoned and burning in rural McPherson County. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 2013 Dodge 3500 Ram 1-ton diesel truck was stolen from a backyard in the 700 block of Merrill sometime between Sunday at 7pm and Monday morning at 8am. Police say authorities in McPherson County ...

8 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents released preliminary figures that show a slight increase at state universities and a small decrease in systemwide enrollment of full-time equivalent students. Fort Hays State saw the largest increase of students, while K-State and Wichita State saw a slight increase to both of its enrollment numbers. KU had a slight decrease ...

8 years ago
Police arrested 30-year-old Christopher Selby on Saturday evening after a homeowner in the 1200 block of N. 7th asked officers to come and remove him. Officers discovered Selby had three probation violations and took him to jail. He's now facing additional charges, during his book-in process, deputies found him in possession of 5.1 grams of ...