8 years ago
Rural firefighters kept a brush pile fire from spreading to adjacent fields on Sunday. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that a pile of tree limbs and brush may have been ignited by nearby fireworks on Sunday evening just before 9pm. Crews from RFD #7 made quick work of the fire that was burning in the 5500 ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was jailed on drug charges after suffering a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Joseph Valdez was transported to Salina Regional Health Center on Saturday evening after his neighbor applied a tourniquet on his leg and called 911. Police say Valdez was not cooperative in answering questions ...

8 years ago
This Independence Day holiday, Kansans will be among a record-breaking 46.9 million Americans who will travel 50 miles or more away from home, an increase of 2.38 million or more than 5 percent compared with last year and the highest number since AAA started tracking 18 years ago. “This Independence Day will be one for the ...

8 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene is offering an opportunity to join in the Independence Day Celebration at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. According to the organization, the Declaration of Independence Reading Ceremony will be shown from 10 – 11 a.m. in the Visitors Center Auditorium of the Eisenhower Presidential Library, 200 SE ...

8 years ago
Vintage military aircraft will soar over Salina, and be on display at the Salina Regional Airport, when the "Wings of Freedom" tour lands. According to the airport a B-17 Flying Fortress named "Nine O Nine," aaConsolidated B-24 Liberator named "Witchcraft," a B-25 Mitchell "Tondelayo" bomber, and a P-51 Mustang fighter named "Toulouse Nuts" will fly to ...

8 years ago
A Salina man has been appointed to fill a new position at the Kansas Department of Commerce. According to Governor Jeff Colyer's Office, Tom Arpke will fill the role of Regulatory Ombudsman. Arpke will help businesses looking to expand or start operating in Kansas to navigate the regulatory process and resolve questions or concerns. “Kansas needs to ...

8 years ago
A couple of burglaries that could be connected at rural Saline County properties are this week's Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. On Friday June 15, 2018 between 2:00AM and 3:15AM, unknown suspects forced entry into a detached garage on a residential property in the 8000 block of E. Mariposa Rd. The following items were ...

8 years ago
Salina Law Enforcement is accepting applications for the 23rd Citizen’s Academy course in August. Applications are being accepted now through July 13th and the course will begin on August, 15 2018 and run through mid-October. According to Lt. Sean Kochanowski, with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, instructors would like to work with a class size of ...

8 years ago
One person suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound in an accidental shooting at the Smoky Hill Weapons Range. Salina EMS and Saline County Sheriff deputies responded to what was dispatched as an accidental shooting Thursday morning just after 7:30 to the weapons range, which is located west of Salina. The military tells KSAL News a member of ...

8 years ago
A bullsnake is to blame for a power outage in Hays. Midwest Energy says the snake got into a transformer at a substation. When the snake made contact with a live wire, it caused fuses to blow, leaving some without power for an hour Wednesday night. The snake did not survive the unusual incident. Source: MetroSource News

8 years ago
Thanks to the generosity of radio listeners in the Salina area, hundreds of cases of bottled water are headed to help those cleaning up in a Kansas community that took a direct hit from a tornado Tuesday night. The Rocking M Media Group of radio stations on Thursday teamed up with the Salina Salvation Army ...