8 years ago
A Kansas company is helping Puerto Rico recover from the effects of Hurricane Maria. The Maico plant in Ellsworth is making 25-hundred power poles that are being sent to the island. Maico is working on part of a FEMA project to restore power to areas of Puerto Rico that have been left without electricity since the hurricane ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a car dolly from a rental business. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between November 18 of last year and February 28, someone stole a two wheeled car dolly from Penske Rentals located at 575 E. Water Well Road. Deputies say the 2008 Demco model ...

8 years ago
A Delphos man has been found guilty of physical mistreatment of five dependent adults. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmid, 25-year-old Thomas James Tholstrup pleaded guilty in Cloud County District Court to one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy and four counts of mistreatment of a dependent adult. Each of the five victims was an elderly, ...

8 years ago
A fight in downtown Salina early Wednesday evening involving multiple people left two of them bloodied, one with a stab wound the other with a laceration. Police told KSAL News at the scene that officers were dispatched at around  5:00 to a report of a fight in progress in a parking lot in the 100 block ...

8 years ago
A Salina Police Department dispatcher is credited with helping to save a man's life. Salina Police Wednesday afternoon via social media said that back on January 25th Communications Officer Cassie McManigal answered a 911 medical emergency call. She was given information that a 70-year-old man had suffered a seizure, and was having difficulty breathing.  McManigal calmly ...

8 years ago
A story walk has been installed in Caldwell Plaza by a Leadership Salina group which promotes early childhood literacy. “We chose to bring attention to the "6 by 6 Ready to Read" program and partnered with the Salina Public Library to implement the program,” says Michael Freeland of the project group. The group installed 6 permanent sign ...

8 years ago
Following an investigation by Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents, a former Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office detective was issued a criminal summons. According to the agency, an investigation began in December 2017 after Pawnee County Sheriff Scott King and Undersheriff Derek Slack requested the KBI investigate the detective’s conduct. 43-year-old Jeffrey King of Larned was recently issued a ...

8 years ago
A former candidate for Kansas governor is trying to lure the National Rifle Association's annual convention to the state. Wink Hartman offered Hartman Arena in Park City as a potential host in a tweet yesterday. He also noted that people cannot stand by as law-abiding citizens are disarmed by liberal and anti-Second Amendment groups. The NRA convention is ...

8 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Deputies will be out in force late Friday night into early Saturday, specifically looking for drunk drivers. According to the agency, deputies will participate in a DUI Task Force in an effort to decrease the amount of intoxicated drivers on the street. Deputies on patrol will look for people driving too slowly, crossing ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a business burglary after an officer on patrol nearly missed catching two thieves in the act early Wednesday morning. Captain Paul Forrester says an officer was driving in the area of Kraft Manor around 12:50am and heard an alarm sound at a nearby business. Moments later the officer found a window shattered at ...

8 years ago
Police have identified a man who remains in critical condition at Salina Regional Health Center after being ejected off his motorcycle in a Sunday evening accident. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 50-year-old Rodney Larson suffered severe injuries after his 2015 Honda motorcycle collided with a 2004 Toyota Highlander driven by 68-year-old Joann Hamilton, also ...