1 year ago
Salina chef Bill Fekas will be hard at work Christmas Eve, putting the final touches on a Christmas dinner for several thousand of his closest family and friends. For the 42nd year in a row, Fekas is preparing a free community-wide Christmas dinner. Fekas is planning to prepare and serve a free dinner to as many ...

1 year ago
For the 69th year in a row the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will track Santa as he flies around the world delivering toys to all of the good boys and girls. Every day of the year, NORAD defends North America using an all-domain and globally integrated approach to track everything that flies in and around Canada and the United ...

1 year ago
The Salina City Manager is resigning after serving the city for 19 years. City Manager Mike Schrage was full of emotions when he voluntarily resigned at the city commission's executive session on Monday. [audio wav="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/schrage-II.wav"][/audio]   "My family and I absolutely love Salina. I thoroughly enjoyed the work of being the city manager now more than ever and I ...

1 year ago
A police pursuit leads to the arrest of a Salina man. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that just after noon on Sunday, a patrol officer identified a man with an active warrant driving a Cadillac DeVille in the 1900 block of N. 9th Street. Police say 19-year-old Tevin Schimmel began making abrupt turns, pulling into ...

1 year ago
A Salina woman was arrested after a domestic dispute took a violent turn. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 42-year-old Sarah E. Windholz was taken into custody after officers were sent to the 900 block of S. Santa Fe Sunday afternoon. Police say Windholz became upset with a 77-year-old woman in the house believing she ...

1 year ago
Authorities are looking for a stolen Go-Kart and the thief who took it over the weekend. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that a blue, homemade Go-Kart was stolen after it was parked near a storage building in the 1800 block of W. North Street. The owner told deputies the vehicle has a long tailpipe and a ...

1 year ago
Authorities used their license plate tracking system to find a couple of car thieves on Friday night. According to Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman, 18-year-old Qyjuann Newman and a 16-year-old female were arrested on Friday after a brief foot chase. Police say the two stole a 2004 Lincoln LS sedan from the 700 block of York, then ...

1 year ago
A Salina man is facing charges for allegedly injuring a child in his care. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 30-year-old Julio Trejo-Anchondo was taken into custody on Friday after officers learned he had struck the child at his home. Police say the man was disciplining a 7-year-old boy and struck him with his hand, ...

1 year ago
A man from Louisiana and his female passenger escaped injury after their car caught on fire Friday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 43-year-old Dan Ross was driving southbound on Old-81 Highway when he noticed sparks coming from underneath his 2014 Kia and pulled over just south of the Ottawa County line. The two ...

1 year ago
Salina area public transportation will have reduced hours for the Christmas and New Year holidays this year. According to OCCK Transportation, all services, including Salina CityGo, 81 Connection, Regional Paratransit, GoAbilene, GoConcordia, KanConnect, and OCCK OnDemand transportation, will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24 and 25, 2024, for Christmas. CityGo service will resume on Thursday, ...

1 year ago
Salina 911 has expanded its use of the Priority Dispatch System to include Police and Fire protocols, enhancing emergency response for residents of Saline County and the City of Salina. The system, already in place for medical emergencies for over 30 years, brings structured, research-based processes to police and fire dispatching. According to Saline County, under ...