2 years ago
Creating a water feature that the public can interact with at Jerry Ivey Park could become a reality in Salina. City Manager Mike Schrage joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra on Tuesday with a look at the design process. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/schrage-water-feature-7-9.mp3"][/audio]   The City of Salina has earmarked $650,000 for the project to move forward as they ...

2 years ago
A disassembled power transformer is found in the trees after someone broke into a Salina electrical business. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime between July 3rd and July 8th, someone cut a hole in the fence at Border States Electrical located at 1320 Armory and entered the building. Once inside the suspect or suspects ...

2 years ago
Where’s Waldo? He’s in Salina this month. Celebrating its twelfth anniversary in July 2024, “Find Waldo Local” has become a summertime event in communities nationwide, including in Salina. This year, Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association are again teaming up with 310 independent bookstores nationwide, including Red Fern Booksellers for some hide-and-seek fun designed to encourage ...

2 years ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were busy over the Independence Day holiday, keeping roads and highways across the state safe. According to the agency, among other things KHP personnel assisted 901 motorists, issued 1,085 citations, and made 16 DUI arrests. The agency worked no fatal crashes over the holiday. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. ...

2 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after threatening several people at a city park. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 33-year-old Hunter Bowen was taken into custody on Sunday night after he allegedly threatened to kill a man at Hawthorne Park on North 9th Street. Police say around 8:45pm Bowen began yelling profanities at a ...

2 years ago
A DUI investigation turns into an arrest for a stolen vehicle. According to Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman, 39-year-old Nicole Hoffschneider of Bennington was taken into custody on Saturday after she allegedly lost control of a 1997 Ram pickup and ran over a stump and across a yard at an apartment complex in the 700 block ...

2 years ago
Authorities are searching for a couple of pickpockets who allegedly stole a Salina man's financial card. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that a Hispanic male and a female approached a 71-year-old man just inside Walmart on Sunday afternoon to set up their scheme. Police say the two told him he had dropped a $20 bill ...

2 years ago
Salina Police say there are no suspects in a stolen vehicle case that dates back to July 5th. Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime between 12am and 4pm, someone drove away in the white, 2013 Toyota Tacoma that was parked in the 1500 block of Osborne. The truck in valued at $17,000 and has Kansas ...

2 years ago
A man is dead following a helicopter crash in Sedgwick County. Authorities say the victim was flying his home-built helicopter when it crashed in the 57-hundred-block of North 255th Street South near Andale on Friday. The pilot died at the scene, and the FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash.

2 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen Jeep after the owner left the keys in the vehicle. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, the 37-year-old victim told investigators she left the keys in her black, 2008 Jeep Cherokee while it was parked in the 1300 block of Osage. The Jeep is valued at $10,000 and has Kansas ...

2 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after an argument with his girlfriend took a violent turn. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Christian Lasso-Olivas was arrested after authorities were sent to a residence in the 1200 block of Cloud Circle Saturday evening around 7pm. Police say Lasso-Olivas became enraged and threatened to kill her ...