3 years ago
The Kansas Poet Laureate will kick off 39th Salina Spring Poetry Series in Salina. According to Salina Arts & Humanities the poetry series begins on Tuesday, April 4, with a reading by Kansas Poet  Traci Brimhall. The reading will begin at 7 pm at Ad Astra Books & Coffee House (135 N. Santa Fe Ave.). Admission will ...

3 years ago
The April list of Salina's Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. The April list went online Saturday. Those on the new list are wanted for crime that include among others aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, unlawful restraint, theft, and felony drug crimes. The March list of ...

3 years ago
The Silver Alert has been canceled. David Sawdy has been located safely in Marion county, Kan. _ _ _ ORIGINAL: A statewide Silver Alert has bee issued in attempt to find a missing man. The Andover Police Department requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) issue a statewide Silver Alert for a missing Andover man. The whereabouts of ...

3 years ago
An eyewitness to an attempted ATM break-in may have spooked the thieves into running away early Friday morning. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that investigators are looking for a couple of subjects who tried to steal cash from a Solomon State Bank ATM located at 605 E. Magnolia. Around 3:25am, witness contacted police after ...

3 years ago
Child Advocacy and Parenting Services is kicking off their 34th Annual CAPS Benefit Auction Friday and will close the bidding on Sunday at 2pm. The auction features a wide array of items, everything from local goods and services, art, trips and vacations, sports and celebrity memorabilia, and much more. The money raised will help continue the mission ...

3 years ago
Tips are being sought in a case involving a bold business burglary. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Tuesday, March 21st, officers were dispatched to the Comfort Inn & Suites at 1949 N. 9th St. regarding an aggravated burglary. An employee reported she noticed an individual walking ...

3 years ago
The Salina Central High School Drama Department presents the comedy "The Nerd" this weekend. According to the school, performances are planned Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. "The Nerd" tells the story of an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana. Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI ...

3 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is requesting the Environmental Protection Agency allow a waiver which would help lower gas prices this summer. Governor Kelly has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan requesting the agency allow the sale of E15 products – gasoline blended with 10.5% to 15% ethanol – during the summer through the use ...

3 years ago
A Salina man being sought in connection with a fentanyl related death turned himself in Thursday evening. --- ORIGINAL: Charges have been filed in a case involving a body which was found alongside a road back in late January. One person has been arrested and a second is being sight. Back on January 28th a body was found ...

3 years ago
Police are looking for the driver and a passenger who fled from a stolen vehicle. Police report on Wednesday around 2:30am an officer attempted a traffic stop in the 500 block of W. Iron after they noticed a headlight out on a 2013 Dodge Avenger. The driver sped up, hitting a tree in the 500 ...

3 years ago
A Salina man who is accused of a burglary is in jail after struggling with police officers. Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that 21-year-old James D. Laughlin was arrested early Thursday morning after cops found him in possession of a bag with stolen welding tools and keys inside. Police say during his arrest in the ...