3 years ago
Police are reviewing surveillance video after a riding mower was stolen from a Salina home. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between Sunday and Wednesday, someone removed a Craftsman riding mower from a driveway at a home located in the 600 block of E. Iron. Police say they are looking at neighborhood video ...

3 years ago
Officials gathered Wednesday in Manhattan to celebrate the completion of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility  This facility, which offers the highest level of biocontainment laboratories and safety protocols, is the first of its kind in the United States and will allow scientists to study and diagnose critical animal diseases. The facility is a $1.25 billion ...

3 years ago
A Paola High School track coach is charged with sex crimes. Forty-six-year-old Chad Kelsey was taken into custody yesterday and charged with two counts of rape, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, unlawful sexual relations and furnishing alcohol to a minor. Police received information about an alleged rape from 2022 as well as other sexual assault allegations. ...

3 years ago
Even though the Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Hunt is over, those who love a fun treasure hunt will want to attend the Sunday portion of the Smoky Hill River Festival. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, for all those Quest lovers who love to hunt, there are 100 good reasons to come to the Festival ...

3 years ago
A summer program that allows for free admission to educational attractions across Kansas, including things like the Rolling Hills Zoo, the Garage auto museum, and the Eisenhower Presidential Library begins this weekend. The Sunflower Summer Program, which  promotes learning and family engagement during the summer by allowing Kansas families free access to museums, zoos, historic ...

3 years ago
A Salina woman is under arrest after taking a tow truck for a joyride. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 35-year-old Delilah Ross was taken into custody on Tuesday evening after officers found her at the wheel of tow truck owned by A&A Towing. Police say a driver had jumped out of the wrecker in ...

3 years ago
One of the busiest weekends of Memorial Day Weekend travel ever is anticipated. AAA expects travel for Memorial Day weekend  to surpass pre-pandemic levels, signaling a true return to pre-2020 travel levels. The agency projects 42.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home, a 7% increase over 2022. This year, 2.7 million more ...

3 years ago
A nationally-known advocate for Missing in Action / POW soldiers and their families will speak in Salina on Memorial Day at the Saline County War Memorial in Sunset Park as a new site at the war memorial will be unveiled and dedicated to 11 POWs from Saline County and Major Dennis Pugh, USN, still MIA. According ...

3 years ago
A new memorial to Saline County prisoners of war and missing in action will be dedicated on Memorial Day. According to the Sons of the American Legion Squadron 62, they will pay tribute to POWs and to Maj. Dennis Pugh at an unveiling and dedication ceremony on Monday. A new site at the Salina-Saline County War ...

3 years ago
A suspect in an attempted murder is under arrest in Colorado. Coy Sherrill was arrested during a traffic stop in Silt, Colorado, on Monday. Sherill allegedly stabbed a man in Herington on May 18th.

3 years ago
Owners of the Keystone pipeline knew a defect had formed years before the strain finally caused the pipeline to burst and flood a Kansas creek with oil last year. The Keystone pipeline, owned by TC Energy, burst near the Kansas-Nebraska border late last year, spilling almost 13,000 barrels of oil onto adjacent farmland and into Mill ...