4 years ago
The 57th Annual Mid America Farm Expo is a go for this spring. According to the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, agriculture companies will be exhibiting their products at Tony’s Pizza Events Center and Saline County Livestock & Expo Center March 23rd – 25th. Approximately 250 exhibits will be on display showing the latest in farm technology, ...

4 years ago
Seasoned by decades of duty, the old grill was beginning to sizzle as Andrea (Howard) Windholz smashed small mounds of ground beef into patties and sprinkled them with chopped onions. Outside, a customer wearing construction orange, snarfed an early lunch while soaking up a beautiful spring day. Quiet was soon to wane, however, as meal time approached ...

4 years ago
The Kansas State University Technology Development Institute (TDI) has purchased an OMAX abrasive waterjet cutting system as a result of a $1.7 Million Dollar US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant awarded last year.  TDI has invested in a total shop facilities renovation in support of this initiative. This state-of-the-art fabrication ...

4 years ago
Drug busts in Abilene send four people to jail. According to the Dickinson County Sherriff's Office, on March 4th at approximately 10:00 am, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office and Abilene Police Department conducted a joint operation involving the simultaneous execution of search warrants regarding the sale of methamphetamine at 400 SE 2nd Street and 321 NE 12th ...

4 years ago
A Salina man who allegedly burglarized a liquor store was arrested after a physical struggle over the weekend. Karl Felber, a 60-year-old Salina man, is facing requested charges of two counts of burglary, one count of damage to property and single counts of assault, interference and battery on a law enforcement officer. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells ...

4 years ago
Early detection is the key to surviving colorectal cancer and that's why the Tammy Walker Cancer Center is making free screening tests available in March. Daniel Craig Cancer Outreach Coordinator at Tammy Walker Cancer Center tells KSAL News that 800 free colorectal cancer screening tests are being made available to anyone age 45 to 75 who ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a driver who was involved in a two-vehicle hit and run accident Friday night. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that around 7:05 p.m., a silver SUV was exiting the Spangles location on Crawford when it collided with a 2017 Ford Fusion going west on Crawford. The SUV had front-end damage ...

4 years ago
Two Salina men were taken into custody stemming from a one-vehicle accident early Sunday morning. Jayden Miller, 20, and Kaleb Kugler, 21, were arrested around 12:05 a.m. after their 2015 Ford F150 left the roadway and hit a power pole in the 100 block of N. Woodward Road. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said that both ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman escaped with minor injuries after her vehicle caught fire in an accident east of town. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that on Saturday around 11:50 a.m., the woman was driving north in the 2200 block of S. Niles road. She lost control of her 2003 Ford Escape, left the west ...

4 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a stolen trailer case in Gypsum. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that between March 2 and 4, a black 2004 RH car trailer was taken from the 200 block of Spring Street. It belongs to a 68-year-old man from Sells, Arizona. The trailer had a stack of pallets on ...

4 years ago
One person is dead following grass fires in central Kansas. As of Sunday, the Cottonwood Complex fires in Reno County had burned at least 12-thousand acres of land and damaged multiple homes and other structures. Crews were monitoring hot spots yesterday and making detailed damage assessments.