4 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene is closing to the public again due to health concerns because of the pandemic. According to the organization, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Dickinson County the National Archives and Records Administration is closing the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene effective Monday, ...

4 years ago
Guns, drugs, and drug money were all taken off the streets this week by the I 135 / I 70 Drug Task Force. According to police, since February of 2021, the I-135/I-70 Drug Task Force has been conducting drug distribution investigations on individuals located in Salina. During the course of the investigation they identified three individuals ...

4 years ago
A couple of Salina men are in jail after a high speed pursuit that ended in a foot chase. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 29-year-old Adrian Richardson and 33-year-old Anthony Wonder are facing multiple charges after fleeing officers on Thursday night. The chase began around 11:30pm after an officer on patrol attempted to make ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's' help in locating a man who allegedly fired a gun during a recent road rage incident. The case is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to police, on June 29th at 12:18 AM officers were dispatched to the 700 block of South Ohio Street to ...

4 years ago
A toddler is dead following an apparent drowning incident yesterday afternoon in Sedgwick County. Local first responders say the call came in around 3:30 p.m. about the incident on West 21st Street. Responding EMS personnel said the three-year-old boy had drowned in an above-ground pool. Efforts to revive the child reportedly were unsuccessful. An investigation into the incident ...

4 years ago
A former Kearney educator and his wife are dead after their plane crashed Wednesday afternoon in Iowa. According to Musacatine County officials, 68-year-old Daniel Slack and 69-year-old Sharon Slack had been headed back to their home in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, before the crash. A local sheriff said the wreckage of the single-engine Piper Cherokee was found ...

4 years ago
The pond at Salina’s Jerry Ivey Park is among 10 bodies of water in Kansas now under a public health warning. Additionally, another 15 are under a watch. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment in conjunction with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has issued public health advisories for four Kansas lakes and ...

4 years ago
Officials in Pawnee County continue to search for a convicted sexual predator who walked out of the Larned State Hospital on June 30th. According to the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office,  42-year-old John Freeman Colt shaved his head to disguise his appearance before walking out of the hospital's Sexual Predator Treatment Program shortly after dawn on June ...

4 years ago
A man from Texas is in the Saline County Jail after leading deputies on a short chase Thursday. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 35-year-old James B. Daigle was booked into jail on multiple charges that include DUI plus flee and elude. Around 1:40am, a deputy on patrol initiated a traffic stop after seeing Daigle ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are looking for someone who stole a pickup and tried to use it to break into an ATM. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that about 4:15am Thursday, an alarm sounded at the Great Plains Bank at 605 S. Ohio. Officers saw visible damage to the ATM and a yellow tow strap and ...

4 years ago
No one was injured in a house fire near Bridgeport Wednesday night. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that about 10:30pm crews from Rural Fire District #3 were sent to 11300 S. Old 81 Highway to the report of an active house fire. Deputies say everyone was able to exit the dwelling as smoke poured ...