4 years ago
Fort Hays State University was recently awarded a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and the university celebrated with an announcement just before Thanksgiving. Numerous law enforcement officers and dignitaries attended Tuesday’s on-campus ceremony in the new Fischli-Wills Center for Student Success. One of those was U.S. ...

4 years ago
No injuries are reported after an early Tuesday morning fire. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that deputies were sent to 2708 S. Holmes Road at 5:02 a.m. on reports of a house fire. Dustin Vance, a 42-year-old man, owns the house and told authorities that he woke up to smoke in his residence. The ...

4 years ago
An 18-year-old Salina man is facing charges after he was caught in the act of stealing from a vehicle. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 500 block of Sunset Drive around 1:20 p.m. yesterday for a disturbance report. When officers arrived, two subjects were holding Lucas Bolen down. Donald Abbott, ...

4 years ago
The state of Kansas is taking steps to address staffing shortages at 24-seven state facilities. Governor Laura Kelly announced a series of new pay initiatives yesterday that will impact the Kansas Department of Corrections, Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, state hospitals and the Kansas Commission of Veterans Affairs Office. The Kansas Plan will include long-term ...

4 years ago
There’s no better deal than “free” and this Friday, there’s no better place to snag that deal than at a Kansas state park. According to the Kansas Department of Department of Wildlife and Parks,  this Black Friday entrance fees will be waived at all Kansas state parks as part of the nationwide #OptOutside initiative. The agency ...

4 years ago
An area law enforcement agency is seeking tips in a case involving a man who has been missing for over two years in what they deem as a suspicious disappearance. According to the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office, on January 19, 2019, 34-year-old Alex Michael Head of Enterprise, Kansas was reported missing. Since that time, efforts to ...

4 years ago
When the Jobs for America’s Graduates – Kansas (JAG-K) program at Salina South High School needed a new Career Specialist last summer, an interesting candidate stepped up to the plate. According to JAG-K, no one could be better to understand the impact the program can have on students than a former participant in the program. And ...

4 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan stopped into the KSAL studios Tuesday with an update on the new jail construction project and more. Soldan says dirt work is underway to raise the elevation by a foot at the site and then sometime in January the footings will be poured for the steel framework to begin. Move-in day ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone drilled holes into the gas tanks on a couple of work trucks. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between last Saturday and Monday, someone drilled a 1/2 inch hole into the fuel tanks on two Ford F250 trucks owned by Bobcat of Salina, ...

4 years ago
As many prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and look ahead at a busy holiday season, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors across the country to harness their humanity by giving blood or platelets in the coming weeks. According to the agency, as a result of low blood donor turnout in recent months, the Red Cross is ...

4 years ago
Salina public transportation will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Ride services including Salina CityGo, 81 Connection, Regional Paratransit, GoAbilene, GoConcordia and KanConnect public transportation, will be closed on Thursday, November 25, 2021, for Thanksgiving. CityGo service will resume on Black Friday, November 26, 2021, with hours of operation from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Peak routes will ...