5 years ago
The Salina Area United Way is ready kickoff its  2021-2022 Annual Campaign.  The agency on  Tuesday will roll out a tent party to invite conversations and contributions to help area agencies. Claire Mullen, Executive Director at the Salina Area United Way tells KSAL News that the come and go event will look a little like last year ...

5 years ago
There have been 41 new COVID cases in Saline County since Friday and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 730 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 19 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 145 people have died in Saline County ...

5 years ago
A passenger was killed when a box truck crashed along Interstate 70 in Riley County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2019 International box truck was headed west when for an unknown reason it veered into the center median several times. The truck then rolled and came to rest on its passenger side in the ...

5 years ago
Help is on the way for families who have been waiting for more child care options in central Kansas. Salina Tech is pitching in by launching an Early Childhood Education program in January, built to provide more qualified employees for the daycare workforce. Early Childhood Education instructor, Callie Robinson tells KSAL News that several new options will ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff 's Office stayed busy during a recently concluded mobilization targeting impaired drivers. According to the agency, during the "You Drink. You Drive. You Lose." campaign deputies conducted overtime saturation patrols to aggressively enforce Kansas impaired driving laws. During the campaign, deputies made 118 vehicle stops which resulted in 5 impaired driving arrests, ...

5 years ago
A man on the current list of Salina's Most Wanted is facing more charges after he led police on a pursuit late Sunday afternoon. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that at 5:25, an officer attempted a traffic stop of a southbound 2013 Chrysler 200 at the 2200 block of N. Ohio Street. The vehicle sped ...

5 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after he allegedly threatened of an impending shooting at a bank. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Saturday at 3 p.m., 33-year-old Aldo Steffen entered the bank located inside Walmart at 2900 S. 9th Street. Employees of the bank told officers that Steffen was shouting there would ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a theft of several tools from a house under construction. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that between September 13th and the 19th, someone had allegedly taken items from a partially built house at the 3300 block of S. Muir Road. Several saws, two generators, a push mower, a work ...

5 years ago
Just in time for fall the first real taste of fall weather is headed to Central Kansas. Unseasonably warm weather will give way this week to more seasonal fall weather just as autumn officially begins. The autumnal equinox officially brings the fall season to the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, September 22nd, at 2:20 PM. It marks ...

5 years ago
A group of dedicated volunteers were on a mission Saturday  evening in Salina to raise money in the fight against cancer. The "Re-Lei for a Cure" event was be held at the Central Mall. "Re-Lei for a Cure" was a community event to benefit the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life of Saline County. The ...

5 years ago
An expected 100 plus pilots from across the nation are gathering in Salina this week,  Sunday through Friday,  at the Salina Regional Airport to compete in the U.S.National Aerobatic Championships. Salina bested a nationwide search of 44 airports throughout the Midwest in 2018, to host the event, beginning in September 2019. Thanks to the pandemic, the ...