5 years ago
A Salina teen was transported to the hospital with minor injuries after a rollover crash southeast of town. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that the 17-year-old male driver was northbound on Gypsum Valley Road around 5:30pm Monday when the right front tire on his 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse dropped off the pavement and pulled the car ...

5 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is rolling back COVID-19 executive orders. Kelly announced yesterday that she has rescinded all but two of the nine executive orders she issued in relation to the pandemic. The governor, who says her main priorities include vaccinating children before the next school year and continuing COVID-19 testing, is pushing state lawmakers to extend ...

5 years ago
An El Dorado teenager is dead following a crash. Eighteen-year-old Alexandria Epp was one of four people injured when two vehicles collided on Kansas Highway 254 west of El Dorado on Friday night. Epp died from her injuries. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the vehicle that Epp was traveling in was struck by a wrong-way driver.

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A historic Union Pacific steam locomotive that made a tour across the country back in 2019 to  commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary is being prepared to make another run. According to Union Pacific, while details are still being finalized, Big Boy No. 4014 will depart Cheyenne, Wyoming, Thursday, Aug. 5, traveling through Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, ...

5 years ago
With officials at the highest level  focused on getting at 70 percent of U.S. adults vaccinated by the Fourth of July, the number of unique partnerships and innovative approaches being pursued is rather impressive. Enticements range from free cruises to Super Bowl tickets, Xboxes to airline travel, groceries, MLB tickets … if there is a ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff Office is investigating a string of vehicle burglaries in the area of Kenwood Cove and the Expo Center. Deputies report that sometime Saturday between 3pm and 4:30pm, someone smashed a window on a 2007 Pontiac Grand Am and took a purse, wallet, ID, Apple Airpods. Loss and damage is listed at ...

5 years ago
Authorities are searching for two suspects who smashed a car window, stole a wallet and used a stolen credit card to purchase items at a store. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan says the two males were caught on camera using a stolen credit card at the the Dollar Store in Ellsworth after allegedly breaking the rear ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a Bobcat skid-steer from Agritrails Coop in Gypsum. Deputies say sometime between 9pm on June 11 and 9:07am on June 12, someone rolled a trailer onto the lot and stole the Bobcat that is valued at $10,000. The skid-steer is white, with a brown tarp over the ...

5 years ago
A two car crash at Broadway and Crawford Saturday morning sent two drivers to the hospital to be checked out for minor injuries. Police say 60-year-old Linda Miller of Salina was northbound on Broadway in a 2001 Pontiac Montana van and turned in front of a westbound car on Crawford. Steven Keller, 61 of Salina ...

5 years ago
A Salina man is in jail after allegedly stealing a couple of cars and dragging a newspaper carrier down the road who confronted him. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 38-year-old Hassan Williford was arrested in Morris County over the weekend after an attempted home burglary and a string of vehicle thefts. Sheriff Soldan ...

5 years ago
When firm dates for the 45th-anniversary Smoky Hill River Festival were announced in February, many River Festival fans were elated, but none so much as Salina mixed-media artist Julie Cates, who was selected to design the Festival T-shirt for the second year in a row.       “I was overjoyed,” Cates said about the Festival’s return ...