Police are investigating a residential burglary in west Salina after a high-end bike was stolen. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between last Thursday and Tuesday morning, someone broke a lock on a detached garage at a home in the 800 block of Custer and stole a blue, high performance tricycle made for the rider to recline on. Police say the Catrike has a purple sky flag...
Students from Salina Area Technical College brought home nine medals from the Kansas SkillsUSA competition in Hutchinson this past week. Three students won gold medals, qualifying them to compete at the national SkillsUSA conference in Louisville, Kentucky in June. Salina Tech medalists were: Gold Ethan Oestmann, a senior at Smoky Valley High School, in the high school division of the D...
Four inmate deaths are under investigation at Kansas prisons. The Kansas Department of Corrections say two inmates at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, one at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility and one prisoner at the El Dorado Correctional Facility have died since Friday morning. Authorities are trying to determine if illegal drugs were a factor in the inmates' deaths....
Get outdoors and celebrate your place in nature and your community at Discover Salina Naturally, this coming Sunday. The event is from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Lakewood Park. Organizers say this one-of-a-kind festival will have something for every member of your family, and it’s free to enter. This year’s festival offers many firsts for visitors. It introduces young families to local hi...
A violent incident in Rice County Monday evening began when the Sheriff and Undersheriff were shot at separate locations, and ended when two people were later found dead following a standoff. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to assist in attempts to apprehend the suspect. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that at approximately 5:10 ...
Unknown suspect(s) broke into a shed belonging to Feldkamp's Furniture Store and got away with $700 of lawn mowing equipment. According to Salina Police Capt. Gary Hanus: Sometime between 7:00 PM Friday night and 3:30 PM Saturday afternoon, unknown suspect(s) forced entry into the locked storage shed in the 1900 block of S. 9th St. The burglar(s) took a gas can, weed trimmer, and an inoperable ...
Salina Police search for an unknown suspect who stole money from two unlocked cars inside a garage. Salina Police Capt. Gary Hanus tells KSAL News: Sometime between 10:30 Saturday night and 6:20 Sunday morning someone entered a garage and stole an undisclosed amount of money from two unlocked cars. The garage is attached to a home in 2300 block of Edgehill and didn't show signs of forced entry....
Saline County Sheriff Rodger Soldan reminds Saline county residents: "The Sheriff's Office doesn't accept prepaid gift cards as bond" Rodger Soldan told KSAL News: Their office was tipped off about a new scam over the weekend. A man called because he was having trouble with the numbers on a prepaid gift card. The man said someone called him regarding a family member, who is currently booked in...
A professor from Kansas Wesleyan University has been honored. According to the school, Dr. David Silverman, Associate Professor of Communications Studies, recently received the Executive Director Award for Service at the national conference for the Popular Culture Association. The event was held in Washington, D.C. Lynn Bartholome conferred the award to Dr. Silverman. The annual conferenc...
What is billed as "a bombastic celebration of arena rock" is coming back to Salina. Hairball is returning to the Tony's Pizza Events Center. Hairball covers a large array of classic acts ranging from Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Motley Crue, Kiss, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Poison, Journey and more. Each song is performed with "unabashed charisma and precision." The show has evolved over the years and...
