5 years ago
Police are looking at video from a Salina neighborhood to try and identify who fired BBs at a teen from a black SUV this week. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Tuesday evening around sunset, a black SUV rolled up to a 15-year-old boy who was walking in the 900 block of W. ...

5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of some field lights and a tool box from a property NW of Salina. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between 10pm Tuesday and noontime Wednesday, someone drove into a field in the 7200 block of W. Watkins Road and removed a $250 halogen light ...

5 years ago
A Salina man leading police in the Wichita area on a high speed pursuit was killed in a crash. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Gabriel Seim of Salina was driving an SUV  headed north on Interstate 135 when a Wichita Police Officer attempted to stop him for a traffic violation. The agency says Seim did ...

5 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo has big plans for some of its big cats. The zoo is beginning an effort to construct a new lion habitat. According to the zoo, mimicking the savanna grasslands of Africa, the native tall grass prairies of Kansas serve as the inspiration for Rolling Hills Zoo’s newest experience and lion habitat, The Pride ...

5 years ago
COVID cases and variants are on the increase in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have been 17 new COVID cases in Saline County since Monday. There are 80 cases of the virus currently active. No additional deaths due to COVID has been reported in the past week. Salina Regional Health Center reported ...

5 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center has installed a first of its kind piece of medical equipment designed specifically for mothers who are nursing young children. According to the hospital, the first Mamava lactation pod in a Kansas health care facility is now inside the main lobby. The 4-foot by 8-foot pod gives a clean private space for visiting ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a stolen trailer and the thief who took it. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between July 16th and 19th, someone used a grinder to cut the lock off a hitch and drove off with a black, 2020 dump trailer owned by Construction Rental, 515 N. Broadway. The trailer was ...

5 years ago
A Salina couple was arrested after suspicious behavior prompted questions from a Saline County Sheriff's deputy. According to Captain Jim Hughes, around 1:50am Wednesday morning a deputy stopped to talk with a man and a woman who were in a pickup in the 200 block of South Penn. After a quick exchange the officer bid them ...

5 years ago
A chase ensues after a Salina police officer spots a teen throwing rocks at a car owned by St. Francis Ministries. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a patrol officer jumped out of her cruiser and told a girl to stop throwing rocks at a Chevy Impala parked in the lot at St. Francis, 509 ...

5 years ago
Not once, but twice, vandals have hit the Salina Area United Way’s Community Action Mobile Outreach Van (CAMO). The vehicle is currently disabled and the agency needs funding to fix it. According to the United Way, firs  thieves targeting the catalytic converter stole and damaged more than $1,200 worth of equipment and wiring on the CAMO ...

5 years ago
Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. The Kansas Department of Corrections said 33-year-old Keith Wade died on Monday. The cause of death is not known at this time, but authorities believe it was not from COVID-19. Wade was more than four years into a seven-year sentence for battery of ...