6 years ago
A Missouri semi driver was sent to the hospital in Junction City after a Geary County crash on Interstate-70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Matthias E. Smith, 34, Grandview, MO, was traveling westbound on I-70 in a 2015 International Power Unit semi and was passing another semi truck when Smith's truck went over the fog ...

6 years ago
A two car crash on Interstate-70 in Lincoln County causes one of the vehicles involved to roll over multiple times on Thursday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the two cars were traveling eastbound on I-70 when a 2005 Ford Ranger being driven by Fred M. Ross, 62, Junction, Ill., sideswiped a 2018 Ford F150 ...

6 years ago
A stop on Interstate-70 leads to drug charges for a couple from Kentucky. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan around 1:30am Thursday, a deputy on patrol stopped a driver just west of the Niles Road exit on I-70 for failure to maintain a lane. The deputy noticed drug paraphernalia in the 2010 Nissan Cube and a ...

6 years ago
Police have identified a Kansas State University student found dead Thursday morning. According to the school, at approximately 12:38 a.m. on Thursday the Kansas State University Police Department responded to a call from the Riley County Police Department concerning an unconscious male in a vehicle at the Washington Marlatt Memorial Park . Upon arriving, officers found Jerrad ...

6 years ago
A unique holiday event is scheduled for this weekend in Salina. The Central Kansas Flywheels Yesteryear Museum is planning a Christmas party, and everyone is invited. According to the organization, it will be an evening of fun for the entire family.  Events and activities include: Hayrack rides Fun holiday crafts Christmas cookies Hot chocolate Apple cider ...

6 years ago
Do you remember the sound of snapping trees and neighborhoods without power for days as an ice storm settled over Kansas 12-years ago this week? The ice coated everything on December 10th and December 11th 2007, turning the weather event into the worst ice storm in the history of Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, this ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court later this month will hear an appeal in a Saline County case involving  a former middle school counselor serving nearly 14 years in prison in a sex case involving a student. In June of 2014 Brooke Dinkel was found guilty of sex crimes involving a 13-year-old student. A jury found the now ...

6 years ago
A truck stolen from a Salina home on Tuesday was found a few hours later by the victim near Kansas Wesleyan University. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 47-year-old Jason Seim arrived at his home at 105 S. West Pl. at noon on Tuesday for his lunch break. Seim had left his keys ...

6 years ago
Applications are now being accepted for the Advanced Citizens' Academy being run through the Saline County Sheriff's Office and Salina Police Department. Saline County Sheriff's Lt. Sean Kochanowski tells KSAL News that the applications are now available and being accepted through the end of 2019. The one requirement to apply for these classes is that applicants must ...

6 years ago
Police are hoping to glean information from video on who placed a skimmer device on a Salina bank's ATM. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that an employee at Sunflower Bank located at 245 S. 9th discovered that an external card reader had been placed on an ATM in the drive-up lane sometime over the weekend. Sunflower ...

6 years ago
A country group who have had five number one hits, and twenty-two others which charted in the Top 10 is coming to Salina. Diamond Rio is coming to the Stiefel Theatre. Formed in 1989 in Nashville, Diamond Rio consists of Gene Johnson (mandolin, tenor vocals), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Marty ...