7 years ago
A trial in an animal cruelty case involving multiple animals seized from a couple of rural Saline County properties is underway. Opening statements and testimony began Wednesday afternoon in Saline County District Court. The case dates back to April, when authorities executed search warrants for a pasture located southeast of Salina at Lapsley Road and Woodward Road ...

7 years ago
A speeding ticket turns into jail time for a man driving through Kansas. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, 24-year-old Dakota Rogers was clocked driving 89-mph in a 75-mph speed zone on Interstate-70 near the North 9th Street exit. Police say the officer then followed Rogers' 2012 Honda Civic into the parking lot at the ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone vandalized a new sculpture in downtown. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime Saturday between 1pm and 9:30pm, someone broke two pieces off a metal spiral corkscrew sculpture that was on a pedestal located at 7th and Iron across from the Smoky Hill Museum. Local ...

7 years ago
One of the most well-known acts in the history of soft rock music is coming to Salina. Air Supply is coming the Stiefel Theatre this fall. Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock first started producing hit music in the late 1970s. Songs like "Lost in Love", "All Out of Love", "The One That You Love", "Sweet Dreams", ...

7 years ago
The city of Salina honored its law enforcement officers and those who have given their lives to protect the public on Wednesday morning. The ceremony was held Jerry Ivey Park in Salina. It was apart of National Police Week, a time in which the United States government recognizes and honors law enforcement. Onlookers at the ceremony in ...

7 years ago
More tree removal along Ninth Street is underway. According to the City of Salina, thirty-one trees between the sidewalks and curbs along Ninth Street from Crawford to Walnut will be removed.  Roots have broken sidewalks and curbs, and the trees are being removed in advance of replacing the curbs to improve drainage.  Seven trees will also ...

7 years ago
A Salina man who kicked at police officers during his arrest is now facing multiple charges. Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that a concerned motorist dialed police after they witnessed an intoxicated man who was standing in the intersection of Santa Fe and Crawford acting like he was going to throw a bottle at passing ...

7 years ago
What is being called one of the largest and most ambitious research efforts ever into severe weather is calling Salina its home base for the next 45 days.  The TORUS project, or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells, is headquartered in a hangar at the Salina Regional Airport. More than 50 researchers, including a ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after breaking a protection order and allegedly threatening a family. Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Jason Duffy was arrested Monday evening after officers were called to the 900 block of S. 3rd Street just before 7pm. Police say Duffy had entered the home of a person ...

7 years ago
Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus in Salina will host the third annual Midwest Big Data Hub Digital Agriculture Spoke: All-Hands Meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The meeting serves as the culmination of the National Science Foundation project dedicated to bringing academics and commercial operators together around the topic of big data in agriculture. The NSF ...

7 years ago
Ahead of what is being called one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever, the research group conducting it is planning a media day today at the Salina Regional Airport to explain the project and answer questions. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, more than 50 researchers and students ...