7 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a person who was caught on camera using a financial card which had been stolen from an elderly woman while she was helping her disabled husband. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. On April 13th, 2019, between 5:30-10:30 PM, a ...

7 years ago
Frequent heavy rain is impacting some state parks in Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism high water levels at many reservoirs in the eastern part of the state have flooded campgrounds, overtopped roads, closed boat ramps and beaches and dampened visitors’ enthusiasm for any outdoor activities. Most state parks in western ...

7 years ago
Flooding continues to impact much of the area. With multiple creeks and rivers flowing at or above flood stage, multiple roads in Saline and neighboring counties remain closed. Power is still out to a portion of the Saline County community of New Cambria. In Solomon, the flood water made it up Main Street where locals continue to ...

7 years ago
Volunteers are needed for sandbagging at the Saline County Expo Center. For individuals and businesses in need of sandbags, there is currently   sandbag operation in place at the Expo Center's Ag Hall Building, 900 Greeley Avenue. The use of sandbags is a simple, but effective way to prevent or reduce flood water damage. There is a ...

7 years ago
Nearly 43 million Americans will start their summers on a high note with a Memorial Day weekend getaway. This long holiday weekend, marking the unofficial start of summer vacation season, will see the second-highest travel volume on record since AAA began tracking holiday travel volumes dating back to 2000, trailing only the bar set in ...

7 years ago
A professional wrestling event which was scheduled for Monday in Salina has been postponed, and rescheduled for later this fall. WWE SmackDown Live at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 26th. All tickets purchased for the Salina, KS live event will be honored on Saturday October 26th. Fans that cannot attend the ...

7 years ago
Law enforcement officers from around Saline County will be lighting the way on Friday to help special athletes with the annual Torch Run for Special Olympics Kansas. Participants will gather at the Law Enforcement Center, 251 N. 10th Street at 2pm and run to Jerry Ivey Park. The public is welcome to join the run or line ...

7 years ago
An unknown white male subject cashed a forged check for $3,500 around 4 PM on Tuesday. Captain Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department told KSAL News: Crane Rental (1100 W. Grand Salina, KS) lost $3,500 after a man forged a check from their company. Allegedly the man went to Bennington State Bank on S. 9th St. ...

7 years ago
Students are making summer plans with friends today at Salina USD 305 Schools as the 2018-2019 academic school year wraps up. Middle school students will be released on Thursday afternoon at 1pm, while high school students will walk out of South and Central at 1:50pm. Salina elementary students will be released at 3:25pm today.   Opening day for ...

7 years ago
A $30,000 travel trailer belonging to 76-year-old Alvin Moody of Assaria, was stolen Wednesday afternoon. According to Sheriff Rodger Soldan: A neighbor said sometime between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM on May 22nd, the trailer was taken from a storage lot at 205 E. 2nd St. in Assaria. The Forrest River Rockwood Roo Travel Trailer is white ...

7 years ago
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is adding more counties to a state disaster declaration. Seven additional counties in eastern and southern Kansas, including Chautauqua, Clay, Comanche, Coffey, Franklin, Jefferson, and Montgomery are now covered by the declaration. More than 40 counties have been included in the state disaster declaration, which was originally signed on May 9th following widespread ...