7 years ago
Salina Police are warning the public not to get caught up in scams that are coursing through social media after a man was duped out of $1,400. Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that the 38-year-old victim was communicating with someone on Twitter he thought was a woman in New York City named Kira. The scammer ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody after the woman he beat went to the hospital. Police Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that officers arrested 39-year-old Walter Bell after he allegedly broke a woman's cheek bone with a punch. Police say Bell went to the victim's home in the 400 block of Baker Street last ...

7 years ago
A mix of music and art highlights this week’s Friday Night Live events in downtown Salina. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, First Friday programming kicks off at 4 p.m. this Friday with events including a visual-arts reception for “Places and Spaces,” a showcase of Marla Ames Kuiper at the Salina Public Library (301 W. Elm ...

7 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University music student Rebekah Hillis won first prize last week at the 2019 Kansas American String Teachers Association Solo Competition on Violin in Wichita. According to KWU, Hillis won the opportunity to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop Luncheon in Wichita. She performed the 1st Mov of the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole. The ...

7 years ago
The Salina Public Library is now making past issues of magazines available for library cardholders to check out. According to the library, they are making most last year and current year magazines available for check out. With their library card, patrons can check out up to six magazines for 14 days. There are 129 titles available, including ...

7 years ago
Utility customers in Kansas will be getting a little bonus. In an order issued Monday afternoon, the Kansas Corporation Commission instructed Kansas Gas Service to return just over $17.9 million in tax savings to its customers. According to the KCC, for residential customers, the return will mean a one-time bill credit of $22.78. The savings resulted when ...

7 years ago
Three teens who went missing in Salina have all been found safe. Over the weekend Trenton Hewitt, Bradley Chronister, and Alexis Cademartori were all reported missing in unrelated cases. Kansas Missing and Unsolved tells KSAL News all three have been found , and are safe.      

7 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary in the 600 block of N. 7th after someone stole a 7,000 KW generator from a garage. No sign of forced entry. The gas/propane generator is valued at $1,000.   Police are looking for a the driver of a Ford F150 pickup who drove through a walkway/alley in the 100 block ...

7 years ago
A Saline County homeowner is glad they signed up for vacation home watch with the Saline County Sheriff's Office. According to Sheriff Roger Soldan, deputies were watching over a home east of Salina on Crawford Street - and after checking it on Saturday came back Sunday to discover two men trying to jump a vehicle in ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman who was extricated from a car and taken to a Wichita hospital following a high speed pursuit with police in December - has been arrested in connection to the chase and drugs found in the vehicle. Salina Police arrested 28-year-old Joanna Deniston on Friday evening around 10pm after officers located her in the ...

7 years ago
The snow and high winds that blew through Saline County over the weekend played a role in three non-injury accidents. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 26-year-old Jazmean Elledge of Abilene was not hurt after her 2008 Ford Escape slid off the road Saturday just before 6pm at the intersection of Ohio and Stimel and ...