7 years ago
A fire damaged a Salina apartment on Thursday morning. First responders were called to 637 S Jaran Apartment A. Fire Marshall Troy Long told KSAL News at the scene the occupants had safely exited, and there was an active fire when the first crews arrived. According to Long, the fire started on a stove. It damaged a ...

7 years ago
Police are looking for a couple who held a man against his will in a Salina motel room and left with his cash. Police Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that the 61-year-old victim told officers that back on January 10, he was staying at the Log Cabin Motel, located at 440 N. Broadway when a ...

7 years ago
Kansas' new governor is outlining her priorities for her first year in office. Governor Laura Kelly delivered her first State of the State address yesterday at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. Kelly is calling for increased education funding, expanded Medicaid coverage and balancing the state budget without having to raise taxes. The governor warned that Kansas is completely ...

7 years ago
The Applied Aviation Research Center on the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is working with law enforcement partners to evaluate small unmanned aircraft remote sensing technologies to reconstruct crime scenes. Under the grant, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the center is collaborating with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Riley County Police Department and ...

7 years ago
The fourth of four candidates vying to be the next superintendent at USD 305 schools is in Salina. Darrel Kohlman will be interviewing for the position of superintendent today. Kohlman is the fourth and last finalist that the board will interview. Finalists were selected for interview based on their fit with desired characteristics that were developed ...

7 years ago
No one was hurt when a gun discharged in a Walmart store in Hays on Wednesday evening. According to the Hays Police Department, their dispatch received several 911 calls reporting gunshots being fired inside the Walmart and people were running from the store. The Hays Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol, Ellis County Sheriff's Office, and Fort ...

7 years ago
A man driving a farm tractor was killed on a southeast Kansas highway. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol,  67-year-old Kenneth Sullivan from Havana, Kansas, was driving a tractor headed west on U.S. 166 Highway. A GMC Sierra 1500 truck also headed west hit the tractor from behind. Sullivan was killed in the crash. The driver of ...

7 years ago
Country star Chris Janson is coming to Salina. The platinum selling artist is coming to the Stiefel Theatre in March. Janson iss a high energy entertainer, multi-instrumentalist, award winning singer/songwriter, and the youngest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. His sophomore album, Everybody, produced his second No. 1 hit single, “Fix A Drink,” the chart ...

7 years ago
This year’s SculptureTour 2018 People's Choice Award will be announced Friday morning. “Downtown Salina is the hub of cultural art in our community, and we are very fortunate to have SculptureTour Salina become such a successful program over the past eight years,” stated Penny Bettles, SculptureTour Salina Committee member. “The People’s Choice Award is a fun ...

7 years ago
The third of four candidates vying to be the next superintendent at USD 305 schools spent Wednesday in Salina. John Philip Thissen spent a day which included interviewing with the school board, meeting with district administration, faculty, and staff and meeting with the public. Thissen has a total of 35 years in public education, currently serving as ...

7 years ago
A travel plaza west of Salina was vandalized when someone through a large rock through the window of the facility. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that authorities are looking for a male suspect who was seen on security camera footage throwing a rock through the window of Singh Travel Plaza, 2124 N. Hedville ...