7 years ago
A Salina woman was killed in a single vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 29-year-old Michelle LaPierre was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata, headed east on Crawford Street in the westbound lane of travel. She made an evasive maneuver, steering the car to the south. The car left the road, struck a culvert ...

7 years ago
Children are back in school. The Salina Police Department is reminding motorists to slow down and to be careful around school zones. Police Sergeant Brent Rupert tells KSAL News that officers on patrol are enforcing a zero tolerance policy for speeding in school zones and that fines can be pretty costly. According to Rupert, fines including court costs ...

7 years ago
A man and woman from Salina were taken into custody on felony theft charges in connection to a series of high-tech items that were stolen from Wal-Mart at 2900 S. 9th. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 34-year-old Brent Trimble and 42-year-old Stacie Walle were arrested on Monday after loss and prevention agents at ...

7 years ago
Kansas' rich aviation history flew even higher on Tuesday morning in rural Saline County. Several media members, politicians, dignitaries and staffers with the Kansas Department of Transportation looked to the sky as a Kansas State University Polytechnic drone took off in a milo field just outside of Gypsum. What was so significant about this flight was that ...

7 years ago
Lightning is blamed for igniting several hay bales and three vehicles yesterday as thunderstorms fired up Monday afternoon around Saline County. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 18 bales of hay were burned on John Thelander's property located in the 4000 block of E. Cloud. There were no injuries. Deputies say the row of bales were struck ...

7 years ago
Legendary rock and roll hall of famer Lindsey Buckingham is coming to Salina. The former member of Fleetwood Mac, and renowned solo artist, is coming to the Stiefel Theatre in November. According to the venue, Lindsey Buckingham is widely considered one of the greatest guitarists and songwriters and musical expressionists of our time. A Rock and ...

7 years ago
A Kansas college student is facing child sex charges. Police arrested 19-year-old Jordan Tuttle on Sunday evening after learning that he allegedly had sex with a runaway 15-year-old girl at his Cowley College dorm in Arkansas City. Authorities say the teen had run away from her home in Oklahoma and had been staying with Tuttle. Tuttle faces ...

7 years ago
A Salina man is living proof that with a little determination and motivation you can accomplish practically anything. David Powell could have let his disabilities get the best of him. At one point in his life he became an addict and nearly did. But the man who was born with no hands, and without most of ...

7 years ago
The Salina USD 305 school district is stressing school safety as students head back to class this week. The district is again emphasizing a video featuring Superintendent Dr. Jim Hardy which was first released as school was winding down in May. Hardy's message highlights include: Family ties and connections between people as powerful tools. Importance of ...

7 years ago
Smoky Hills Public Television has begun a capital campaign to fund two projects. The first project is the replacement of the KSWK transmitter located near Lakin. The transmitter broadcasts Smoky Hills Public Television’s signal to southwest Kansas. When the transmitter is at full strength, nearly 83,000 people in southwest Kansas can receive Smoky Hills’ programming for ...

7 years ago
Crew members with Smoky Hill Construction were watching the sky Monday morning hoping the rain in the forecast would hold off - or not turn into a steady downpour in Downtown Salina. Foreman Rick Augustine tells KSAL News that it would take heavy rains to slow their forward progress as they prepare to pour concrete on ...