7 years ago
With enrollment underway for Salina USD 305 schools, organizers are putting the final touches on the 2018 Saline County Back to School Fair. This year's event is this Friday, August 3rd. Through the support of community sponsors, the event provides an opportunity to distribute free basic school supplies to over 1,800 income-eligible Saline County K-12 students. At ...

7 years ago
Citizens opened up their hearts and their homes to help the Salina Animal Shelter avoid a real cat-astrophic situation. The agency put the word out on Friday they had over 40 cats and kittens available to adopt, and were running out of kennels. The animal shelter has only 24 kennels for adoptable cats, 20 kennels in ...

7 years ago
A Lindsborg man was hurt in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash near Salina on Friday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Bryce White was riding a 2002 Honda Shadow motorcycle headed north on Interstate 135.  As he entered the 95B exit ramp he lost control of the motorcycle. The motorcycle skidded and came to rest ...

7 years ago
The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving a Salina murder. In an opinion written by Justice Eric Rosen, the murder conviction of Thomas Jenkins was upheld. Jenkins was appealing his convictions for: first-degree murder two counts of aggravated burglary theft three counts of criminal threat two counts of domestic battery criminal restraint  The case ...

7 years ago
A Salina business that specializes in heavy equipment is growing. Foley Equipment on Friday hosted customers, employees, government officials and local supporters and friends at a grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Salina facility. Foley Equipment has been in the Salina community since 1956. According to the company, construction started on the new  location off I-70 ...

7 years ago
The Salina Animal Shelter is running out of space for cats. According to the agency, cats are being surrendered at an alarming rate, and adoptions are not high enough to sustain their space. As of Friday morning they had over 40 cats and kittens available to adopt, and are running out of kennels. Friday and Saturday the ...

7 years ago
A stolen work trailer is the ;latest Salina Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week. Between Friday, July 13, 2018, at 10:30 p.m., and Saturday, July 14, 2018, at 7:00 a.m., unknown suspect(s) stole a white 2014 H&H enclosed 6’ x 12’V-Nose trailer from the area of Red Fox Lane in Salina. The trailer, belonging to Gates ...

7 years ago
Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office were called to a home in the 2000 block of E. North Street to investigate a shed burglary that was reported on Thursday. Undersheriff Brent Melander reports that sometime between 10pm Sunday and Monday morning at 9am, someone entered a storage building and stole a Campbell Hausfeld vertical air ...

7 years ago
One person was arrested and multiple animals in need of care were seized in an animal cruelty case. According to the Barton County Sheriff's Office, on Thursday deputies assisted the Golden Belt Humane Society and the Barton County Health Department in the execution of a search warrant. The two organizations had been investigating a case of ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary at a work site east of Salina. Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that sometime between 7pm on Wednesday and 7:30am Thursday morning, someone forced open a storage trailer owned by Lancaster Construction of Salina and removed multiple hand and power tools. Deputies say thieves took $2,000 worth ...

7 years ago
Skeletal remains of a woman who was found last August north of Melvern Lake in Osage County have been identified. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the victim was identified as Anna Marie Baldwin. She was 40 years old at the time she was discovered. Forensic anthropology experts from the Washburn University Anthropology Department assisted law ...