8 years ago
The Salina Public Library has set an aggressive summer reading goal. The organization is challenging the community to read 25,000 books. According to the library, they are calling on the community to demonstrate the value of reading by helping to reach the goal of 25,000 books read. Each book read this summer, from May 21 to ...

8 years ago
A Salina man who likely fell asleep at the wheel of his 1999 Honda CRV walked away from a weekend crash. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office say 31-year-old Justin Jordan was driving eastbound on K140 Sunday morning near Link Road and apparently fell asleep, ran off the road, hit a sign and rolled once ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone threw rocks at several metal roll up doors at Kansas Wesleyan University's football stadium. Police say three doors on the stadium's west side were dented and pitted sometime between 4am and 9pm Saturday causing $3,000 in damages.

8 years ago
An injury accident sends a man and woman to the hospital after the motorcycle they were on side swiped a car on Interstate-70. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that David Drake, 54 of Emporia and his passenger, Tracy Smith, 49 of Lawrence were both transported to Salina Regional Health Center Saturday evening after a crash ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital after crashing his motorcycle in the front yard Sunday afternoon. Police say 49-year-old Marion Borger was rolling out of his garage about 3pm in the 600 block of Huehl Circle, left the driveway and crashed his 2017 Harley Davidson motorcycle in the front yard. An ambulance transported Borger to ...

8 years ago
No one was hurt after a pickup truck caught on fire and was destroyed in northwest Saline County. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL that Jerry Watkins was working on his property, spraying weeds in the 12,000 block of W. Lockard Road on Saturday afternoon around 5pm. He told deputies he had been hopping in and out of ...

8 years ago
Multiple students from the Salina South High School Theatre Department were honored over the weekend. According to the school, the department held its annual S.T.A.R. Night (South Theatre Award Recognition) on Friday.  The following students received awards: Best Bit Part – Santiago Vasquez – Lend Me a Tenor Best “A Bit More” Part – Kyle Dundas ...

8 years ago
The squealing tires of a neighbor's pickup truck sparked a fight between two Salina men. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 800 block of Hancock just after midnight on Sunday to the report of a disturbance. Police arrested 37-year-old Joseph Rykel and 44-year-old Brian Catania after an ongoing feud between ...

8 years ago
To maintain high water quality in the City’s water distribution system and Saline County RWD #3, the Utilities Department will temporarily modify the disinfection process used to treat our drinking water. This is a preventative maintenance process and consists of turning off the ammonia feed and increasing the free chlorine feed in order to maintain ...

8 years ago
Family and friends are looking for a Salina teen who has been missing for several months. Kansas Missing and Unsolved tells KSAL News that 16-year-old James Laughlin went missing back on February 2nd. Anyone with information on James Laughlin's disappearance, or who knows where he might be, is asked to contact Salina Police at 785-826-7210.  

8 years ago
Kansas' new school finance formula is about to become law. Governor Jeff Colyer is expected to sign the final bill into law today. The measure increases public school funding by more than 500-million-dollars over the next five years. The Kansas Supreme Court had given the legislature until April 30th to approve a new school finance bill.   Source: MetroSource ...