8 years ago
A couple of loud 'pops' awaken a Salina man early Monday morning. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, a homeowner who lives in the 1400 block of Cobiren Circle heard two loud bangs outside his residence around 12:30am on Monday. He told officers he could not tell if it was gunshots or perhaps firecrackers that had ...

8 years ago
A call to police about a disorderly bar patron turns into numerous charges for a Salina woman including kidnapping and child endangerment. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to Big Nose Kate's Saloon, 117 N. Santa Fe around 1:35am Tuesday after a disturbance inside the bar. Police arrested 28-year-old Taryn A. Pollard after ...

8 years ago
A new school funding plan was signed into law Tuesday morning. Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer plans signed the school funding bill into law in a ceremony at Topeka Seaman High School. The measure is expected to generate an additional $500 million for public schools over the next five years. Now, the Kansas Supreme Court will rule on ...

8 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation is accepting applications for grants from the Assaria Community Fund. Grants will be awarded to charitable projects that improve the quality of life for citizens in Assaria, Kansas. Online applications open April 15, 2018, and are due June 1. Requests may not exceed $1,500. More information and application instructions are available ...

8 years ago
The Downtown Streetscape Project and waterline replacement project on Santa Fe Avenue is in its early stages. The initial phase began last week. It includese waterline work from South St. to Mulberry St.  Northbound pavement removal from Mulberry St. to Walnut St. is planned for May 201 The plan for the waterline work beginning this week ...

8 years ago
Drugs in his possession and a gun under his pillow land a Salina man a 10 year federal prison sentence. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister's Office, 29-year-old Michael Carter of Salina pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In his plea, Carter admitted that on May 30th, 2017, investigators who searched ...

8 years ago
Investigators with the Saline County Sheriff's Office are reviewing video surveillance footage after copper thieves broke into a closed convenience store near Bridgeport. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between 10:30pm Friday night and Saturday evening around 7pm, someone entered the vacant Stucky's store on South Old 81-Highway and removed about $2,000 worth of ...

8 years ago
An 18-year-old Nebraska woman was arrested after Salina Police found her in a car reported stolen in Hastings on Sunday. According to Captain Paul Forrester, an officer on patrol around 2am Monday morning saw a car parked behind the Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, 671 S. Broadway with the tail lights on. Police arrested 18-year-old Jozie Mattison of ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office will join other law enforcement agencies around the Midwest, and be out in force this coming weekend of 4/20. The agency is joining other law enforcement agencies in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa and Arkansas in the extra patrols April 20th to April 22nd to stop what has been an ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman comes home to discover her house had been ransacked. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 900 block of S. Front Street after the 34-year-old woman came home on Sunday morning around 10:15am and saw that her basement window had been broken out. Once inside, the victim told ...

8 years ago
Professional pilot students on the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus have a new opportunity to directly connect with their industry and secure employment before graduation through a recently signed agreement with Republic Airline. Kansas State Polytechnic is now a partner in Republic Airline's Aviation Career Pipeline Interview Program, which is designed to give future pilots a ...