8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after a victim was struck by her own vehicle being driven by her sister with the victim's husband inside. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that deputies were sent to a disturbance at a residence in the 100 block of S. 3rd St. in Bridgeport ...

8 years ago
A well-known speaker on the big picture issues facing human society is coming to speak in Salina. Dr. Nate Hagens will speak at the Land Institute and at Kansas Wesleyan University. According to the Land Institute, growth in our goods and service consumption based on natural resources is reaching limits. Humanity’s ever-growing consumption has, according to ...

8 years ago
A new and improved Salina Stadium is nearly finished. According to USD 305, a ribbon cutting is planned on Tuesday, April 24 at 4:30 p.m. in front of the west bleachers at the stadium. Everyone is invited to celebrate improvements to the stadium that is home to both Central and South high school teams, middle school ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are searching for those responsible after a restaurant was burglarized between late Monday night and the early morning hours Tuesday. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that law enforcement is investigating after someone stole a large amount of cash from a safe at Five Guys restaurant, 3015 S. 9th St. Forrester says that the ...

8 years ago
Salina's Professional indoor football team is planning to help a high school student in his battle to tackle cancer. On April 26th 2017, Greg Gibson, a student at Salina Central High School, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma - a cancerous bone tumor. During this Saturday's' Salina Liberty home game the team will be wearing special edition jerseys ...

8 years ago
A school finance bill approved by Kansas lawmakers is short on funding. The measure will increase public school funding by 534-million-dollars over five years. According to the Kansas Department of Education website, 80-million-dollars of that funding will not be there because of what officials say was an error. Officials say schools will still get a funding increase, but ...

8 years ago
A long-time Salina educator will be inducted into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame. George Troutfetter, who has spent nearly 50 years in public education in Salina, is one of the 2018 inductees. During his career in Salina Troutfetter has been a teacher, assistant principal, counselor, and coach. Troutfetter started his career teaching at Salina Central High ...

8 years ago
Police say it's fortunate no one was seriously injured in a crash early Wednesday morning that was caused by a car driving the wrong on one of the main roads through Salina. The crash happened at 7:52 am in the 2700 block of South 9th Street. Police Sgt. Brent Rupert told KSAL News at the scene ...

8 years ago
Police are investigating after a stolen SUV was recovered in Wichita Monday evening. The owner of a 2009 H3T Hummer told officers someone stole the vehicle while it was warming up in his driveway in the 900 block of Birch around 6am. Hours later Wichita Police found the Hummer stuck in a small body of ...

8 years ago
An alleged motorcycle thief is jailed after failing a roadside sobriety test on Monday morning. According to Police Sergeant Jim Feldman, an officer on patrol made a traffic stop in the 1200 block of N. 9th around 6am Monday. Police arrested 32-year-old Amanda Rothfuss of Salina on charges for DUI and drug related crimes and impounded ...

8 years ago
An empty convenience store and former gas station was ransacked recently by copper thieves. Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News, the owner of the vacant Stuckey's store near Bridgeport on South Old 81-Highway contacted authorities after discovering someone had broken into the building and destroyed numerous cooling units while removing the copper. Deputies say sometime between March ...