8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen vehicle. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 9pm Sunday and 9am Monday morning, someone jumped into a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup and drove away. Police say the owner of the truck left the doors unlocked and the key inside the vehicle that was parked in the ...

8 years ago
A fire caused heavy damage to a piece of expensive farm equipment. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a chemical sprayer owned by Vaughn Isaacson was operating in the 2800 block of N. Gypsum Valley Road on Monday. The driver wrapped up work around 9pm and shut off the machine in a field. About ...

8 years ago
Kansas religious and community leaders are calling for immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexican border to be reunited. The group Kansas Interfaith Action organized yesterday's prayer vigil at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. Organizers say even though President Trump signed an executive order ending the practice of separating families at the border, there is no plan ...

8 years ago
A group of concerned citizens showed up and spoke at Monday's Salina City Commission meeting to voice concerns about a term Mayor Karl Ryan used last week which they believe to be racist. While discussing an issue involving the city paying for care of a large number of farm animals which were seized in an abuse ...

8 years ago
A Salina organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence and sexual assault is launching a capital campaign. The Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas has started a campaign to fund renovation of a new, much larger facility to better accommodate the influx of victims served annually. The capital campaign was made possible by the generosity ...

8 years ago
People without access to air conditioning or other means of staying cool during hot and humid weather can receive fans from the Salina Salvation Army. According to the agency, they still have fans available. Fans will be distributed weekdays from 9:00 - 12:00  at the Salvation Army located at on North Santa Fe. Those receiving a fan ...

8 years ago
Organizations and businesses are invited to participate in the annual Saline County Back-to-School Fair August 3rd at Lakewood Middle School. On behalf of the Healthy Community/Healthy Youth Initiative and other local sponsors, the community is invited to participate. Through the support of community sponsors, this event will provide an opportunity to distribute free basic school supplies ...

8 years ago
A man from Culver, Kansas was transported to Salina Regional Health Center on Saturday morning following a single vehicle crash just west of Salina. Lt. Michael Ascher with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 27-year-old Samuel Davis was injured after he swerved his 1997 Nissan Quest to avoid hitting a deer and then ...

8 years ago
Rural firefighters kept a brush pile fire from spreading to adjacent fields on Sunday. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that a pile of tree limbs and brush may have been ignited by nearby fireworks on Sunday evening just before 9pm. Crews from RFD #7 made quick work of the fire that was burning in the 5500 ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was jailed on drug charges after suffering a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Joseph Valdez was transported to Salina Regional Health Center on Saturday evening after his neighbor applied a tourniquet on his leg and called 911. Police say Valdez was not cooperative in answering questions ...

8 years ago
This Independence Day holiday, Kansans will be among a record-breaking 46.9 million Americans who will travel 50 miles or more away from home, an increase of 2.38 million or more than 5 percent compared with last year and the highest number since AAA started tracking 18 years ago. “This Independence Day will be one for the ...