8 years ago
Months of scant amounts of moisture in the rain gauge will impact the coming winter wheat harvest in Kansas. Tom Maxwell, agent with K-State Research and Extension office in Salina tells KSAL News that for the most part, the yield potential has already been set. "Head size was determined probably earlier this spring as the wheat ...

8 years ago
A father calls authorities after discovering his son had trashed a house he was allowing him to live in. Salina Police arrested 25-year-old Benjamin Platten on Monday on a charge of felony damage to property. Platten told officers he had 'anger issues,' as they walked through a home in the 800 block of Sheridan that had significant ...

8 years ago
Maj. George Stelljes has dedicated 21 years to the mission of St. John’s Military School and its cadets. For the past nine and a half years, he has served as commandant of cadets. As Stelljes approaches retirement from the institution at the end of the academic year, he reflects on over two decades of service ...

8 years ago
For the 26th year in a row Salina letter carriers will join in a nationwide effort to help "Stamp Out Hunger". On Saturday carriers will collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 letter carriers branches in all 50 states, ...

8 years ago
Saline County’s next “Strategic Doing” will be held at 3 p.m., Monday, May 21, at the Salina Art Center, 242 S. Santa Fe Ave., Salina. During the session, working groups will learn about elements of strong grant applications and options for funding sources. The session will also include time for group progress updates and work time. Over ...

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 ...