8 years ago
The City, with the help of HDR, will be working to refine design elements presented in the Smoky Hill River Renewal Master Plan that was adopted in 2010. In May 2016, voters approved a sales tax increase from 8.40% to 8.75% that will be in place over 20 years. A portion of these sales tax funds ...

8 years ago
The Kansas National Guard and Salina Area Technical College are creating a new partnership. According to the school, the two have created a new program, called Synchronous Training and Academic Credit (STAC), which will allow service members to earn college credit for their military training in welding and machining. Following that training, they will have the ...

8 years ago
A motorcycle rider from Nebraska was killed in a crash in Northern Kansas on Monday, while passing in a no passing zone. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 43-year-old Scott Curtis from Auburn, Nebraska, was riding a 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle on K 15 Highway, following a tractor trailer headed south. Curtis passed the tractor trailer in ...

8 years ago
Salina Police made two arrests after a Salina man lost his checkbook where two men made payments to themselves with the man's missing checks. Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that Michael Mattek of Salina lost his checkbook and reported it to authorities on Sept. 7. Mattek then noticed on one of his checking accounts that someone ...

8 years ago
The death of a Solomon man whose body was found in Salina is being investigated as a homicide. Salina police late Monday morning identified the victim as 52-year-old Raul Lopez-Vargas. Lopez-Vargas was discovered deceased in Salina Sunday morning, in the backseat of a car in the Indian Village area of West Salina. Police dispatch received a call ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office has an update on artifacts and coins that were stolen from a residence at 2785 W. State St. Lt. Michael Ascher tells KSAL News that the owner of the residence reports now that more coins and jewelry were stolen from the residence from the last break in. Ascher says that several items ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for four individuals after they stole 58 cell phones from Sam's Club at 2919 Market Place. Authorities say three females and one male entered Sam's Club at the same time on Sept. 8 between 4:45 p.m. and 5:05 p.m. The subjects then went to the cell phone area inside of the store, where ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a known suspect after the subject led authorities on a dangerous high-speed pursuit in the early morning hours of Sept. 7. According to law enforcement, a police officer observed a white 2005 Nissan Maxima making an improper turn on the area of Crawford and Montrose, when the vehicle then pulled in ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are in search of a vehicle that was taken over the weekend. Authorities say that 28 year-old, Alison Harbaugh at 502 E. Bond, had her 2007 Chevy Cobalt taken from her address. The car is silver in color and the tag is KS 075 ECQ. Harbaugh says that the car was taken sometime between 12:30 a.m. ...

8 years ago
A large police presence was at the scene in the Indian Village area of West Salina Sunday morning after a body was found. Salina Deputy Police Chief Sean Morton told KSAL News at the scene that dispatch received a call alerting that there was a person who was possibly deceased, in a car. The call came ...

8 years ago
Kansas kids have a couple of more weeks to create a traffic safety poster or video in a statewide contest. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, kids can win great prizes and learn about traffic safety by participating in poster and video contests as part of the annual Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day safety ...