8 years ago
A retirement party is planned this weekend for the longtime director of the Salina Public Library. Director Joe McKenzie will retire on December 31st, after 40 years public service. The public is invited to a retirement party for McKenzie on Sunday between 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the library’s Prescott Meeting Room. Light refreshments will be served at ...

8 years ago
A two vehicle crash on South Ohio sends a Salina woman to the hospital on Monday afternoon. Salina Police say 52-year-old Jennifer Smith was transported to Salina Regional Health Center after her 2006 Honda Pilot was rear ended by a 2002 Dodge Caravan driven by 17-year-old Dane Vanetta of Salina. The accident occurred just before 3pm in ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary at a rural property east of Salina. Sheriff Roger Soldan says sometime between late October and November 6 someone stole a Speeco log splitter, Predator 4000 watt generator plus four tote boxes filled with household goods from a farmstead in the 7000 block of E. Crawford. Loss is ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store at gun point early Tuesday morning. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that just after 2am a suspect described as a shorter Hispanic male parked a white Chevy Suburban or Tahoe style SUV outside the Kwik Shop near Kansas Wesleyan at 1600 S. 9th ...

8 years ago
A medical condition is prompting the Saline County Sheriff's Office to retire its canine. According to the agency,in late October Sheriff’s K-9 “Leroy” was demonstrating unsteadiness on his feet. The veterinarian ran numerous tests and found that he had developed a spinal column issue and that required an immediate retirement. K-9 Leroy started with the Sheriff’s Office ...

8 years ago
The fall season is coming to a close for the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes. But, the winter season is just getting started. And so does the Kansas Wesleyan Coaches Show, which takes place every Monday from 6 to 7 pm, live at Burger Theory inside the Holiday Inn just past Lowe’s. Come in for the $6.99 Build-Your-Own-Burger ...

8 years ago
A Kansas school district is closed following a threat. The Pratt School District received an email threat yesterday and decided to cancel classes for today. Superintendent Suzan Patton says the district has contacted Pratt police and is working with its email provider to find the origin of the threat. Source: MetroSource News

8 years ago
Tuesday is Election Day in Salina. Polls will be open on Tuesday, November 7th, from 7:00 am till 7:00 pm. Salina voters will elect three people to the USD 305 Board of Education to serve a four-year term. There are six candidates on the ballot for the four-year term. Salina voters will elect one person to the USD ...

8 years ago
A former corrections officer of the Anderson County Jail was arrested by Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents Monday. According to the KBI, 27-year-old Lexington J. Laiter was arrested at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Monday at his residence in Garnett. Laiter was arrested for 11 counts of unlawful sexual relations and two counts of attempted unlawful sexual relations. ...

8 years ago
Riley County Police have concluded that a hate crime which was reported last week was a hoax. Last week on Wednesday officers with the Riley County Police Department were called to the 2200 block of Claflin Road in Manhattan regarding a parked vehicle in an area apartment complex that had been defaced with racist graffiti and ...

8 years ago
A bar fight ends with four arrests at a Salina night club. According to Captain Paul Forrester, officers were sent to Big Nose Kate's 117 N. Santa Fe early Sunday morning after a disturbance inside the pub grew violent. Captain Forrester says 24-year-old Paige Nelson of Hillsboro, became combative as officers tried to handcuff her. Her friend, 22-year-old ...