8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office was called to an accident at Armstrong and Fairchilds on Wednesday, July 5. The accident, a single vehicle wreck, occurred at 9:35 P.M. The vehicle was carrying three people, traveling south on Fairchilds and turning west on Armstrong when a deer entered the roadway and the vehicle swerved to miss it, overturning ...

8 years ago
A benefit bake sale is the recipe friends and family will use to help a Salina man who was paralyzed in an auto accident last month. Ryan Peterson joined in on the KSAL Morning News Thursday to talk about his friend and workout buddy, Paul Powell. "Paul was in a car accident June 7 and it was ...

8 years ago
The Salina Police Department were called to 928 E. Ash on Wednesday, July 5 at 9:30 P.M. in response to a burglary. Jacquelyn Hynes, 35, says that an acquaintance entered her home by forced entry through the back door of the property, setting off an alarm. The suspect then attempted to steal an Xbox 1 game console ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating arson cases involving fireworks in two different Salina parks. Capt. Mike Sweeney says that damage occurred in the bathrooms of Lakewood Park and Indian Rock Park between July 3 at 3 P.M. and July 5 at 7:30 A.M. The damage at Lakewood Park was concentrated to a urinal in the men's bathroom and ...

8 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to a UTV accident at Gypsum Valley Shooting Sports on Wednesday, July 5. Authorities responded at 7:40 P.M. after a UTV carrying two passengers took too sharp of turn and rolled over. In the passenger seat of the UTV was Katrina San Nicholas, a 21-year-old from McPherson. She was pinned inside ...

8 years ago
The final numbers have been released by the Salina Police Department and Saline County Sheriff's Office for fireworks complaints over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that the Salina Police Dept. responded to 168 fireworks complaints and the sheriff's office responded to four complaints between June 28 and July 5. However, ...

8 years ago
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has now appealed to a federal district judge a $1,000 fine levied against him for misleading the court. His court filing late Wednesday evening came hours after U.S. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara refused to reconsider the fine and an order requiring him to submit to a deposition by the American ...

8 years ago
Republican Sen. Jerry Moran is expected to face tough questions about health care at a town hall meeting in a small western Kansas community. Moran's event Thursday was his first scheduled town hall meeting during the July Fourth congressional break and came after he said he opposed a bill overhauling health care drafted by top Senate ...

8 years ago
Fans of 80s rock have had this week's "Now That's Entertainment" concert in Salina's Oakdale Park circled since it was announced. Jack Russell's Great White will take the Eric Stein Stage Thursday night. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s Jack Russell was one of the driving forces behind Great White's multi-platinum success. He is back ...

8 years ago
A federal magistrate judge has spurned a move by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach seeking reconsideration of a $1,000 fine levied against him for misleading the court. U.S. Magistrate Judge James O'Hara said Wednesday that Kobach's "new excuse lacks credibility" based on its late assertion and lack of supporting documentation. Kobach had blamed "editing errors" for ...

8 years ago
While work on the 2018 budget continues, Saline County Commissioners agreed to include a 3% increase for staff salaries.  If the yet-to-be-finalized budget is approved in mid-August, Commissioners will have met their three intentions for the 2018 budget—providing the Sheriff’s Office with an appropriate budget, increasing staff salaries, and devoting one mil to fund gravel ...