9 years ago
A transgender soldier imprisoned for releasing classified military information has released her first statement since being granted clemency, saying she hopes to use lessons she's learned in prison to help others. Chelsea Manning issued the statement Tuesday ahead of her release next week, expressing gratitude to her supporters and to former President Barack Obama. Manning served nearly ...

9 years ago
H2O + some solar rays will have the water warmed up and wavy at Kenwood Cove by opening day. Staff at Salina's aquatic park is filling the pool this week with 660,000 gallons of water to give the sun enough time to heat it up by May 27th. Recreation Supervisor Jeff Hammond tells KSAL News that they ...

9 years ago
A Salina man left the keys in his car and now Police are looking for a stolen 2003 Buick LeSabre. Police Captain Paul Forrester reports that sometime between 9pm Sunday and 9:30am  Monday, someone found the keys that were tucked away in the vehicle's console and drove away in the red, Buick owned by James Brown, ...

9 years ago
Kansas Congressman Dr. Roger Marshall kicked off a May listening tour with a stop in Salina Tuesday morning. A standing room only crowd of over 100 people gathered at the Salina Chamber of Commerce Annex building for a town hall question and answer session. Marshall started by making an opening statement, then spent over an hour ...

9 years ago
A singe-vehicle rollover crash in rural Saline County sent a couple of teens to the hospital in Salina Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 17-year-old Trent Pennington was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, headed north on Simpson Road. When the SUV cam over a crest at Mentor Road Pennington lost control. The vehicle went ...

9 years ago
Salina will soon have something that it hasn't had in over 40 years. A new hotel and convention center that has been under construction since late 2015 will soon be complete in South Salina. Officials are excited about the soon-to-be-completed Hilton Garden Inn and Eisenhower Convention Center. Owner Stanley Weilert tells KSAL News that the hotel, ...

9 years ago
A man and a woman from Manhattan were sentenced Monday to 28 years in federal prison for taking part in the kidnapping of a Junction City woman who was killed during the abduction. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said that 21-year-old Larry L. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping resulting in death. His girlfriend, 26-year-old ...

9 years ago
The Salina Country Club will be hosting DVACK’s annual Charity Golf Classic on Friday, May 12th, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., with the Shotgun start beginning at 9:30 a.m. “DVACK's mission is to reduce the incidents of domestic violence and sexual offenses and to provide comfort and support to victims through crisis intervention and support services in North-Central Kansas.” Profits ...

9 years ago
Graduation supplies are popular items around the Salina area. This past weekend, and again this coming weekend, multiple schools are hosting commencement ceremonies for graduating seniors. This past weekend, seniors at Kansas Wesleyan University, St. John’s Military School, Salina Area Technical College, and the Kansas State University Polytechnic campus all graduated. This coming weekend seniors at all ...

9 years ago
A 9-year-old central Kansas boy has died after falling off a tractor that was pulling a mower. The Wichita Eagle reports that Cayden Avery died Friday night after falling off a Ford tractor driven by his father, Jon Avery. The accident happened near Inman in McPherson County. The sheriff's department says the tractor was pulling a mower ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating a burglary from a unit at Salina Mini Storage located at 2727 Centennial Road. Staff discovered the broken lock and notified the owner over the weekend of the crime. Deandre Finch told officers that sometime between March 15 and May 6, someone cut the lock on his rental and removed two, 32-inch televisions, one ...