9 years ago
The driver of a stolen truck was taken into custody after a chase through Salina early Wednesday. Saline County Sheriff-elect Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a deputy identified a Toyota truck that was reported stolen and attempted to make a traffic stop in the 600 block of E. Pacific at 12:30am. The driver took off reaching ...

9 years ago
Salina Area Technical College’s Diesel Department is the first to benefit from a new nationwide initiative by truck manufacturer Kenworth to improve the education of the next generation of Diesel mechanics. The PACCAR MX-13 engine, donated by Kenworth through the local MHC Kenworth dealership in Salina, is a six-cylinder, 13-liter engine generating just under 500 horsepower. ...

9 years ago
The slowly improving economy could boost travel over the Thanksgiving holiday to levels not seen in nine years. AAA forecasts that 48.7 million Americans will travel, the busiest Thanksgiving period on U.S. roads and skies since 2007, the year before the global financial crisis plunged the U.S. economy into a deep recession. The auto club AAA said ...

9 years ago
Operators of a Kansas water park where a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son was killed on a waterslide last summer say that ride will be demolished. Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts and the family that runs it said in a statement Tuesday that the 168-foot "Verruckt" at the Schlitterbahn park in Kansas City, Kansas, will eventually be torn ...

9 years ago
As the Saline County Commissioners discussed many of the topics before them, the conversation included references to what they had accomplished in the past.  Four new commissioners will take office in January.  Chairman Monte Shadwick is the only seated commissioner whose term of office extends through 2018. Commissioners Jim Gile and Dave Smith identified ways they’d ...

9 years ago
A federal court is blocking implementation of a regulation that would make an estimated 4 million more higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay. The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction Tuesday that prevents the Department of Labor from implementing the changes until the rule's legality can be further ...

9 years ago
Family and friends of a Saline County woman who was found murdered in her home back in June continue to seek justice, and are offering over 36,000 reasons for someone to come forward with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of her killer. The family of Lori Heimer have raised $28,000 in reward money, ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating the theft of two bicycles from a downtown bike rack. Police say two 20-inch BMX bikes that were locked up with one chain in a rack located in the 100 block of West Walnut were stolen on Monday night sometime between 11:35pm and 11:51pm. The custom black BMX is valued at $600 ...

9 years ago
A collection of model trains was stolen from a storage unit. Salina Police are investigating after someone entered an empty unit at Salina Mini Storage, 401 N. Santa Fe and then cut a hole through the wall of the adjacent unit to gain entry. Police say the thief then removed seven, Bachman brand, garden scale model train ...

9 years ago
Numerous construction tools were taken from a truck parked in the 1500 block of E. Beloit. Salina Police report that sometime between Sunday at 5pm and 8:30am Monday, someone stole two bags of MasterForce tools used for working in concrete construction from an unlocked 1984 Chevy truck. Police say a hammer drill, angle drill, ban saw, grinder, ...

9 years ago
Firefighters are working to contain a fire at a southeast Kansas chemical plant after an explosion there injured one employee. The explosion occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday at the Airosol, Inc., plant in Neodesha. Cassandra Edson, spokeswoman for Wilson County Emergency Management, says one employee was taken to a Wichita hospital with injuries that were not ...