9 years ago
A sales tax increase that Salina voters approved last Spring will go into effect in October. According to the City of Salina, on April 20, 2016 the Saline County Clerk’s Office mailed to Salina voters a sales tax election ballot. It asked voters to replace the City of Salina’s current 4/10th (.40%) cent capital improvement sales ...

9 years ago
Fiscal year 2017 resource constraints and reductions across the Department of Defense and the Department of the Army will have implications on the services provided by Fort Riley's Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation to 1st Infantry Division Soldiers and families. The Fort Riley garrison, in conjunction with the 1st Inf. Div., has conducted ...

9 years ago
What began as a class at the Salina Public Library over a decade ago continues to make tracks. The Salina Hiking Club is meeting Thursday to map out their plans for some upcoming excursions this Fall. "We generally have one person that steps forward and is the leader for each hike," said Mary Lou McKenzie with Salina ...

9 years ago
Police are investigating an apparent case of vandalism at a Salina fast food stop. Police say sometime between 1am and 7:30am Tuesday, somebody shattered the glass on the door at the Dairy Queen located at 1000 Buckeye. Nothing was stolen from inside the restaurant and the damage is estimated at $500.

9 years ago
A Lincoln, Kansas man is now facing additional charges in Salina for violating a protection order. Police say 32-year-old Clinton Cheney ran away from police on Tuesday afternoon around 4:30pm after being confronted by officers in the 2200 block of Wesley. Several police units responded to the area and Cheney was apprehended a short time later in ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is booked into jail following a Wichita Police internet crime unit's investigation that has linked him to child pornography. Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that officers used a search warrant to enter a home at 562 Upper Mill Heights on Tuesday morning at 10am and arrested 53-year-old Michael N. Rodenbeek. Captain ...

9 years ago
In a 4-0 vote, the Saline County Commission declined to accept a bid to lease oil and gas rights for property given to the county by the late Oliver Hagg.  Citing Hagg’s intention to preserve the land for agriculture, the Commission wrestled with the impact that leasing the oil and gas rights might have on ...

9 years ago
Progress continues on the Fieldhouse Salina project even though crews have had to live with some rain delays. "We've had a few rain days, but who is going to complain about a little bit of rain in August and early September," said Salina City Manager Jason Gage during his monthly visit on the KSAL Morning News ...

9 years ago
Federal workplace safety officials are investigating a Kansas grain bin accident in which a worker's leg got caught in a running auger and was later amputated. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that the 28-year-old Ellsworth Co-op worker had his left leg surgically removed Monday after the accident. OSHA says in ...

9 years ago
Court documents allege that a man's blood-alcohol level was double Kansas' legal threshold when he caused a crash that killed a Johnson County sheriff's deputy. The Kansas City Star reports Adrian Espinosa-Flores' blood-alcohol content measured .160 after the Sept. 11 crash. Espinosa-Flores is charged with involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatality traffic crash in ...

9 years ago
A pawned stolen saw, and then a disturbance with police, landed a Salina man in jail. Police say that a Stihl brand pole saw valued at $599 was stolen on September 15th from outside a home at 902 West Elm Street where a tree crew was working. The saw was pawned later in the day for ...