9 years ago
A suspicious fire destroys a pickup truck. Salina Police were called to the scene of  a vehicle fire in the 600 block of W. Walnut at about 9:30pm Tuesday night. Police say the 1989 Chevy Silverado was fully engulfed in flames when Salina Fire crews arrived. Investigators say the fire originated inside the cab and is considered suspicious. The ...

9 years ago
Officials from the University of Missouri Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy have announced that Jay Sexton, an internationally acclaimed historian, has been named the inaugural Kinder Institute Chair in Constitutional Democracy. Sexton, who will begin his position at MU on Sept. 1, will be leaving his position as lecturer and tutorial fellow at the University ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a possible strong-arm robbery, after a man reported being struck by a car Tuesday night in the 600 block of N. 9th Street. SPD's Captain Chris Trocheck says the investigation is still in its early stages. The incident occurred at approximately 10:30pm in north Salina.

9 years ago
Persistent grant writing has paid off for David Turner, Chief of Rural Fire Department #5.  His sixth grant application, to replace air tanks that fire fighters wear, has been funded. A division of Homeland Security will pick up 95% of the costs of purchasing self-contained breathing apparatuses while RFD#5 will pick up 5% of the costs.  ...

9 years ago
Sharing the gospel on the prairie was a wild proposition for Christian ministers - as communities popped up in the Sunflower state. One of the first cattle towns in Kansas was named after a fiery pastor who packed a Bible and a couple of pistols, "Baxter Springs was named after John Baxter who was a Baptist ...

9 years ago
A former office manager at a Salina business is now facing charges for embezzling over $8,600. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News an investigation that began in February of this year culminated in the arrest of 41-year-old Sarah T. Jones on Monday. Police say an internal audit at Tox-Eol Pest Management, 417 S. Clark raised concerns. The ...

9 years ago
Eat your heat out Georgia. Kansas might soon be known for a peach. Johnson County could soon be home to the world's heaviest peach. A peach that was picked at Tubby Fruits in south Johnson County on August 24th weighed more than 763 grams or about 1.7 pounds Officials say that the peach was weighed Monday at ...

9 years ago
A Saline County family is swindled out of $1,800 after trying to sell their daughter's drums online. According to Lt. Brent Melander with the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a family in northwest Saline County listed a set of Ludwig drums for sale on a website for $400. On August 15, a potential buyer began texting the 14-year-old ...

9 years ago
An Ellsworth man was hurt in a single vehicle crash in rural Saline County early Tuesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Cory Hill was driving a Ford F 250 pickup truck, headed west on K140 Highway. He fell asleep, went off the road, and through a creek embankment area. Hill, who was buckled up, ...

9 years ago
There’s a lot of room in there to work, but I don’t see much to work on,” was how Whitney England described her first look under the hood of an electric car Monday at Salina Area Technical College. England and Kody Nimmo, both juniors at Smoky Valley High School and enrolled in Salina Tech’s Automotive Technology ...

9 years ago
Tweeting Trooper Ben Gardner experienced a close call Monday morning that prompted him to tweet about the state’s Move Over law. “I happened to go check on a vehicle that was broke down on the side of the road south of Salina,” Gardner said. “As I was exiting my patrol car walking up toward the driver’s ...