11 years ago
A Salina woman is victim to a criminal use of a financial card. The Salina woman has purchases on her card from July 21-October 9 totaling over $3,015. There are 99 counts of card use, all purchases under $100.

11 years ago
A transient homeless man in Salina was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating a homeless woman. Richard McMillen, 30, asked the victim for money, but when she didn't have any to give, McMillen allegedly struck her several times in the face. A passerby happened to see it which caused the man to stop and run. Emergency ...

11 years ago
Two employees at a Salina chiropractic office were hurt when a car crashed into,  and inside the business. Salina Police Officer Kyle Jacobs told KSAL News that 71-year-old Connie Stewart of Salina wss pulling into a parking spot in front of Temple Chiropractic on South 9th Street. Stewart's car accelerated up over a curb, and crashed into ...

11 years ago
Salina Police are investigating an alleged robbery in which a handgun was reported to be stolen, and a shot was fired. Police Captain Mike Sweeney says that at around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, officers were called to 917 N. 13th Street #42 to a report of possible shots fired. Officers found that one round had been fired into ...

11 years ago
A power outage at a downtown power station had a large portion of downtown Salina in the dark Wednesday morning. Power went out for about 1,600 Westar Energy customers at around 9:25. Westar Energy tells KSAL News that an issue with a power station on Front Street and Iron Avenue caused the outage. Westar says that the ...

11 years ago
Country music mega star Garth Brooks is coming to Wichita. The country icon will be joined by Trisha Yearwood. They will perform two shows at Intrust Bank Arena, one on Friday December 3rd, and the other on Saturday December 4th. The show will be the first appearance in Wichita by Brooks in nearly two decades. Brooks is ...

11 years ago
In a 4-1 vote, the Saline County Commission moved to amend county codes to set term limits for the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals. The resolution permits appointees to serve up to two, three-year terms; members would be allowed additional terms after a one-year break in service. The term limits will first ...

11 years ago
A new piece of technology has become a useful tool for the Salina Police Department. The agency has been utilizing Automatic License Plate Readers, or ALPR's for several months now. According to the department, officers have been utilizing the technology since June of this year. ALPR’s systems are simply cameras that are mounted to the exterior of ...

11 years ago
The birthplace of Salina can be traced to a bend in the Smoky Hill River that was settled 157 years ago. Floods and a rerouted channel have left behind a murky shadow of the past. Now the "Friends of the River" organization want to reclaim some of the river's lost beauty and reshape Salina's future. ...

11 years ago
Salina FD1 responded to a fire on the 2700 block of Gypsum Valley Road. $260 worth of hay bales caught fire, and Saline County Sheriff's Office believes it may be a case of arson as tire tracks were found on the site. Two other fires near the area in Dickinson County with similar characteristics were also ...

11 years ago
A Brookville man in police custody after being arrested yesterday by Salina police. Marcus Smith, 33, posted an ad on the Craigslist personal page, to which members of the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force responded to. Smith believed he was talking to a 14-year-old girl when in reality, he was communicating to an ...