3 years ago
Authorities are looking for a known teenage driver who allegedly led Salina police on a high speed chase Monday night. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that around 11:30pm a patrol officer observed two cars involved in drag racing on E. Crawford near Bill Burke Park. Police say the driver of a Subaru Legacy pulled into ...

3 years ago
A stolen vehicle was found with the suspected thief sleeping in the driver's seat. Salina Police Captain Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that a staff member at the Casey's on West Schilling contacted authorities around 10:30pm Monday, after she discovered her car had been stolen from the lot. About three hours later a Saline County Sheriff's deputy ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are looking for spray paint vandals who damaged at least four vehicles. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that sometime between 11:30pm Sunday and 8am Monday, someone used black spray paint to write a derogatory word on a vehicle parked in the 900 block of Custer Street causing $1,400 in damage. Authorities are also ...

3 years ago
Since its launch in July 2022, the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline connects notably more Kansans to mental health resources in the Lifeline’s first full year of operation. In its first year, 9-8-8 saw a 73% increase in contacts compared to the year before the implementation of the three-digit dialing code. July 16 marked the official ...

3 years ago
Officers were sent to the 800 block of S. 5th Street after an intoxicated man was destroying house plants inside a residence on Friday evening. Police say 34-year-old Victor Delatorre was placed in a body wrap after he resisted arrest, was tased and then allegedly spit on an officer. He's now facing possible charges for ...

3 years ago
Bethany College has been awarded a prestigious Professional Development Grant from the Council of Independent College's Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). According to the college, this $15,000 grant will support a year-long initiative to study and address barriers to vocational reflection and exploration faced by our students. The project will culminate in strategic curricular ...

3 years ago
A Salina man was arrested in connection to a stabbing in Lakewood Park on Saturday. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that the incident was sparked by a verbal altercation between two females in the park around 6:30pm. At one point, the victim threw a soda can at one of the females. This apparently angered the ...

3 years ago
For the past 50 years, the Sleichter family has provided the hay for the bucking horses and bulls at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene, Kansas. It started in the 1970s with Jack Sleichter, who was heavily involved in the Central Kansas Free Fair and volunteered in many ways, including as swine show superintendent. Then it ...

3 years ago
A man from Tescott was transported to the hospital in Salina after a single car crash on Interstate-135. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 72-year-old Mark Morrell may have suffered a medical emergency that played a role in an accident Saturday afternoon around 12:45pm Saturday. Morrell told deputies he was driving northbound and felt ...

3 years ago
A Salina woman escapes from her attacker and calls for help from a neighbor's home. According to Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges, officers responded to the 1300 block of Winona on Friday afternoon after the 25-year-old victim called 911. Police say around 4:45pm the woman and a male acquaintance were involved in an argument that turned violent. Authorities ...

3 years ago
Damage cleanup is underway after a strong storm tore through parts of Central Kansas Sunday night. Damaging storms that formed in Russell County and moved south through Ellsworth and Barton Counties. Spotters reported a brief tornado touch down near Wilson, but the main threat ended up being wind in excess of 70-miles-per-hour and hail up to the ...