3 years ago
A rural Saline County man contacted authorities after receiving a scam letter from a bogus attorney in Canada. Captain Jim Hughes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that the 80-year-old read the letter he recently received and smelled a scam in motion. The letter explained that the gentleman was in line for a portion ...

3 years ago
A Salina teacher is among a group of five from across the state being honored as science teachers of the year.  Kansas State University is recognizing five outstanding Kansas high school science teachers with the inaugural Kansas State University High School Science Teacher of the Year Awards. According to K-State, the awards highlight and reward inspirational ...

3 years ago
A thief made off with a pickup truck which was on the lot of a Salina auto parts business. The owners of the vehicle tell KSAL News the 1997 GMC Sierra 1500 was parked, with a for sale sign on it, on the lot of one of the Salina AutoZone stores. The keys were not in ...

3 years ago
Fire – what is it good for? Well, evidently quite a bit. The Smoky Hill Museum invites everyone to join historian, author and teacher Julie Courtwright, as she discusses the role of fire—man-made and natural—in shaping the Great Plains and the lives of its residents. According to the museum,  Courtwright will use newspaper accounts, diary entries and ...

3 years ago
The Cold Weather Rule ends on Friday, March 31. According to the Kansas Corporation Commission, the ending of the rule means Kansans who are behind on electric and natural gas utility bills will be subject to disconnection of service unless they contact their utility company to make payment arrangements. March 31 is also the last day ...

3 years ago
A Salina man is now facing drug distribution charges after smashing his car into a parked truck on Monday night. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 36-year-old Gregory Walburn was driving a 2006 Lincoln LS eastbound in the 700 block E. Neal around 11pm and hit a parked Chevy Silverado. Walburn was arrested on DUI ...

3 years ago
A Greeley, Colorado man is now in the Saline County Jail after refusing to leave a Salina fast food restaurant. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers were called to Chik-fil-A, at 2245 S. 9th on Monday afternoon around 3:30pm after 33-year-old Jose Pastrana-Ramirez was allegedly intoxicated and argumentative with staff. The man refused to leave and ...

3 years ago
Authorities have identified the body of a man found hanging in a tree over the weekend as Todd R. Smith, 57 of Kansas City, Missouri. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that Smith was born in Salina and had family here who reached out to law enforcement late last year after they lost contact ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a stolen vehicle and the thief who took it. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 64-year-old Salina woman was allowing a person to borrow her 1998 Ram 1500 pickup. The man works nights and told officers he left the truck parked in the 500 block of W. Iron around ...

3 years ago
K-State Salina has named its third on-campus residence hall Earhart Hall in honor of Kansas aviator and female trailblazer Amelia Earhart. According to KSU, Earhart Hall will open later this year, and the facility's name recognizes the campus's history of teaching future aeronauts. "Providing a strong campus community helps students succeed both inside and outside of the classroom," ...

3 years ago
Family and friends are searching for a Florida man who went missing while stationed in Kansas with the National Guard. Family of 24-year-old Roberto Junior Familia say he has been missing for over a week and they are desperately trying to locate him.  They were last in contact with him by phone on March 19th. Familia, who ...