3 years ago
Saline County authorities are reminding the public to be aware of a scam after a 49-year-old man fell victim to a person on the phone impersonating a power company official. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan says the the caller said he was with Evergy and convinced the man the company was going to shut the power ...

3 years ago
Police are reviewing video from a Salina storage business after a unit was broken into. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between Sunday and Thursday, someone cut the lock on a unit at Salina Self Storage in the 2800 block of Foxboro and removed numerous items including a tattoo kit, a couple of ...

3 years ago
Salina Police are seeking tips in case involving shots fired at a bank drive-thru and ATM. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say n Friday, December 2nd,  at 8:37 PM a citizen reported hearing multiple gunshots in the 2000 block of South Ohio Street. The witness saw an unknown ...

3 years ago
A truck driver from Colorado was transported to a Wichita hospital following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 near Solomon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2019 Kenworth was headed west on I 70 when the driver left the road to the left and struck a guardrail. The semi then went through the guardrail and ...

3 years ago
If you enjoyed last weekend’s TubaChristmas event, you’ll want to head out to Central Mall once again this Saturday,  Dec. 17th, for Brass Christmas, a similar concert with music focusing on brass instruments. The concert gets underway at 12:30 p.m.. According to Kansas Wesleyan University, Steve Lueth, director of KWU’s Jazz Ensemble, will direct the group ...

3 years ago
The World’s Largest Belt Buckle, a new roadside attraction in Abilene, is ready to be unveiled. According to the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau, they plan to unveil the World’s Largest Belt Buckle on Wednesday, December 21st, at noon at the Grandstand on Pine Street, across from Royer Bandshell in Eisenhower Park ,in Abilene Local artist Jason ...

3 years ago
The Scholars Repository hosted by Fort Hays State University's Forsyth Library recently surpassed one million downloads.   According to the school, the repository hosted on the Digital Commons platform, made its public debut in January 2016. Forsyth Library launched the repository as a permanent, open access, digital showcase of the FHSU community’s creative, scholarly, and research productivity. ...

3 years ago
A new person is in charge of a unique venue which brings unique movies to Salina. According to the Salina Art Center, Brent Martin is the new Cinema Manager.  Martin has a passion for independent filmmaking and the arts. He studied Mass Communications at Hutchinson Community College and is currently a student at Salina Technical College, studying ...

3 years ago
Data going up and down is still an imperfect endeavor. Now decades into the digital age - gaps to reliable internet connections still exist in Kansas. Saline County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra to look at issues across Saline County including the FCC broadband map. Smith-Hanes says data collected from a ...

3 years ago
A white truck stole an auto trailer from City Wide Storage on the evening of the 13th. Surveillance video shows a white truck at City Wide Storage located at 440 N. Ohio. The video indicates the truck backed up to a trailer that was parked on the south side of the business at about 7:00 PM. ...

3 years ago
Club Car Wash employees recall a odd series of events that took place around 5:00 PM on Tuesday the 13th. At the 655 S. Broadway location employees witnessed a white woman wearing gray sweatpants, and a gray sweatshirt get out of a 2000s Gray Mercury Mariner. The woman allegedly picked up a screwdriver and gooseneck crowbar ...