4 years ago
An area teenager has reported non-life-threatening injuries after a fall from a moving golf cart Thursday afternoon. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that the 14-year-old girl was riding in the back of the cart with several others around 12:30 p.m. when, for an unknown reasons, she fell off the vehicle. The girl fell onto ...

4 years ago
A car stolen from the side of I-135 earlier this week has been recovered. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., a stolen 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix was found vacant in the 400 block of W. Falun Road. Melander said a window was broken, the catalytic converter was taken and ...

4 years ago
Police are seeking tips in a case involving business burglaries in Salina and Hutchinson which they believe are connected. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Salina Police say on May 11th at 1:27 AM, officers responded to a business alarm at Nex-tech Wireless, 2525 Market Place. Officers discovered the rear ...

4 years ago
Kansas faces an elevated risk of blackouts this summer. This according to industry officials, who say power-grid operators across the nation are preparing for higher-than-normal demand amid drought conditions that are likely to impact hydro-electric power generation in the Sunflower State. Officials with the Southwest Power Pool, which services powers grids for Kansas and 13 other ...

4 years ago
 Kansas Wesleyan’s Marketing and Communications office earned a trio of national honors from the Communicator Awards, according to information released by that organization earlier this month. The office has won five national awards in the past 12 months. The school says KWU earned the organization’s top honor, the Award of Excellence, for its 2021-22 television commercial. ...

4 years ago
A project to replace deteriorated concrete panels at a busy intersection in Salina is underway. According to the City of Salina the project at the intersection of Ohio, Belmont, and Wayne started on Wednesday. During construction, the outside through lanes of Ohio, the southbound to westbound turn lane, and one of the eastbound to northbound lanes ...

4 years ago
The suspects sought in the Amber Alert have been arrested and the child recovered by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The public's assistance in this matter was outstanding. Several of the tips provided led investigators to the location. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol's actions in this matter were exceptional. _ _ _ ORIGINAL: The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has ...

4 years ago
Salina Area Technical College is gearing up for a busy summer. The school is planning multiple activities, camps, and classes for area youth and adults.  There will be seven different camps, including a welding camp for teachers. Here is a schedule: 2022 Summer STEM Camp June 6-9, 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. During this four-day camp, area students who ...

4 years ago
More colorful murals are going up in Salina. To build awareness for this, and for the Smoky Hill River Festival the Artwork Alley Mural Expo ‘22, Salina Arts & Humanities presents Festival Friday, this Friday from 5:30 – 7:30 pm in the parking lot at 140 S. 5th Street. The party continues on Saturday, May 21 ...

4 years ago
Office space inside Salina's City-County Building is at a premium and now with two new judges slated to come to town - Saline County is on the clock to find a way to build two new courtrooms. County Administrator Phillip Smith Hanes joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra Thursday to cover a wide range ...

4 years ago
A couple more cases of successful and unsuccessful catalytic converter thefts have sprung back up in Salina. Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that investigations are ongoing for two cases that might be related. The first, which happened between May 8 and May 17 at the post office, involves a Ford F250 that had its catalytic ...