4 years ago
With the 2022 midterm elections less than two weeks away, KSAL Radio featured two candidates running for a seat in the Kansas House to represent the the 69th District in Salina. Democratic challenger Sarah Crews and incumbent Republican Representative Clarke Sanders fielded questions on a range of issues from the state budget, abortion, marijuana to food ...

4 years ago
A Salina man is in jail on drug charges after a domestic dispute. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 21-year-old Jayden Smith was taken into custody after an argument he had with his girlfriend at an apartment in the 700 block of South 2nd Street around 5pm Tuesday. Police say the woman called her mother ...

4 years ago
A couple of  drivers were transported to the hospital in Salina after a two vehicle crash at the intersection of 9th Street and Water Well Road on Tuesday evening around 7pm. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, 44-year-old Joseph Embers of Topeka was traveling eastbound in a 2014 Ford C-Max on Water Well and failed to ...

4 years ago
Another card skimmer has been found at a Salina fuel stop. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that staff at the Pilot Travel Center on North 9th was alerted to the tampering of the card reader at one of its pumps when an the alarm sounded. Video shows a white male suspect leaving the area in ...

4 years ago
The next Salina Public Schools Chat will be held next week.  The event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2nd, from 5:15-6:15 p.m. at Heusner Elementary School. According to USD 305, the Chat events offer community members an opportunity to learn more about our schools. The November Chat will include: Update about social-emotional learning (SEL) Video examples ...

4 years ago
Kansas residents will have the chance to get rid of unused and unwanted medication. Law enforcement will collect unused medications at several locations around the state on Saturday as a part of Drug Take-Back Day. The National Drug Take-Back Day is coordinated by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, which collects and safely destroys the medications. The ...

4 years ago
A member of the Kansas City Royals broadcast team will speak at Kansas Wesleyan University.  The school in Salina welcome Ryan Lefebvre to campus on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. Lefebvre will speak in Sams Chapel and will address questions surrounding mental health, including his own journey with depression. There is no admission fee. Lefebvre is in ...

4 years ago
Taking wing to our nation's capital to help veterans soar - is a labor of love for an all-volunteer group from Kansas. Mike Vancampen, President of Kansas Honor Flights tells KSAL News that the mission of the organization is smiple,  “To transport Kansas veterans who served our country during WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam ...

4 years ago
Though construction has already started, officials Tuesday morning ceremoniously broke ground on a multi-million dollar, senior living campus in Salina which they say "will look towards the future for Kansas seniors". Cedarhurst of Salina, located at 2601 S Ohio Street, will offer 76 units, including 54 Assisted Living and 22 Memory Care apartments. This one story building ...

4 years ago
A 44-year-old Missouri man sustained non-life threatening injuries after veering off the interstate early Tuesday morning. Captain Brent Melander of the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that at approximately 4:07 AM deputies were called to I-70 mile marker 248. A 1998 Peter built semi-truck with an empty 53 ft box trailer was going east, ...

4 years ago
Two card skimming devices have been found in the last three days at the Flying J Travel Center on N. Ohio. On the 21st of October the Salina Police Departmet was notified of a card skimmer being found inside pump 25. There is an alarm system on the pump that was triggered and when an employee ...