4 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is mourning the loss of another member of its animal family. According to the zoo, male Andean bear Boo Boo has passed away  at the age of 28. The median lifespan of an Andean bear, also known as the spectacled bear, is 20 years old in human care, and in the wild is ...

4 years ago
Imagine a dispatcher at the Salina Law Enforcement Center being alerted to someone known to have mental issues, capable of causing anguish, injury, or worse. Under normal protocols, officers with the Saline Police Department, Saline County Sheriff’s Office, or both, send officers to the scene. If the subject is deemed to present a danger to self or ...

4 years ago
Three people were transported to the hospital after an accident on K-4 near I-135 on Friday. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that at 6:20 a.m., a 23-year-old woman from Salina driving a 2020 Jeep Renegade north on K-4 turned left and pulled in front of a 2003 Mercury Marquis. The two vehicles collided. The ...

4 years ago
Three recent graduates of Salina Area Technical College’s Computer Aided Drafting program and one Diesel Technology graduate placed this past week at the SkillsUSA national competition in Atlanta, Georgia. In all, more than 6,500 high school and college students participated in the national competition. According to the school, the team of Clayton Knipp and Ashton Richards, of Salina, both ...

4 years ago
Flags across Kansas will fly at half-staff on Wednesday to honor a fallen firefighter. Governor Laura Kelly has directed flags be flown at half-staff at all state grounds, buildings, and facilities on Wednesday in honor of Linn County volunteer firefighter Joshua Haynes of Rural District 1 Fire Department, who suffered fatal injuries while battling a fire ...

4 years ago
A street stretching from Salina's Kenwood Cove to a portion of north Salina will temporarily close for a construction project on Monday and halt traffic entering from the north According to the City of Salina, through traffic at Oakdale Avenue/Kenwood Park Drive next to Kenwood Cove north to Iron Avenue will be closed to complete pavement ...

4 years ago
Salina is one of only a handful of locations across the country where seniors enrolled in the Meals on Wheels program can also get food delivered for their pets. Rosie Walter from the Saline County of Department of Senior Services tells KSAL News the county offers free healthcare and food for pets of seniors who already ...

4 years ago
The Rural Education Center in the Kansas State University College of Education has entered a strategic partnership with the Rural Schools Collaborative to strengthen and advance every aspect of rural education in Kansas. According to KSU, the Rural Schools Collaborative, housed at Monmouth College, is a national grassroots network of rural schools, higher-education institutions and organizations ...

4 years ago
Beginning this month, hunters and anglers will benefit from a new-and-improved system designed to make accessing public lands in Kansas easier than ever. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks the all-new licensing purchase system – Go Outdoors KS – outdoor recreationalists will not need a separate login to “check in” and out of ...

4 years ago
What started as a residential burglary case as a victim for one man turned into an aggravated assault case where he is the alleged suspect. Davon Dirton, a 30-year-old man of Salina, was arrested Thursday in connection to a June 4 domestic distrubance incident. He is facing requested charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault. Police Capt. ...

4 years ago
A man was arrested on Wednesday and is accused of stealing a tractor north of New Cambria. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a man who lives near Solomon reported to deputies on Wednesday that someone broke into his tractor through the back window and stole it. The tractor was recovered in the 10000 ...