4 years ago
A driver misses a curve and snaps a power pole on Riverside Drive early Christmas morning. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the 26-year-old driver's car jumped a curb in the 700 block of Riverside and smashed into an Evergy power pole. Police say the 2016 Chevy Malibu was towed from the scene with ...

4 years ago
Shots fired from a truck lead to the arrest of a Salina man. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a witness saw a Hispanic man point a gun out the window of his pickup and fire into the air as he rolled through the 2400 block S. 9th in the early morning hours of ...

4 years ago
Education deans at public universities in Kansas working on solutions to a K-12 teacher shortage want to dramatically expand over three years state financial aid for college students in education programs and to implement a partnership to uniformly compensate student teachers. The task force appointed by the Kansas Board of Regents has also been working to ...

4 years ago
Kansas is looking for a new state fire marshal. Governor Laura Kelly announced yesterday that Kansas State Fire Marshal Doug Jorgensen will retire next month. Jorgensen, who has served as state fire marshal for the past 11 years, will stay on temporarily as Deputy Fire Marshal to help his successor transition into the job.

4 years ago
A family friendly event will allow Salina to ring in New Year's Eve early on December 31st. The annual Noon Year’s Eve event is scheduled at the Tony's Pizza Events Center. According to Salina Parks and Recreation, they are ringing in 2023 with their Annual Noon Year's Eve Party from 11am until 1pm. Noon Year’s Eve is ...

4 years ago
Icy conditions on Christmas night led to numerous slide-offs and a few injury accidents around Saline County. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a 33-year-old woman from Enterprise was transported to Salina Regional Health Center after her 2003 Jeep Wrangler slid off Interstate-70 and hit a tree near mile post 261. Deputies say Carla ...

4 years ago
A donation is helping to fuel Kansas Highway Patrol vehicles keeping Kansa roads and highways safe. According to the agency, for the 32nd consecutive year, Fuel True – Independent Energy & Convenience, previously known as Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas (PMCA), graciously donated gasoline to the Kansas Highway Patrol to fuel patrol cars during ...

4 years ago
A cattle truck crash south of Salina prompted a closure of Interstate 135 early Tuesday morning. The truck hauling cattle slid onto it side on the Mentor overpass before 6:00 in the morning. Southbound I-135 was closed near milepost 86 because of the rollover for several hours, and traffic  was diverted at Water Well Road. _ _ _ Kansas ...

4 years ago
Four local nonprofit agencies were presented with contributions from the Salina Elks Lodge. Recipients sharing in $3,000 from the Elks National Foundation in Chicago  — Gratitude Grants of $750 each — were the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank, 255 S. Chicago; Ashby House, 204 S. Eighth; Saint Francis Ministries, 110 W. Otis; and Salina Shares, 155 S. Fifth. The local ...

4 years ago
Gas prices are still falling in the Sunflower State. As reported by Triple-A, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded declined yesterday in Kansas to a little over two dollars, 75 cents, this as the corresponding national figure was unchanged at about three-ten. Motorists in Texas continue to rock the nation's lowest average price at ...

4 years ago
Salina Regional Health Center has a new Director of Organizational Development. According to the hospital, Jonna Struble has been named to the position. She begins her new role this week.  . Struble has been a nurse at Salina Regional for 25 years and has worked on 2-South/2-Central, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cardiac Cath Lab, Emergency Department and ...