4 years ago
A Salina man is facing multiple charges after a slow speed pursuit and arrest early Thursday. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that just after 1am, an officer on patrol attempted to make a traffic stop in the 300 block of S. 4th Street after he noticed an illegal dealer tag on a 2006 Nissan ...

4 years ago
A hearing is set in the domestic battery case against Kansas State Representative Aaron Coleman. The 21-year-old Coleman appeared in Johnson County District Court yesterday via video conference. During the hearing, a judge issued a stay on the warrant in the case until a January 7th hearing. Coleman was arrested and charged on October 30th with misdemeanor ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a bicycle thief with a Mohawk hairdo. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that on Wednesday around 3pm, the 64-year-old victim parked his bike behind B&K Prescription, 601 E. Iron and entered the store. Police say video surveillance shows a large, white male with a Mohawk and black jacket jump on ...

4 years ago
If you don't like cold and snow you'll like the Christmas forecast this year. A white Christmas in Central Kansas is rare, This year, there is no chance of a white Christmas. For official records a white Christmas is defined: 1 inch or more of snow on the ground. It can either fall on Christmas day, or ...

4 years ago
 The Birth Center at Salina Regional Health Center has been named one of Kansas’ “Best of the Best in Metabolic and Newborn Screening” for a second year in a row. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in partnership with the Kansas Hospital Association and the Kansas Midwives Alliance, has created the recognition program ...

4 years ago
There has been one new COVID death in Saline County since Monday and 65 new cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are currently 768 active cases in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 13 patients require hospitalization related to COVID-19. There now have been 184 COVID related deaths overall. Due to an influx of ...

4 years ago
For the 66th year in a row the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will track Santa as he flies around the world delivering toys to all of the good boys and girls. According to the organization, the NORAD Tracks Santa website, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, movie theater, ...

4 years ago
A two vehicle collision on Hedville Road sends a Salina woman to the hospital. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, a pickup crossed over the center line and hit a FedEx truck on Tuesday afternoon around 2:30pm just north of Watkins Road. Deputies say 38-year-old Chad Markby of Culver was trying to pull off his jacket ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman was transported to the hospital after a two car crash Tuesday morning. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 48-year-old Brianna Kaumans was taken to Salina Regional Health Center to be treated for injuries after a driver in a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am allegedly ran a red light and struck her Ford ...

4 years ago
A fire caused by a possible fuel leak destroys a piece of heavy equipment owned by Saline County. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a crew from Rural Fire District #1 was sent to the 6300 block of E. Water Well Road on Tuesday afternoon after a John Deere excavator burst into flames. Deputies say county ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Forest Service is revising the damage totals from last week's wildfires. The agency announced yesterday that 163-thousand acres of land burned instead of the 400-thousand acres that was initially reported. Kansas Forest Service officials say that the original damage report was thrown off by dust, smoke and heat in the air. Two people died in ...