4 years ago
Following a Covid-related enrollment decline in the 2020-21 academic year, Salina Area Technical College has set another enrollment record. According to data collected for the Kansas Board of Regents on the 20th day of fall classes, Salina Tech has 852 students, up from 697 at the same time in 2020 – a 22.2 percent increase. In terms ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman is among seven Kansas Lottery players ha whove lucked out with $1,000 cash after winning the prize through the “Lucky for You” second-chance drawing. According to the Kansas Lottery, the winners are: P Griffiths of Lenexa Lequita Scott of Overland Park Lisa Gum of Dodge City Julie Deiter of Topeka Alan Figgs of ...

4 years ago
The Salina Police Department is investigating a case of a man test driving a truck at a car lot and never coming back. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that yesterday at 2 p.m., a man entered the lot at 3500 S. Ninth Street. He was interested in test driving a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado, so an ...

4 years ago
Hundreds of people are taken off the streets during a crackdown on violent crime in the Wichita area. Wichita police and the U.S. Marshals Service partnered for Operation Triple Beam. The 60-day operation resulted in one-thousand-72 arrests including 141 alleged gang members, the seizure of 221 guns, 165 kilograms of narcotics and more than 200-thousand-dollars.

4 years ago
A Bennington man was hurt in a single-vehicle rollover crash in rural Ottawa County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 48-year-old Brandon Cochran was driving a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck headed west on K-18 Highway. He went into the south ditch, rolled, and came back on the road where the truck came to rest on ...

4 years ago
Hospice of Salina will host its 15th annual Pumpkins for Patients fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday at the Kaye Pogue Hospice Center, 730 Holly Lane, Salina. According to Salina Regional Health Center, this year’s event will be a “drive-thru” sale due to COVID-19. Shoppers can choose from a wide variety of pumpkins and ...

4 years ago
There have been 46 new COVID cases in Saline County and no new COVID related deaths since Monday According to the Saline County Health Department there are currently 563 active cases of the virus in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports they have 17 patients in the hospital battling the virus. Overall, 148 people have now died ...

4 years ago
A write-in candidate for the USD 305 School Board recently contacted police about threatening messages she said she received in the mail. Hollie Henoch tells KSAL News that an anonymous letter may have been sent to intimidate her candidacy. [audio mp3="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Holli.mp3"][/audio]   Henoch says she took the letters in stride but having men show up in ski masks at ...

4 years ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tod Hileman remembers the white knuckles of parents waiting for him to deliver “the words they never wanted to hear.” Their teenage daughter had died in a car crash on the highway. “What caught my attention was they were squeezing each other’s hand so tight,” he said. “… I just got the sense, ...

4 years ago
Brett Hubka wanted to leave a lasting mark on Clay Center when choosing the annual project for his Rotary Club. First he considered updating the city’s welcome sign but quickly decided against it when he discovered all the red tape involved in placing a sign near the highway. “A mural project has been talked about for ...

4 years ago
A disgruntled pizza customer leaves the store, then shatters the glass of a nearby business in Salina's Elmore Center. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that detectives are reviewing video from Little Caesers Pizza on E. Crawford, after a white male became angry at the counter and stormed out the door. A short time later he ...