4 years ago
A flat tire leads to an opportunity for thieves to rake through a truck and steal tools. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a work truck owned by Environmental Priority Service of Salina was left on the roadside in the 9200 block of E. Magnolia Road Tuesday evening after a tire blew on ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a trailer owned by a local pool company. Police Lieutenant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime between midnight and 2am on Tuesday, someone hooked up a trailer and drove off from Pools Plus located at 2501 Market Place. The 2002 Eagle brand, flatbed trailer is valued at $8,000. Police ...

4 years ago
Two staff members at Kansas State University Salina are being promoted as the campus prepares to become a global aerospace leader. With enrollment growing, increased industry demand for training and additional need to support students upskilling their career competencies, a full-time instructional design and faculty support director, Lisa Shappee, and a full-time library director, Katherine Jones, ...

4 years ago
Welcome fall. Wednesday officially ushers in autumn. The autumnal equinox officially brings the fall season to the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday at 2:20 PM. It marks the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. The equinox is the moment when the sun shines directly on the earth's equator and equally ...

4 years ago
A statewide Silver Alert has been cancelled. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation that 59-year-old Kenneth Klenklen of Ozawkie was discovered deceased Tuesday in a remote area of western Jefferson County. Klenklen has been missing since Wednesday of last week. Should anyone have any further information in regards to Mr. Klenklen`s ...

4 years ago
The U.S. Marshals are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a dangerous sex offender who escaped June 30 from a state mental hospital in Kansas. According to the U.S. Marshal Service, 42-year-old John Freeman Colt was sentenced on Dec. 14, 2001, to five years in state prison for aggravated sexual battery, ...

4 years ago
A murder investigation is underway after a body was discovered in rural Saline County. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the body of a man in his early 40s was found a little before 11 a.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of Halstead Road and McReynolds Road. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation Crime Scene Response Team ...

4 years ago
A unique tour over the skies of Kansas which first got off the ground nearly a century ago is taking off later this week. Organizers say the Fly Kansas Air Tour is back bigger than ever. Along the way it will land in Salina for an overnight stop. According to the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education, ...

4 years ago
Five Kansas schools have earned designation as 2021 National Blue Ribbon Schools. According to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's Office, the five Kansas schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools are: El Dorado – Grandview Elementary School, El Dorado Public Schools Unified School District #490. Ellsworth – Ellsworth Elementary School, Ellsworth Unified School District 327. Hays – Roosevelt ...

4 years ago
Devin Patrick Hughes credits his father with sparking his love of classical and orchestral music from an early age. Growing up in Springfield, Ill., Hughes said his father, who died last year at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, traveled to Chicago frequently to “see all the great symphonies.” “Two of his favorite pieces were Dvorak’s ‘New ...

4 years ago
The Salina Police Department is investigating a residence burglary that occurred Monday. Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., a 23-year-old female from Salina reported a house she is in the process of moving into in the 800 block of W. Elm Street had its front door kicked in. Only one ...