4 years ago
A new Saline County Sheriff Deputy is among sixteen new law enforcement officers who graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center late last week. Officer Jonathon Davis of the Altamont Police Department was the graduating class president. The speaker for the ceremony was Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue. Mike Satterlee, KLETC senior instructor of police, ...

4 years ago
Health officials in Saline County say they have cause for concern because new cases of COVID and hospitalizations are on the rise while vaccine numbers are flat. According to the Saline County Health Department, new cases of COVID-19 are on the rise again, and particularly worrisome is that variants of the virus and hospitalizations are climbing ...

4 years ago
Kansas state employees are getting expanded parental leave benefits. Governor Laura Kelly signed an executive order yesterday that expands parental leave benefits for state employees who are primary caregivers, secondary caregivers and foster parents. Primary caregivers will now get eight weeks of leave, secondary caregivers will receive four weeks and foster parents are also now eligible for ...

4 years ago
Police are investigating the theft of a trailer from a Salina business. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between July 1st and July 6th, someone hooked up an enclosed trailer owned by Imperial Garden Restaurant, 844 E. Crawford and drove away. The owners assumed an employee had borrowed the trailer, but then learned of ...

4 years ago
A child is dead following a drowning in northeast Kansas. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says a four-year-old girl from Missouri was found unconscious in an above-ground swimming pool at a home in Perry on Sunday evening. The child was taken to a Lawrence hospital where she was pronounced dead. Authorities say the child's family was visiting relatives ...

4 years ago
A new report confirms what millions of people just suffered through. Last month was the hottest June ever in North America. The average temperatures were slightly higher than in June of 2012, which held the previous record. The worst heat was in the Pacific Northwest, where record heat in Oregon, Washington and Canada caused hundreds of ...

4 years ago
Legendary rocker Pat Benatar is coming to Salina, along with her musical partner and husband Neil Giraldo. The duo are headed out on tour this fall, and will play at the Stiefel theatre on Tuesday, September 14th. According to the Stiefel, Pat Benatar’s staggering vocals and take-no-prisoners attitude, along with Neil Giraldo’s trailblazing artistry as a ...

4 years ago
Two recent graduates of Salina Area Technical College’s Diesel Technology program placed in the top 10 at the national SkillsUSA competition. According to the school, Nathan Bashore of McPherson placed fifth in the college division of the Diesel Equipment Technology event, and Mason Ruble of Minneapolis placed eighth in the high school division. Both earned their Associate ...

4 years ago
An investigation is underway after a body was discovered Tuesday morning under a river bridge south of Abilene. According to the Dickinson County Sherriff's Office, on Tuesday morning at approximately 6:50 first responders were dispatched to the Smoky Hill River bridge just south of Abilene on K-15 Highway in regards to an unknown situation. Officials discovered ...

4 years ago
A Salina man is one of four people who won $2,500 in cash from the Kansas Lottery. According to the lottery, they are giving back to their loyal players. Every quarter, the Kansas Lottery holds a drawing to give PlayOn® members a chance to each win $2,500 in cash. When the drawing ends, lucky winners are ...

4 years ago
A 16-year-old driver from Solomon was cited on charges of flee and eluding after he allegedly tried to outrun a Salina patrol car early Tuesday morning. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester an officer on patrol attempted a traffic stop around 4:15am near the intersection of Crawford and Ohio after the driver performed an improper turn. The ...