5 years ago
Salina Police are searching for the driver of an older Ford Mustang that was allegedly involved in a hit and run crash Monday morning. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that just before 10am a black, older style Mustang was traveling westbound in the 800 block of E. Crawford and crashed into the rear end ...

5 years ago
An educator at Kansas State University Polytechnic in Salina is being honored. According to the school, Joel Matthews, a psychology instructor in the School of Integrated Studies at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, is the recipient of the 2020 Marchbanks Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. Established more than 30 years ago, the accolade commemorates a faculty ...

5 years ago
There are 116 new COVID-19 cases and one new death in Saline County. According to the Saline County Health Department, the total number of positive cases for Saline County has risen to 3,749, with 1,494 cases currently active.  At least 2,208 people have recovered, and now 47 people have died. Salina Regional Health Center says they currently ...

5 years ago
Police are investigating damage done at three different auto related businesses in Salina that could be linked. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers were sent to HICO Motors, 645 N. Santa Fe just after midnight on Sunday in reference to an alarm. Upon arrival they found a window on the business had been shattered. Entry ...

5 years ago
No one was injured after a fire destroyed a stone house on Sunday evening southeast of Salina. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that crews from Rural Fire District #1 and #2 were sent to the 5200 block of East Water Well Road around 11:30pm to fight the blaze. Deputies say the two-story sandstone farmhouse ...

5 years ago
An ambitious group of Kansas 4-H members and adult volunteers recently took the bull by its proverbial horns in helping their communities cope with the ongoing grind of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are helping to lead local discussions on the challenges that people are facing during a time when they are staying at home more, seeing ...

5 years ago
The autumn of 1980 found 29-year-old Randy Roelofsen and his friend Loren Engel solving problems for the ever-changing agriculture industry. In the early 80s, farmers were facing lean times, as many factors were driving the prices of commodities as well as land value down. As any farmer knows, despite these challenges, harvest must go on. One of ...

5 years ago
Rolling Hills Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its animal family. Darius, the zoo's 18-year-old Amur leopard, has passed away. According to the zoo, over the past year Darius has been treated for renal failure, and while his kidney function was declining, it was within the last week that his blood work indicated he ...

5 years ago
Public transportation in Salina will be closed for the holidays. According to OCCK, transportation, including Salina CityGo, 81 Connection, Regional Paratransit and City of Abilene public transportation, will be closed on Friday, December 25, 2020 for Christmas, and Friday, January 1, 2021, for New Year’s Day. On Thursday, December 24th and Thursday, December 31st, both CityGo and ...

5 years ago
As the CEO of Saint Francis Ministries, Robert Smith used company credit cards for lavish hotel stays, first class upgrades on airlines, clothing, cash withdrawals, iTunes purchases and meals at five-star restaurants while hiding increasingly dire financial problems from his board of directors. Saint Francis Ministries hired Robert Smith, known as Father Bobby, as president and ...

5 years ago
The year 2020 has had its ups and downs. Do not make it worse by driving impaired. That's the message from the Kansas Department of Transportation. KDOT says it reminds everyone the holidays are a time when impaired driving crashes and fatalities are typically at their highest. The agency is raising awareness of the dangers with ...