5 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office took part in the National Drug Take Back Day over the weekend - gathering over 200 pounds in expired prescription drugs. According to Lt. Sean Kochanowski, deputies were stationed at four locations around Salina and collected 222.6 pounds of leftover medications. The program is an effort to collect and safely dispose ...

5 years ago
A traffic stop leads to a drug related arrest on Saturday evening. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, an officer on patrol recognized a person he knew was driving with a suspended license - and pulled him over in the 300 block of S. Oakdale. As the officer talked with 20-year-old Caleb McConnell he noticed the ...

5 years ago
A Salina man's nest egg - put aside to buy his wife a bicycle was stolen from his home. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between October 20 and October 26, someone removed a bag of cash with over $10,000 in it and a couple of rifles from a home in the ...

5 years ago
A garage burns to the ground in Brookville over the weekend. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, Firefighters from Rural Fire District #3 were sent to 302 W. Anderson Street around 10:30pm Saturday night after a detached garage at the residence was engulfed in flames. Deputies say no one was injured in the blaze but a ...

5 years ago
A Salina man was jailed on Friday after initiating a lewd conversation with a 12-year-old boy. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 800 block of Elmhurst around 3pm after a naked man approached a woman and her son outside the Crossroads Club. Police say 61-year-old Michael J. Breit made inappropriate ...

5 years ago
Katie Grose is a second-generation band teacher from Jefferson West High School in northeast Kansas. I heard her story last spring when she was at McPherson College supporting our band program. Her dad was a band teacher and so is her brother. A few years ago, Katie had reservations when her daughter wanted to carry ...

5 years ago
The interim CEO and dean of Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has earned the job permanently. Alysia Starkey, who has been serving as the interim leader of the campus in Salina since July 2018, has been appointed its new CEO and dean by Charles Taber, K-State provost and executive vice president. "In her service as interim CEO ...

5 years ago
The coldest temperatures of the season, including most of Kansas forecast for below freezing low temperatures most of next week – means winter car care and preparation should be top-of-mind for vehicle owners.  AAA Kansas urges motorists to get a seasonal check-up to make sure your vehicle is ready for the deep freeze. “October is Car ...

5 years ago
A new event in Salina while shine a light on women who are outstanding in the arts. In an effort to empower local women and women-identifying artists, encourage collaboration and create continuing awareness of the YW Legacy Fund, the Women of Achievement Committee in Salina has created a new event. This evening premiers multi-disciplinary performances in ...

5 years ago
The Salina South High School robotics team punched its ticket to compete in a regional event in Denver. According to Wichita State University, following a competition on their campus this weekend in which 26 teams participated, Salina South is one of a half dozen Kansas schools which have qualified for the regional competition at Rocky Mountain ...

5 years ago
One person was hurt when an all terrain vehicle crashed Saturday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 51-year-old Christopher Henthorne of Atchison was driving a 2011 Artic Cat four-wheeler headed west on a rural road in Doniphan County. As he attempted to turn right and head north, due to speed and loose gravel, the ATV ...