5 years ago
A Salina man was tased and arrested after allegedly hitting a police officer in the face. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 28-year-old Jacob Thompson was taken into custody Thursday night after an altercation at a gas station. Police were initially sent to the McDonald's at 125 E. Diamond Drive after staff told dispatch that ...

5 years ago
A concerned citizen's call to police leads to a drug related arrest. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a woman who was visiting the Central Mall located at 2259 S. 9th observed what she thought was a drug deal in the parking lot Thursday afternoon. She was able to provide officers with a tag ...

5 years ago
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a couple of alleged shoplifters who were caught on camera. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on February 6th, at approximately 12:45 PM, officers were sent to Sam’s Club, 2919 Market Place, Salina, in regards to a shoplifting case. ...

5 years ago
Crops need water. And in the central United States, the increasing scarcity of water resources is becoming a threat to the nation’s food production. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, assistant professor of economics at the University of Kansas, has analyzed a pilot program intended to conserve water in the agriculture-dependent region. His article “The Effectiveness of a Water Right ...

5 years ago
It all started with a simple act of kindness. In 2011, a young woman who lived in Debbie Rivers’ neighborhood made a Facebook post about not having any food to eat. Rivers knew the family had fallen on some hard times, so she started inviting her neighbor over for weekly dinners. Rivers never imagined what would ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a wallet and cash were stolen from a van. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 9pm on Tuesday and 6:30am Wednesday, someone walked into a garage in the 2000 block of Highland and entered a Honda Odyssey. Police say a 43-year-old woman had left her purse ...

5 years ago
Wednesday's slick road conditions led to a number of slide-offs and accidents around the county. Lt. Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that slushy snow and ice contributed to a single car crash in the 3000 block of East K-4 Highway. Deputies say a 17-year-old male was transported to the ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a thief who walked out of a home with three handguns. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 7am and 5pm Wednesday, someone damaged the front door on a home in the 1000 block of S. Santa Fe and stole three pistols. Police say the unknown suspect took a 9mm ...

5 years ago
A snowstorm and slushy roads would not keep Donna and Alan Gardner from making the trip to Topeka to claim their $528,417 Super Kansas Cash jackpot. The lucky winners matched all five numbers and the Super Cash Ball in the Saturday, February 8 drawing to win. The winning numbers were 5-7-10-21-22 Super Cash Ball 22. The ...

5 years ago
Salina Public Library’s Family History Detectives will cover formatting a family history book. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Prescott Room. Library Technology Trainer Lerin Anderson will walk participants through how to create a family history book in Microsoft Word. The presentation will give attendees the information they need to get ...

5 years ago
Out with the old and in with the new, work crews are in phase one of a ten-week improvement project at the Senior Center in Salina. Monday, decades old kitchen equipment was resting on the lawn before being hauled off. Months of fundraising and grant writing are now real dollars in motion as a remodel of ...