5 years ago
A Salina auto dealership is partnering with a Salina college. According to Long McArthur, along with Ford Motor Company, they will be donating a Ford Focus to the Salina Area Technical College Automotive Program. They say both Both Ford and their dealership are excited about this partnership and the opportunity to supply a modern vehicle for ...

5 years ago
A woman from Mexico who had 21 pounds of methamphetamine in her vehicle when she was stopped along Interstate 70 near Russell will spend a little over seven years in federal prison. According to  U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, 30-year-old Maria Alonso-Espinoza was sentenced to 85 months in federal prison. She had pleaded guilty to one count ...

5 years ago
Salina Police are reminding consumers to be wary of sales made online. Police Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that a Salina man who purchased concert tickets for a recent George Strait show in Wichita on Salina, Buy, Sell Trade found out at the door he had been duped. The concert venue told him the ticket ...

5 years ago
Police arrested a Salina man after a domestic disturbance in the 2300 block of Chapel Ridge on Saturday night. Police report that 26-year-old Samuel Detrick was confronted by his 36-year-old girlfriend after he allegedly took her 9-year-old child with him to do some shoplifting. The argument became violent when he allegedly broke a bedroom door, ...

5 years ago
Authorities are looking for a group of three kidnappers who abducted a man from Oakdale Park, forcing him into a dark colored SUV on Thursday morning. Police Detective Sergeant David Villanueva tells KSAL News that early Monday morning officers were sent to the 400 block of Montrose Street after a neighbor become concerned about activity they ...

5 years ago
Over twenty people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been caught. The new list of Salina's Most Wanted went online back on January 4th. As of this week 24 of them have been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrests include: Blaskowski Jr, John, Sylvester Lacey, Ann, Marie Shirley, Lawana, ...

5 years ago
A gas leak leads to road closures and evacuations in Pratt County. The leak was reported about 6:30 last night east of Cullison. Crews closed down part of U.S. Highway 54 and five homes in the western part of the city of Pratt were evacuated. Officials have not said what led to the gas line leak, and ...

5 years ago
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper is among two people injured in a crash in Sedgwick County. The crash took place early Saturday morning when an SUV struck a parked emergency vehicle near Kellogg and Hillside. Trooper Matthew Wagner and the driver of the SUV, 41-year-old Albert Plante, were taken to hospitals with suspected minor injuries. Plante was later ...

5 years ago
The Salina Police Department and Saline County Sheriff's Office are among over 50 law enforcement agencies across the state being recognized for traffic safety. According to AAA Kansas, 51 law enforcement agencies comprising 38 police departments and 13 sheriff’s offices, are being honored with AAA Kansas Community Traffic Safety Awards for their 2019 work to keep ...

5 years ago
A brand new musical will have its world premiere in Salina.  Salina South will present the world premiere of the musical DREAMLAND. According to the school, DREAMLAND will premiere with shows January 30, 31, and February 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Salina South High auditorium. February 1 has an optional dinner theatre ticket for an ...

5 years ago
In preparation for Poetry Month in April, the Salina Public Library is accepting submissions of original poetry in the form of haiku. Finalists’ poems will be displayed in Gallery 708 for the duration of April. At the end of the month, a winner will be chosen by Huascar Medina 2019-21, Poet Laureate of Kansas. A Haiku is ...