7 months ago
Where’s Waldo? He’s in Salina this month. Celebrating its twelfth anniversary in July 2024, “Find Waldo Local” has become a summertime event in communities nationwide, including in Salina. This year, Candlewick Press and the American Booksellers Association are again teaming up with 310 independent bookstores nationwide, including Red Fern Booksellers for some hide-and-seek fun designed to encourage ...

7 months ago
Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers were busy over the Independence Day holiday, keeping roads and highways across the state safe. According to the agency, among other things KHP personnel assisted 901 motorists, issued 1,085 citations, and made 16 DUI arrests. The agency worked no fatal crashes over the holiday. The reporting period for the holiday ran from 6 p.m. ...

7 months ago
A Salina man is in jail after threatening several people at a city park. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 33-year-old Hunter Bowen was taken into custody on Sunday night after he allegedly threatened to kill a man at Hawthorne Park on North 9th Street. Police say around 8:45pm Bowen began yelling profanities at a ...

7 months ago
A DUI investigation turns into an arrest for a stolen vehicle. According to Salina Police Captain Jim Feldman, 39-year-old Nicole Hoffschneider of Bennington was taken into custody on Saturday after she allegedly lost control of a 1997 Ram pickup and ran over a stump and across a yard at an apartment complex in the 700 block ...

7 months ago
Authorities are searching for a couple of pickpockets who allegedly stole a Salina man's financial card. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that a Hispanic male and a female approached a 71-year-old man just inside Walmart on Sunday afternoon to set up their scheme. Police say the two told him he had dropped a $20 bill ...

7 months ago
Salina Police say there are no suspects in a stolen vehicle case that dates back to July 5th. Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime between 12am and 4pm, someone drove away in the white, 2013 Toyota Tacoma that was parked in the 1500 block of Osborne. The truck in valued at $17,000 and has Kansas ...

7 months ago
A man is dead following a helicopter crash in Sedgwick County. Authorities say the victim was flying his home-built helicopter when it crashed in the 57-hundred-block of North 255th Street South near Andale on Friday. The pilot died at the scene, and the FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash.

7 months ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen Jeep after the owner left the keys in the vehicle. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, the 37-year-old victim told investigators she left the keys in her black, 2008 Jeep Cherokee while it was parked in the 1300 block of Osage. The Jeep is valued at $10,000 and has Kansas ...

7 months ago
A Salina man is in jail after an argument with his girlfriend took a violent turn. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 20-year-old Christian Lasso-Olivas was arrested after authorities were sent to a residence in the 1200 block of Cloud Circle Saturday evening around 7pm. Police say Lasso-Olivas became enraged and threatened to kill her ...

7 months ago
The rodeo that Jean Book has been going to since she was a kid is now helping her, in a round-about way. When the Abilene resident was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, she received help from the Elsie Brooks Memorial Cancer Fund of Dickinson County. The fund, created in 1991, provides financial assistance to any Dickinson County ...

7 months ago
In its mission to become a leading institution for aerospace and technology talent development, Kansas State University Salina has appointed Tysen Pina as the new department head of aviation. As the department head, Pina will oversee the aviation program, focusing on expanding industry-relevant academic offerings, strengthening alumni and industry partnerships, enhancing safety management and strategically positioning the program ...