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A man with a knife was shot with a non-lethal projectile by a Salina Police officer Thursday afternoon and taken into custody. Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that the incident began at the Dollar General Store at 654 S. Broadway. A man who had previously been told he would be arrested for trespassing if ...

6 years ago
Airgas, a U.S. subsidiary of Air Liquide and a leading supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, welding hardgoods and safety products, will welcome high school technology shop teachers from across the state of Kansas for a two-day welding workshop held at Salina Area Technical College on June 4 and 5. With local customers around the ...

6 years ago
Kansas was once the ocean floor of an ancient sea. Now a Salina man will leave the state with his refitted deep sea submarine to explore the oceans of today. How deep will Scott Waters go? "The Pisces VI can dive a mile and a half down," he said. The journey for Waters began in 2007 when he ...

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A Salina man is taken into custody after getting into multiple cars on Wednesday morning. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News:  The Salina man was seen getting into various cars in the 900 block of Highland around 6:00 AM. A neighbor called the police, when they arrived they searched the area for the 20-year ...

6 years ago
A Salina man faces an aggravated battery charge after allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend with a baseball bat Wednesday afternoon. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester told KSAL News about the series of events that unfolded around 4 PM on Wednesday. Police officers arrived at the Econo Lodge and made contact with the victim, a 40-year-old woman from Salina. ...

6 years ago
Over the past five years, nearly 3,500 people nationwide have been killed in crashes involving teen drivers during the 100 Deadliest Days, the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, when the number of crash fatalities involving a teen driver historically rise. New crash data from 2013-2017 reveals major factors contributing to fatal teen crashes ...

6 years ago
Eight of the area's recent high school graduates received a little boost to fund their college education on Wednesday night. Each was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. KSAL and the Rocking M Media radio stations hosted their annual Sportscasters Club Scholarship Banquet at Kansas Wesleyan University. Five Saline County high schools (Salina Central, Salina South, Sacred Heart, Southeast ...

6 years ago
On July 20, 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission successfully landed the first two people on the moon. This summer will be the 50th anniversary of that historic event. To educate the public about the history of NASA’s Apollo missions and the science it was exploring, Salina Public Library will offer programs, an exhibit and a ...

6 years ago
President Donald Trump has granted a request from Governor Laura Kelly for an emergency federal disaster declaration for 18 Kansas counties affected by severe weather, heavy rains and flooding that currently is impacting the state. The president’s assistance is for the counties of Anderson, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Harvey, Montgomery, Neosho, Osage, ...

6 years ago
High water continues to cause issues at an area lake. As lake levels continue to rise, nearly all areas of Kanopolis Lake are closed. US Army Corps of Engineers Operations Project Manager Dan Hays tells KSAL News as of Wednesday the lake was 32 feet above conservation level, which is at about 58 percent of capacity. Hays ...

6 years ago
Work crews were setting the first of four overhead structures for crosswalks in downtown Salina on Wednesday as the remake of Santa Fe Avenue continues. Scott Erickson with Smoky Hill Construction tells KSAL News that the decorative metal will be illuminated after sundown. "This will be lit by LEDs  from the bottom up with what they ...