6 years ago
A man who fell asleep at the wheel of his car while stopped at a railroad crossing was taken into custody for DUI Sunday morning. Salina Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that around 8:30am, 30-year-old Terrius Jones of Wichita was allegedly passed out in his 2000 Mercury Sable at the intersection of North 9th ...

6 years ago
A Salina man is facing numerous traffic violations after leading law enforcement on on a high speed pursuit. According to Police Captain Gary Hanus, an officer on patrol Saturday night attempted to make a traffic stop in the 200 block of North Broadway after he observed a 2015 Toyota Civic driving with no tail lights on. ...

6 years ago
A man returns to his area farmstead to discover that his tilt trailer was missing. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime over the past year, a black, 2004 H&H 18-foot tilt trailer was stolen from a property in the 1800 block of S. Cunningham. The owner did not contact authorities for three months ...

6 years ago
A couple of people on the March list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested. The new list of Salina's Most Wanted went online back Saturday.  By Monday two of them have been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, the latest arrests include: Calvin Ray Anderson III Victor Manuel Cabrera Jr, Since the Most Wanted program ...

6 years ago
The Salina Area United Way's 2020 Make A Difference Grant funding process is open. According to the agency, they are awarding $75,000 in Make A Difference Grants this year.  The purpose of the Make A Difference grant is to be responsive to community needs.  Consideration will be given to programs which make a difference in our ...

6 years ago
Two Kansas men and their dog survived a plane crash in Florida. According to the Okaloosa County, Florida, Sheriff's Office, a pilot and passenger aboard a Beech Bonanza aircraft which down short of the Destin Executive Airport runway Sunday morning are identified as a father and son from Kansas who were flying into the Destin area ...

6 years ago
The March list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. Over a dozen people on the February list of Salina's Most Wanted were caught. Since the Most Wanted program began back in July of 2000, thanks to tips from the public, 3,222 criminals have ...

6 years ago
Kansas firefighters responded Saturday to help in Oklahoma to help fight a large grass fire which prompted multiple evacuations. According to the Kansas Forest Service, wildland fire personnel and Tanker 95 from the Kansas Forest Service responded to the 412 Fire in Beaver County, Oklahoma. The fire was was estimated at 10,000 acres according to the ...

6 years ago
Is China the first ecological civilization? What does that term mean, and where does the U.S. stand in relation to China? These questions and more will be addressed by University of Kansas Professor Emeritus Dr. Donald Worster on Wednesday, April 1 at 7 p.m. in Kansas Wesleyan’s Fitzpatrick Auditorium. The event will be co-hosted by ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is confirming its first presumptive-positive case of COVID-19 in Kansas. The possible case was identifiedtoday with testing sent to KDHE’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories (KHEL). KHEL, which is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to perform COVID-19 testing, found presumptive-positive results this ...

6 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation will once again host Salina’s annual Match Madness giving day on Thursday, March 19, 2020. On this day, donations to any of the 74 participating charities will be matched up to 50%. The list of participating charities can be found online at www.matchmadnessgscf.org. All donations made on March 19 will go to ...