6 years ago
Dozens of tow trucks from across Kansas gathered in Salina Saturday morning to pay tribute to a colleague who was killed in a crash earlier this week. Late Tuesday afternoon 32-year-old Jacob "Jake" Palmer was driving a 2014 Western Star Wrecker.  The wrecker rolled into a ditch along the southbound lanes of the Kansas Turnpike in Sumner ...

6 years ago
Drone test flights over farmland this week were aimed at giving Kansas a leg up in the growing world of unmanned aircraft. Director of Aviation at Kansas Department of Transportation Bob Brock tells KSAL News that the test flights near Gypsum will help transportation officials glean important field data in the UAS industry, proving the technology ...

6 years ago
Salina Police arrested a man on Thursday for trespassing then discovered he had some stolen items from a Salina transportation company. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the Salina Rescue Mission located at 1716 Summers Road after staff discovered a man on the second floor housing area who refused to ...

6 years ago
The latest Crime Stoppers crime occurred in rural southwest Salina County back at the end of Sept. Saline County Lt. Michael Ascher tells KSAL News that somebody attempted to steal a Lincoln welder that was attached to the back of a 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck parked at Smoky Hill Feeders, 11513 S. Soderberg Rd. The crime ...

6 years ago
US troops are on their way the Mexican border. Soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas arrived in Harlingen, Texas yesterday as part of the first wave of more than five-thousand troops being deployed to the southern border. President Trump said he could deploy as many as 15-thousand troops leading up to the arrival of the caravan of Central ...

6 years ago
Family and friends are looking for a Salina teen who has been missing since the middle of October. Kansas Missing and Unsolved tells KSAL News 17-year-old Danae "Nae" Renfro went missing from Salina on October 17, 2018. Danae has dirty blonde hair, that she is known to dye and hazel eyes. She is 5’3″ tall and weighs ...

6 years ago
Law enforcement personnel in Harper County are on the hunt for dozens of stolen cattle. That's the word from the county sheriff's office, which posted on its Facebook page this week that thieves had made off with 35 red-and-black calves, six 12-hundred-pound red-and-black cows, and one two-thousand-pound black bull. All the missing bovines are reportedly sporting blue ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are investigating the theft of a pickup truck on Halloween. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 8:15pm Wednesday and 5am Thursday morning, someone stole a 2004 Dodge Ram truck that was parked on the street in the 200 block of W. Ellsworth. The owner told officers he did keep a spare key ...

6 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday announced an aggressive new campaign that hopes to bring 1,000 new workers to Salina in the next five years. The Chamber announced the new "Imagine Salina" campaign; turning 'what if' in to 'what is.' The initiative is comprised of primary strategies to be accomplished over the next five years, ...

6 years ago
No one was hurt in a workplace fire incident Wednesday afternoon at Crestwood Custom Cabinets. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that fire crews were called to the cabinet making business located at 601 E. Water Well Road around 2:30pm to the report of a fire in the sawdust collection system. Employees were evacuated for ...

6 years ago
There were no tricks from mother nature like last year's light snow that fell, but it was a little chilly for the little ghost and goblins out seeking treats on Wednesday. A large crowd got an early start, packing the Salina Downtown area for the annual Boo-Rama event. Downtown businesses set up shop on the sidewalk ...