6 years ago
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is confirming the state's first flu deaths of the season. State health officials say two people have died from the flu since the reporting season started on September 1st. Flu symptoms include a fever lasting three to four days, chills, fatigue, cough and body aches.

6 years ago
Details are revealed about Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Wichita. Pence will be in Wichita tomorrow to attend a dinner and reception at Air Capital Flight Line on South Oliver. Pence's visit to campaign for Republican nominee for governor Kris Kobach comes less than two weeks after President Donald Trump spoke at a rally for Kobach ...

6 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary after numerous pieces of jewelry were stolen from a Salina home in the 900 block of Smith Street. Authorities say sometime between 11:30am and 1:45pm on Friday, someone broke a window to enter the home and take rings, necklaces, a wedding band and butterfly pins. Total loss and damage ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a car was stolen from a towing company's lot. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that sometime Saturday between 11am and 3:43pm, someone cut the lock on the gate at Kidds Towing Company located at the corner of 9th and North Streets and drove away in a 2017 Lincoln MKZ. Police say ...

6 years ago
The I-135 / I-70 Drug Task Force made four arrests last week after a lengthy investigation that focused on the activities of three men and a woman at the Econo Lodge located at 636 Westport Blvd in Salina. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, officers with SPD's SWAT team and the Kansas Highway Patrol served a ...

6 years ago
The Salina K Mart store will close as struggling department store chain Sears is filing for bankruptcy protection. The parent company of Sears and K Mart is closing 142 stores across the country as it tries to turn around its business. The company that once dominated retail in America is filing for Chapter Eleven in an ...

6 years ago
Three male suspects were arrested on burglary and theft charges after a witness noticed them walking out of a garage with guns and over to a home next door. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the 500 block of Regent Road on Saturday evening just before 7pm to investigate a theft. Police ...

6 years ago
A burglar is caught inside a Salina drugstore and arrested Saturday night. According to Captain Paul Forrester, officers responded after an alarm sounded at 10:25pm at Key Rexall, 901 E. Crawford and found 29-year-old Ngamo Debo crouched and hiding by a shelf inside the business. Forrester says Debo did not comply with the officers orders and was ...

6 years ago
Individuals and businesses in the Saline County local food sector are encouraged to apply for a $3000 grant recently established by the Local Food Works Foundation. Aimed at bridging gaps and promoting connectivity in the system, the annual grant applies to new or existing projects. Applications will be accepted now through midnight November 15. “This new annual ...

6 years ago
A suspect featured on Salina's Crime Stoppers last week was captured in Minneapolis, Kansas over the weekend. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that deputies from the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office identified 41-year-old Neil Bankhead at a Minneapolis motel and took him into custody. Authorities say Bankhead was caught on tape stealing over $1,800 in cash that ...

6 years ago
Kansas Lottery players, like players everywhere, are talking about Mega Millions and making sure they have their tickets for the next drawing. No ticket matched all numbers in the Mega Millions drawing Friday night, meaning the jackpot is now $654 million (cash option $372.6 million), just short of setting a new record. The largest Mega Millions ...