6 years ago
A Salina man's journey to jail on Monday began with climbing a pipe into Wal-Mart's ceiling - and ended with a K9 officer sniffing him out after he allegedly stole a work truck at a house fire. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 37-year-old James Nestler was taken into custody late Monday night after ...

6 years ago
The American Red Cross office in Salina is on the move. According to the agency, the current office located at 145 S. Broadway Boulevard is relocating to the Blood Donation Center at 120 W. Prescott Avenue. The agency says the move reflects a trend of Red Cross chapters nationwide to better meet the growing demand for ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has initiated an investigation into reports of sexual abuse perpetrated by clergy of the four Catholic dioceses of Kansas, and asks all victims to report clergy abuse to the agency. According to the agency, back in Novembe Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt requested that the KBI investigate allegations of sexual abuse ...

6 years ago
A student who attends Bennington Elementary School has been honored as one of the top two youth volunteers in Kansas. Hunter Hotaling, 18, of Lansing and Riley Padget-Cook, 11, of Minneapolis today were named Kansas' top two youth volunteers of 2019 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding ...

6 years ago
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters rolled into Salina on Monday, and in what was a homecoming game for Hannah "Mighty" Mortimer the "clown princes of basketball" did not disappoint. The Globetrotters brought their family show of dunks, dance, and fun to the Tony's Pizza Events Center. The evening featured incredible ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious ...

6 years ago
In a joint study session, commissioners from Saline County and the City of Salina heard a proposal from GH2 Architects regarding the future of the EXPO Center. Kala Ade, Project Manager for GH2 Architects, proposed: The City pay $1.7 million to demolish “Barn 2” on the Expo Center site and the City would complete an expansion ...

6 years ago
Within six minutes, commissioners from Saline County and City of Salina reached agreement on mitigating the impacts of the solid waste landfill in Saline County.  The City agrees to pay the County an annual “road impact fee” of $90,000 in 2019.  This figure will be adjusted annually to reflect highway construction costs.  In 2020 and ...

6 years ago
A million dollar winning lottery ticket remains unclaimed in Kansas The Kansas Lottery is urging all Kansans to double check their Powerball tickets from the December 29th, 2018 drawing. One ticket sold in south central Kansas matched the first five numbers in the drawing, but not the Powerball. The winning ticket is worth one million ...

6 years ago
Police are looking for a vandal who shattered a large window at a Salina business. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between midnight on Sunday and 9am, someone broke a 6-foot by 7-foot window at Fine Line Barbershop located at 623 E. Crawford. Replacement cost for the glass and business name stencil is over $1,100.

6 years ago
A concerned citizen contacted authorities after noticing the glass door at a Salina business was shattered. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to the FedEx facility located at 3450 Centennial Drive around noon time on Sunday. Police report a safe that was bolted to the floor with a small amount of cash ...

6 years ago
A Salina man returns home to discover multiple electronics stolen from his ransacked residence. Police say the man needed to make a visit to Concordia and left his 15-year-old daughter in charge at home in the 1400 block of Pawnee. When he returned the next evening he found his house in disarray and that a number of ...