6 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a theft after some high-end surveying equipment was stolen from a job site. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that sometime Monday between 9:30am and 12:30pm, someone removed a Sokkia GPS unit off a 7-foot pole and then left the area. Police say a work crew from Smoky Hill Construction was using ...

6 years ago
A Salina South High School student was rushed to the hospital on Monday after being hit by a car near the school. According to Police Sergeant Brent Rupert, a 14-year-old female was crossing E. Magnolia Street at Edward when she was struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old male student. Police say a driver in ...

6 years ago
A suspect in a Tuesday morning shooting at the Jewell County Sheriff's Office is dead after shooting himself following a pursuit which ended in Ottawa County. Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) agents are investigating the shooting of two Jewell County sheriff’s deputies which occurred Tuesday morning at the Sheriff’s Office in Mankato, Kan. Preliminary information indicates that ...

6 years ago
Two Kansas colleges are entering a partnership. Dodge City Community College and Fort Hays State University have signed an agreement to allow students to transfer their credits and degrees from one school to the other. The deal involves 18 degree programs including teaching and nursing. Source: MetroSource News

6 years ago
A large crowd of about 1,000 people gathered at Salina South High School Monday evening to celebrate what Principal Curtis Stevens called "South High 2.0, with windows." A ribbon cutting and open house was held to celebrate the 14th, and final project of the 2014 Salina USD 305 voter approved multi-million dollar bond issue. The total remodel ...

6 years ago
An alert neighbor helps law enforcement thwart a burglary in progress. According to the Barton County Sheriff's Office, at about 3:00 Sunday afternoon deputies responded to a location at 1252 Northeast 190 road, near the City of Claflin. An alert citizen had observed a vehicle that he did not believe belonged there. The rural location was ...

6 years ago
A Mexican citizen who has been deported four times has been sentenced in Kansas to federal prison time. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister's Office, 36-year-old Jorge Carrillo-Hernandez  was sentenced Monday to 57 months in federal prison for unlawfully returning to the United States. He was also sentenced to an additional term of 24 months in ...

6 years ago
Each year we seem to hear more and more about injuries in the sport of football. Concerns about concussions, head and neck injuries, and rare fatalities has brought nationwide attention to the safety of the sport. Therefore, as a part of a Kansas state-wide effort, Abilene High School, along with the Kansas Athletic Trainers’ Society, ...

6 years ago
A Kansas woman is celebrating after finding her family's dog weeks after a deadly crash in Chaffee County. Samantha Orr announced Saturday that she found Bentley the Goldendoodle on a mountain near Buena Vista, 19 days after a Jeep crash that killed her mother. People had spotted Bentley near the scene of the August 7th crash but ...

6 years ago
A Salina woman is facing charges for giving a false report to authorities. Police Sergeant Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 43-year-old Ronika Trembley was arrested on Sunday after officers made three visits to her residence in the 600 block of W. Iron about domestic disturbances. Police say Trembley then convinced a relative to call authorities to ...

6 years ago
Donors from around the area can participate in the "Battle of the Badges".  Salina Firefighters and Salina Police Officers are squaring off, seeing which agency can donate the most blood. According to the Red Cross, this blood drive is one of the most important of the year for the organization, along with the "Pump Up the ...