7 years ago
The Kris Kobach - Wink Hartman campaign tour rolled into Salina Saturday morning. Kobach, the current Kansas Secretary of State, and the Wichita businessman  were on the fourth day of a four day, rolling across Kansas in a bus announcing Hartman's addition to the ticket as Lt. Governor candidate and meeting with supporters. Kobach told KSAL News ...

7 years ago
A woman from Colorado was killed in a  single-vehicle crash along Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Annah Michaiah Dawn Rogers from Monument, Colorado, was driving a 2003 Subaru passenger car headed east in the left lane. She crossed the center line, traveled off the right side of the road, ...

7 years ago
Indictments have been handed down, and an arrest has been made in connection with the death of a child in 2016 at a Kansas water park. Back in August of 2016 10-year-old Caleb Schwab was killed and two women were injured at Schlitterbahn Water Park while riding the Verruckt, which was billed as the world’s tallest ...

7 years ago
Firefighters were able to keep a grass fire from spreading to nearby homes Friday afternoon in Central Salina. At around 2:15 first responders were called to a fire at Indian Rock Park. Battalion Chief David Turner told KSAL News at the scene there was an active grass fire at the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Arlington ...

7 years ago
A Salina man is behind bars after he allegedly choked a female victim during an argument in a north Salina home. He then refused to give police the location of his infant child. Police Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that authorities were called to a north Salina residence on a disturbance shortly before 8:30 a.m. ...

7 years ago
Two female victims were at home when two masked intruders forced their way in to the north Salina residence early Friday morning. Police Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that law enforcement was called to the 300 block of South Ohio in reference of an aggravated burglary at 2:39 a.m. on Friday. The victims, an 18-year-old and ...

7 years ago
A residential burglary is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to Salina Police, on Thursday, March 15th,  residential burglary was committed at 3227 Marcella Drive. Entry was gained by cutting the outdoor wires to the surveillance system and then breaking out the front door glass. Once inside, a .45 ACP Caliber Hi-Point handgun ...

7 years ago
Salina Art Center Cinema will take part in the fifth annual National Evening of Science on Screen® on Tuesday. Twenty-eight independent theaters in 25 states will participate in this event, each hosting a program pairing a scientific lecture with a screening of a feature or documentary film. Salina will screen Jaws (1975) at 5:30 pm with ...

7 years ago
A man who made aviation history using Salina as his home base will be remembered forever. A statue, and plaza, was dedicated at the Salina Regional Airport Thursday afternoon to honor aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett. As a large crowd looked on, a ribbon was cut to dedicate Fossett Plaza at the Airport. Steve Fossett's record setting ...

7 years ago
The Greater Salina Community Foundation awarded grants to five area organizations during its February grant cycle. Over $16,000 was awarded from the Kansas Health Foundation Fund for GSCF, the L.P. “Pat” Mullen Fund and the Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund. The following organizations received funding: Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas, $5,000 to upgrade technology that ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman was detained after she allegedly tried to attack a male victim with a knife and struggled with law enforcement while being arrested. Police Capt. Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that authorities responded to a call of a domestic dispute at a central Salina residence on March 14 at 8:21 p.m. When authorities arrived, they ...