8 years ago
Saline County County Administrator Rita Deister told Commissioners Tuesday that “based on rough estimates, an increase in unencumbered budget funds, estimated revenues, and new construction revenues may allow the Commission to have a minimum mil increase”.  She estimated that there will be $6,000,000 in new construction in the County.  She wrote about an” unencumbered budget ...

8 years ago
The third request for a private fireworks display within a matter of weeks prompted discussion by the Saline County Commission before it was narrowly approved. Commissioners Tuesday narrowly approved a request from Director of Emergency Management Hannah Stambaugh to allow a private fireworks display on Saturday, May 20th at the Salina County Club.  The show is ...

8 years ago
A motorcycle rider was hurt Tuesday morning after hitting a turkey and being thrown from his bike. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Zachary Anderson form Dwight, Kansas, was riding a 2006 Harley Davidson in rural Geary County headed north on K 57 Highway. He struck a turkey that entered the road. The impact caused ...

8 years ago
A new group is looking at ways to solve the ongoing jail overpopulation problem at the Saline County Jail. Saline County Chairman Monte Shadwick summed up the first of two meetings looking at reducing the number of inmates in jail as being “light years different from last” year’s efforts.  Shadwick and Commissioner Robert Vidricksen were among ...

8 years ago
A transgender soldier imprisoned for releasing classified military information has released her first statement since being granted clemency, saying she hopes to use lessons she's learned in prison to help others. Chelsea Manning issued the statement Tuesday ahead of her release next week, expressing gratitude to her supporters and to former President Barack Obama. Manning served nearly ...

8 years ago
H2O + some solar rays will have the water warmed up and wavy at Kenwood Cove by opening day. Staff at Salina's aquatic park is filling the pool this week with 660,000 gallons of water to give the sun enough time to heat it up by May 27th. Recreation Supervisor Jeff Hammond tells KSAL News that they ...

8 years ago
A Salina man left the keys in his car and now Police are looking for a stolen 2003 Buick LeSabre. Police Captain Paul Forrester reports that sometime between 9pm Sunday and 9:30am  Monday, someone found the keys that were tucked away in the vehicle's console and drove away in the red, Buick owned by James Brown, ...

8 years ago
Kansas Congressman Dr. Roger Marshall kicked off a May listening tour with a stop in Salina Tuesday morning. A standing room only crowd of over 100 people gathered at the Salina Chamber of Commerce Annex building for a town hall question and answer session. Marshall started by making an opening statement, then spent over an hour ...

8 years ago
A singe-vehicle rollover crash in rural Saline County sent a couple of teens to the hospital in Salina Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 17-year-old Trent Pennington was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, headed north on Simpson Road. When the SUV cam over a crest at Mentor Road Pennington lost control. The vehicle went ...

8 years ago
Salina will soon have something that it hasn't had in over 40 years. A new hotel and convention center that has been under construction since late 2015 will soon be complete in South Salina. Officials are excited about the soon-to-be-completed Hilton Garden Inn and Eisenhower Convention Center. Owner Stanley Weilert tells KSAL News that the hotel, ...

8 years ago
A man and a woman from Manhattan were sentenced Monday to 28 years in federal prison for taking part in the kidnapping of a Junction City woman who was killed during the abduction. U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said that 21-year-old Larry L. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping resulting in death. His girlfriend, 26-year-old ...