8 years ago
Firefighters are working to contain a fire at a southeast Kansas chemical plant after an explosion there injured one employee. The explosion occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday at the Airosol, Inc., plant in Neodesha. Cassandra Edson, spokeswoman for Wilson County Emergency Management, says one employee was taken to a Wichita hospital with injuries that were not ...

8 years ago
An argument inside a Salina motel turns violent when a man stabs a woman with a knife. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a woman in her 30's ran for help after she was allegedly stabbed in the arm by a man at the Airliner Motel, located at 781 N. Broadway Monday morning at around ...

8 years ago
A University of Kansas cheerleader and three members of the school's spirit squad are suspended from cheering after a photo linking the Ku Klux Klan with President-elect Donald Trump was posted on the cheerleader's Snapchat account. The photo shows three members of the cheer squad wearing sweaters with "K" representing "Kansas" on their chests. White letters ...

8 years ago
Two more people on the latest list of Salina's Most Wanted have been arrested, bringing the total now to ten for November. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office the latest arrests include Brandon Lee Harder and Montanna Shane Hughes. They were wanted for crimes that include felony drug crimes. The two arrests are the 9th and ...

8 years ago
The Salina Salvation Army is planning a Thanksgiving dinner for several thousand of their closest friends. The organization will again host a free community-wide Thanksgiving dinner. The event this year will be at Applebee's on South 9th Street in Salina. The meal will include turkey with all the trimmings. Roxanne Matous from the Salvation Army tells KSAL ...

8 years ago
The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce asked Salina City Commissioners for $86,510 in funding to focus specifically on workforce development.  After hearing an hour long presentation during their afternoon study session Monday, Commissioners asked to revisit the discussion at another meeting. Eric Brown, the Chamber’s Business Development Director, said that Saline County has an unemployment rate ...

8 years ago
A stolen vehicle is recovered in the parking lot at the Salina Journal following a high speed pursuit Friday. Captain Mike Sweeney tells News that an officer on patrol heard the description of a 1994 Toyota Tacoma truck on Friday afternoon and saw it driving past in the 700 block of South Street. An attempt to stop ...

8 years ago
Two handguns were stolen from a truck parked in the 1600 block of E Cloud. Salina Police report that sometime between November 16 and November 18, someone entered a 2007 Chevy Silverado and removed a Kimber .45 caliber semi automatic handgun and a Sturm, Ruger .380 semi automatic handgun from the truck. There was no sign of ...

8 years ago
A stolen car from Salina was recovered in Harvey County following a chase on Friday. Police Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that a suspect was captured by authorities in Harvey County after crashing the stolen 2012 Ford Fusion into a creek. Police say the car was stolen after the owner left the vehicle running on Friday ...

8 years ago
The I-135 / I-70 Drug Task Force assisted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a drug bust in Smolan on Friday. Task Force Commander Bill Cox tells KSAL News that the Kansas Highway Patrol surrounded a house located at 215 S. Main in Smolan at about 7am Friday morning. Moments later agents made three ...

8 years ago
A log splitter and cart were stolen from a rural tree line. The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a Swisher, 22 ton log splitter, 2-wheel cart and hand held log turner that were taken from a grove of trees near the river in the 1800 block of N. Gypsum Valley Road sometime ...