9 years ago
A stolen truck was found wrecked in a ditch southeast of Salina. A passerby called authorities Wednesday after spotting a black pickup that was damaged and left abandoned in the 2000 block of S. Cunningham. Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff's Office report the truck had extensive damage to the engine, exterior and that someone had kicked ...

9 years ago
When he was teaching math at Cowley College, Greg Nichols saw the difference technical education could make in people's lives. Now, as the second President of Salina Area Technical College, he wants the college to reach a growing number of people throughout north-central Kansas, helping them become not only skilled workers — but also skilled citizens. Nichols ...

9 years ago
A Kansas police department credited with saving the life of a dog outside of a business is receiving an award. A Compassionate Police Department Award is on its way from PETA to the Arkansas City Police Department. Earlier this month two members of the department were credited with saving the life of a dog outside of ...

9 years ago
A slain Kansas City, Kansas, police officer had been awaiting the arrival of another child. Police said in a release Wednesday that Capt. Robert Melton's partner was pregnant and due to give birth this winter. Melton was shot and killed Tuesday when he was responding to a police call. Authorities say the attack wasn't a planned ambush. ...

9 years ago
High temperatures and humidity are baking much of the central U.S. this week, sending heat indexes soaring as high as 115 degrees in some places for the first time this year. The National Weather Service says the high pressure system, sometimes called a "heat dome," will push conditions to their hottest point this summer, though temperatures ...

9 years ago
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a two-tiered election system that require Kansas election officials to throw out thousands of votes cast in state and local races by people who registered at motor vehicle offices or used a federal form without providing documentary proof of their U.S. citizenship. The class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in Shawnee ...

9 years ago
Salina Police are investigating after a car was stolen from the Kwik Shop lot located at 1727 W. Crawford sometime between 11pm Monday night and 12am Tuesday. The owner told police he left the keys in the car and went into the store. The 2002 Dodge Intrepid is valued at $600 and has Kansas tag, ...

9 years ago
A Salina man is booked into jail for fleeing and eluding police during a car chase in June. Police arrested 23-year-old Kaleb Beaugh on Tuesday after requesting a warrant. Police allege that back on June 1, 2016, Beaugh led officers on a high speed pursuit that reached speeds of 70 mph and then abandoned a 2007 Pontiac ...

9 years ago
Over $1,200 in fishing and hunting gear was removed from a stolen vehicle. Salina Police recovered a stolen 2003 Ford Ranger in a garage at 1110 Park. The owner of the unoccupied  property contacted police after discovering the truck on Tuesday morning. The owner of the truck, Jason Montague inventoried multiple missing items, that included arrows, a fishing ...

9 years ago
Fire destroys a tractor and baler in a field on South Burma Road Tuesday. Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that just before 4:30pm, Robert Lapeyre of Mentor was operating the tractor pulling a baler in the 3000 block of S. Burma when he noticed flames behind him. He told deputies that attempts to unhook ...

9 years ago
A Salina man was killed in a head-on collision on Interstate 70 east of Salina early Wednesday morning. Saline County Sheriff Deputy Ricky Heinrich told KSAL News at the scene that a 2002 silver Jaguar was headed west. As the car was approaching the area of the Niles Road exit, for an unknown reason it crossed ...