1 year ago
Coming up Tuesday on the KSAL Morning News Extra we begin a week of "Candidate Conversations" as City Commission candidates join us on the air to inform listeners of their ideas, concerns and solutions for the City of Salina. Listen to Haley Helzer and Mike Hoppock on Tuesday, October 24, at 8:15am right after the KSAL ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are looking for a couple of male suspects who reportedly robbed a pedestrian at gunpoint early Monday. According to Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges investigators are looking for two men in a silver Nissan who robbed a 27-year-old Salina man as he walked in the 1900 block of E. Crawford Street. Police say around 1:50am the ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen van and the thief who took it. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that early Monday morning around 3:30am, a Salina man accidentally left his key fob in his 2016 Honda Odyssey and went into his work place in the 1400 block of W. State Street. When he went ...

1 year ago
The Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau was honored with three esteemed marketing awards at the Kansas Tourism Conference in Dodge City. According to the organization, these awards, presented by the Travel Industry Association of Kansas (TIAK), recognize outstanding achievements and innovation in tourism marketing. Abilene competed in the medium-sized community marketing budget ($20,000 - $100,000) category and ...

1 year ago
A major project to seal cracks in streets across Salina is underway. According to the City of Salina, on Monday through Friday, October 23rd through 27th,  cracks will be sealed on the following streets, weather permitting. ·         4th, Wayne to Cloud ·         Albert, Lewis to Ohio ·         Brock ·         Hanson Hollow ·         Kirwin, Pershing to 9th ·         Lewis, Jewel to Cloud ·         Lewis, ...

1 year ago
Fall decorating isn’t complete without pumpkins, but they can rot quickly. Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini said selecting the right pumpkin is key. “When selecting pumpkins for your home, check for maturity by pressing your thumbnail into the rind,” Domenghini said. “If the rind is hard and sounds hollow when thumped, it was likely ...

1 year ago
A pilot and a passenger were both badly injured in a  motorized parachute crash in Manhattan. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, two men were flying north over Manhattan in a Pegasus PowerChute on when the aircraft experienced engine failure, causing it to crash. The two occupants aboard the aircraft. Both were transported by EMS to the ...

1 year ago
In an effort to attract a more inclusive legislature, state officials are moving ahead with plans to double lawmakers' pay in 2025. State officials say a members of a commission to study lawmakers' pay yesterday approved a proposal to increase almost double the current compensation for rank-and-file members to just under 58 thousand dollars per year. Salaries ...

1 year ago
A woman returns home to her apartment to find a stranger sleeping on her couch. Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that officers were sent to the 2000 block of Glendale Road around 12:35am Friday to investigate the report of an intruder. Police say 33-year-old Derrick Stewart had moved some furniture around, ate a fruit ...

1 year ago
The operators of a high-profile Wichita manufacturing plant will pay more than a quarter of a million dollars to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Officials with BG Products has agreed to pay a $258,978 civil penalty after it reportedly failed to adequately explain how the company would prevent and respond to potential ...

1 year ago
Authorities are releasing more information about yesterday's lockdown at Garden City Community College. Police say they got the call about a possible active-shooter situation in the school's Saffell Library just after 8 a.m. At roughly the same time, campus officials ordered a campus-wide lockdown. Officers arrested one person who allegedly told a library worker there was a ...