1 year ago
The owner of a stolen car that was burned up in the county reached out to police. According to Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges, the 45-year-old woman contacted authorities when she realized media coverage was describing her vehicle. Police say the Chevy Equinox was stolen from the 200 block of South 8th before being torched on ...

1 year ago
A free cancer screening event is planned in Salina. The Tammy Walker Cancer Center will host a free screening for skin cancer and prostate cancer on Saturday, October 14 from 9 a.m. to noon. Space is limited and appointments are required by calling Daniel Craig, Tammy Walker Cancer Center Cancer Outreach Coordinator, at (785) 452-4848. According to ...

1 year ago
Bethany College is welcoming a visiting artist. According to the school, the upcoming "Reconectando con mis Raíces" exhibition featuring the distinctive artwork of visiting artist Marco Hernandez. The show will be displayed at the Mingenback Gallery from October 2 to October 27, with a closing reception scheduled for October 20, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Marco Hernandez is a Mexican ...

1 year ago
Students at Salina Central High School will present what some say is the "funniest farce ever written". The Mustang drama department will present "Noises Off". According to the school, Michael Frayn's Noises Off takes a fond look at the follies of theatre folk, whose susceptibility to out-of-control egos, memory loss, and passionate affairs turn every performance ...

1 year ago
A new engineering degree program at the University of Kansas will send students into the cybersecurity market armed with tools to create programs and systems that protect the world’s most critical assets from hacking, ransomware and other immensely disruptive crimes and mischief generated during the digital age. The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering, approved this ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are looking for a male suspect who allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend during a domestic dispute. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that investigators are looking for a known 35-year-old man from Salina who turned violent during a dispute in the 1600 block of W. Republic last week. Police say the argument took ...

1 year ago
A Salina woman had a diamond ring ripped off her finger after an argument turned violent inside a residence in the 300 block of North Kansas. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that the 43-year-old woman told officers the known male suspect restrained her in the basement, squeezed her throat and pulled a diamond ring ...

1 year ago
Authorities are trying to identify a car - and thus find the owner of a vehicle that was destroyed by fire on Monday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that it appears someone towed a Chevy Equinox to the 4100 block of S. Ohio and lit it. A crew from Rural Fire Department #2 arrived ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are looking for a known male suspect who allegedly broke a woman's tooth during a domestic dispute. Police Captain Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that on Sunday night around 10pm officers were sent to an apartment in the 700 block of Fairdale Road after a woman ran to her neighbors for help. Police say the ...

1 year ago
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan will take possession of his new jail this week. Soldan tells KSAL News Saline County gets possession of the facility Monday. October will be be an opportunity for staff training, exercise of building systems, and eventually public tours. Inmates are anticipated to start moving over to the new facility in November, and ...

1 year ago
Monday is the 50th anniversary of one of the most infamous tornado outbreaks in the history of Kansas. According to the National Weather Service, on September 25th, 1973, multiple families of tornadoes, among them one violent F4 and three strong F3s, roared from around Lindsborg, through Salina, to 7 miles northeast of Beatrice, Neb. The combined length of ...