2 years ago
Progress continues on a project to build a new Saline County Jail and sheriff’s office facility. According to Saline County, in June, manufactured precast cells were trucked to Salina, and set in place on foundations in the housing areas. Concrete block walls are going up along with structural steel. Recently, crews have begun to set precast ...

2 years ago
The "Pride of the Prairie" is ready to open. According to Rolling Hills Zoo, less than nine months since breaking ground, their new exhibit, Pride of the Prairie opens to the public on Friday. Mimicking the savanna grasslands of Africa, the native tall grass prairies of Kansas served as the inspiration for Rolling Hills Zoo’s new African ...

2 years ago
An arrest was made following a Wednesday morning pursuit, and Salina Police are on the hunt for a theft suspect. Capt. Paul Forrester provided the details to KSAL News. Pursuit On Wednesday morning around 2 a.m., an officer was on patrol at State and College facing eastbound. The officer turned northbound on to College behind a black ...

2 years ago
It's fair time in Salina. The Tri-Rivers is in full force through Saturday. The Tri-Rivers Fair parade launched fair events Tuesday night  with the theme Fancy Like ... Fair Life! Ken Wasserman was the grand marshal The Tri-Rivers Fair royalty crowning will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Great Plains Manufacturing Convention Hall. King ...

2 years ago
A driver and his passenger were both hurt when they crashed while fleeing law enforcement in Dickinson County on Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2005 BMW was actively fleeing and eluding. The car left the roadway and vaulted over Jeep Road, coming to rest on the West side of Jeep Road. The driver, ...

2 years ago
Kansas voters in a landslide Tuesday defeated a constitutional amendment that would have stripped residents of abortion rights, defying polling and political observers who expected a close result. The ballot measure was failing by a 60-40 margin late Tuesday after voters responded to an intense and costly campaign marked by dubious claims by amendment supporters and the unraveling of protections ...

2 years ago
The Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo has been a part of Sharolyn Adams’ life for 61 of her 64 years. Since she was a baby, she’s only missed the rodeo three times: once as a newborn, the year her father died, in 2001, and last year, when she had a broken leg.   Adams, who lives north of ...

2 years ago
Saline County Unofficial Primary Election Results Contested Races: Constitutional Question  NO - 8,302 YES - 6,913 SALINE COUNTY COMMISSION 5th DISTRICT Joe Hay - 481 Mike White - 422 Randall Hardy - 286 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 7th DISTRICT Dennis Hershberger - 4,874 Ben Jones - 2,945 STATE REPRESENTATIVE 107th DISTRICT Susan Concannon - 393 Gerald Johnson - 336 _ _ _ COMPLETE RESULTS          

2 years ago
Officials have made an arrest in connection with a death in an eastern Kansas community. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, a woman was arrested in connection with the death of Blake Pearson. On Monday evening 41-year-old Nicole Fox was arrested in Allen County. Fox was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder connected to the killing ...

2 years ago
Salina area public transportation is adding a new route headed east. According to OCCK Transpotation, in partnership with Sunbelt Solomon, they are offering a new daily regional route from Salina to Solomon and back.  The route is part of the KanConnect program of OCCK, a plan to connect regions of rural Kansas through public transportation options. The ...

2 years ago
Investigations are ongoing for a vehicle burglary and vehicle theft that happened in Salina over the course of Monday night. Police Capt. Paul Forrester has provided the details to KSAL News. Vehicle Burglary A 1990 Jeep Cherokee was burglarized Monday night in the 100 block of N. Seventh Street. Forrester said it happened between 7:45 p.m. and ...