3 years ago
A Salina man has been arrested after he allegedly stole a laptop and tried to take another from an area business. Miguel Hernandez, 26, is facing charges including attempted theft, theft and damage to property. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers reviewed surveillance footage of the theft from Tuesday and tracked down the ...

3 years ago
City crews pretreated Salina streets with road salt and Magnesium Chloride (MgCl2) brine beginning at noon Wednesday, January 5. Crews were activated again at 11:00 p.m. and began plowing operations with eight plow trucks and two motor graders at midnight. The photo at the bottom represents the subsequent six-hour period for City plow trucks clearing ...

3 years ago
Several inches of snow fell in Salina late Wednesday into early Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, snow will end this morning across central and eastern Kansas with some sunshine expected in the afternoon. However it will remain bitter cold with highs generally in the teens and wind chills from 5 below to 5 above ...

3 years ago
There have been no new COVID deaths in Saline County since Monday and 257 new cases. According to the Saline County Health Department, there are currently 1,026 active cases in the community. Salina Regional Health Center reports that 28 patients require hospitalization related to COVID-19. There have been 188 COVID related deaths overall. An additional 200 people were vaccinated ...

3 years ago
Bethany College is introducing what it says is a new and improved way to post jobs, advertise internships, announce mentorships and hire Bethany students. The new service is called "Handshake". According to the school, as part of Bethany's mission to help students discover and navigate the path to their purpose, they have partnered with Handshake because ...

3 years ago
A man and a woman from Salina were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on a highway in Oklahoma. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the double fatality collision happened at 4:35 AM Tuesday on Interstate 35, a mile south of Tonkawa, Oklahoma in Kay County. The agency says 21-year-old Kyra D. Ray and 22-year-old Xavier M. ...

3 years ago
Authorities are reviewing surveillance footage from a Salina store after a couple of computers were stolen. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were sent to Sam's Club located at 2919 Market Place on Tuesday morning around 10:30am after a suspect cut the anti-theft cables on a couple of lap tops and walked out ...

3 years ago
Thieves take copper wire from a job site south of Salina. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between the middle of December and January 3rd, someone broke the latch on a steel, storage container owned by Evergy and removed some copper ground wire that was inside. The Conex box was located near a ...

3 years ago
The University of Kansas is banning two fraternities from its campus. University officials have removed Phi Delta Theta and Phi Gamma Delta until 2027 for violations of the KU Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Phi Delta Theta was banned for harm to persons, hazing, abuse of conduct process and retaliation. Phi Gamma Delta was removed from ...

3 years ago
Researchers at Kansas State University are expanding on an industry partnership to increase stability in mRNA vaccines — including those again COVID-19 — during transport and storage. The agreement, coordinated by K-State Innovation Partners, is an exclusive license and option agreement and research collaboration with Tonix Pharmaceuticals. Through the partnership, researchers will develop zinc nanoparticle, or ZNP, mRNA ...

3 years ago
 The state is working with the Correctional Leaders Association to retain an independent firm to conduct a comprehensive security review at Larned State Hospital. Kansas Governor Kelly directed KDADS to begin the search for an external security firm to review LSH following the escape of John Colt this past summer  from the Sexual Predator Treatment Program. ...