4 years ago
With summer here authorities are reminding citizens this is the season when property crimes typically increase in Salina. The Salina Police Department says they would like to remind citizens and visitors to Salina historically during the summer months there is an increase in automobile thefts, vehicle burglaries, and thefts. Police advise to remove your keys from your ...

4 years ago
There are 7 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. According to the Saline County Health Department, there have now been 6,311 total cases with 21 cases currently active. The total number of community members who have lost their lives to this deadly virus is 117. Salina Regional Health Center reports they currently have 3 ...

4 years ago
Saline County Sheriff Deputies stayed busy over the recent Memorial Day Weekend keeping roads and highways across the state safe. According to the agency, during the Click It or Ticket Campaign deputies conducted overtime saturation patrols to aggressively enforce Kansas occupant restraint, texting, impaired driving, and other traffic laws. During the campaign, officers wrote 234 safety belt ...

4 years ago
A bicycle sharing program which has people pedaling in eight communities in North Central Kansas including Salina is celebrating two years. OCCK Transportation launched KANcycle, bike sharing for rural Kansas, in June 2019, and is celebrating the program’s second birthday with some fun events the week of June 14th. According to OCCK, with 16 stations and 80 ...

4 years ago
The June list of Salina’s Most Wanted went online Saturday. By Monday a man on it wanted for arson charges had been caught. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, Robert Davis has been arrested. He was wanted for a felony probation violation for  conspiracy to commit aggravated arson The first weekend of each month a new ...

4 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a trailer and a welding engine from a rural property in the 2400 block of S. Kipp Road. Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime between June 5 at 5pm and June 6 at 10am, someone stole an 8' x 8' metal trailer with a ...

4 years ago
A Salina man was arrested after a motorcycle which was  reported stolen was found in his yard partially concealed under a tarp. Salina Police say a 31-year-old woman reported on May 29th that her Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle was stolen from where she left it in the parking lot at Walmart, 2900 S. 9th Street. The woman reported ...

4 years ago
Authorities have identified a Salina man who was fatally injured in a Friday morning crash involving a semi truck and a motorcycle. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, 29-year-old Jesus Martinez was killed after he struck a semi that turned across his lane on Old Highway 40 and onto Donmyer Road. Deputies say that Martinez was ...

4 years ago
A Salina man who went to a storage lot to get his camping trailer to go on vacation discovers it is gone. Police say a 42-year-old man from Salina reported his 2020 Jayco Jay Feather Camping Trailer stolen. The man said he had last seen the trailer on a storage lot at 2435 Centennial on Saturday at ...

4 years ago
Three people, including two children, died in a weekend boating accident. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, game wardens, the Water Rescue Division of the Coffey County Fire District #1, Coffey County Sheriff’s Office, and Burlington Police Department responded to a report of a boat accident on the Neosho River in the ...

4 years ago
A student from Salina is among a group of students from Fort Hays State University inducted into the Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology. According to FHSU, the Psi Chi Honor Society recognizes and promotes excellence in the science and application of psychology. Applicants must meet grade point average criteria as well as rank ...