4 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a stolen trailer and the thief who took it. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between July 16th and 19th, someone used a grinder to cut the lock off a hitch and drove off with a black, 2020 dump trailer owned by Construction Rental, 515 N. Broadway. The trailer was ...

4 years ago
A Salina couple was arrested after suspicious behavior prompted questions from a Saline County Sheriff's deputy. According to Captain Jim Hughes, around 1:50am Wednesday morning a deputy stopped to talk with a man and a woman who were in a pickup in the 200 block of South Penn. After a quick exchange the officer bid them ...

4 years ago
A chase ensues after a Salina police officer spots a teen throwing rocks at a car owned by St. Francis Ministries. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a patrol officer jumped out of her cruiser and told a girl to stop throwing rocks at a Chevy Impala parked in the lot at St. Francis, 509 ...

4 years ago
Not once, but twice, vandals have hit the Salina Area United Way’s Community Action Mobile Outreach Van (CAMO). The vehicle is currently disabled and the agency needs funding to fix it. According to the United Way, firs  thieves targeting the catalytic converter stole and damaged more than $1,200 worth of equipment and wiring on the CAMO ...

4 years ago
Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. The Kansas Department of Corrections said 33-year-old Keith Wade died on Monday. The cause of death is not known at this time, but authorities believe it was not from COVID-19. Wade was more than four years into a seven-year sentence for battery of ...

4 years ago
Deb Marseline, associate director of field education and instructor in the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus' social work program, has been promoted to assistant dean of diversity, equity and belonging. Marseline joined K-State Polytechnic in 2012 as an adjunct instructor in social work after working in her family business and as an adjunct instructor at Bethany ...

4 years ago
Some of them  have started rolling across the Midwest, and across Kansas, with a final destination of Salina. Oakdale Park will be a a flurry of activity Wednesday as some of the most iconic vehicle of all time begin arriving in Salina in advance of one of the biggest events of its kind in the ...

4 years ago
Free lunches for children in Salina who are out of school end this week. The USD 305 Free Summer Lunch Program will conclude on Friday. The last day for Grab-and-Go Lunches, which started being served curbside back on June 15th, is Friday July 23rd. The summer lunch program as is winding down as the district gets ...

4 years ago
Police in Great Bend say a suspect is in custody in connection to the death of a man at a hotel Sunday night. Elias Trejo is accused of killing Micah Merryman-Scifres, who was found dead outside of the Best Western Angus Inn on the 2900 block of Ten Street. The Barton County Sheriff's Office says Trejo was ...

4 years ago
A man is in custody after an almost twelve-hour standoff in Meade on Sunday. Officials say deputies tried to arrest 38-year-old Daryl Wilkerson on suspicion of harassment and assault, but he barricaded himself inside of his home when they arrived. About nine hours into the standoff, authorities say Wilkerson went outside the home, but resisted arrest and ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Commissioner of Education will be in Salina for a public event. According to USD 305, Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson will be in Salina to talk with anyone interested in public education on Monday, July 26th, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Lakewood Middle School, 1135 Lakewood Circle. The Salina USD 305 Board ...