4 years ago
A traffic stop on Sante Fe Ave. leads to an arrest on Thursday night. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that a deputy on patrol noticed a Buick rolling through an intersection without making a full stop. The next few minutes led to the discovery of a stolen vehicle and layers of evidence including ...

4 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary case after multiple tools were stolen from a Salina construction site. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, someone kicked in a door at a home in the 2600 block of Stebe in southeast Salina and stole numerous power tools and hand ...

4 years ago
A man who went to visit a friend at the Saline County Jail is now staying there after he allegedly brought drugs with him. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 59-year-old Anthony Harris was in the jail Thursday afternoon when deputies realized he was wanted on a warrant and approached him on the ...

4 years ago
Salina is losing its SkyWest flights to Chicago and Denver. According to the Salina Airport Authority, SkyWest Airlines has notified the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) that the airline intends to terminate United Express service at Salina, KS and twenty-eight other United Express communities. The SkyWest decision also impacts essential air service at the Kansas communities of ...

4 years ago
Salina Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who allegedly used a stolen debit card. The crime is this week's Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. Police say on Friday, February 25th, an individual reported they used their ATM card at Central National Bank at 2900 S. 9th St. The individual forgot ...

4 years ago
A Kansas educator who was suspended for failing to refer to a student by their "preferred name" and associated pronouns last spring is taking her case to court. Officials at Fort Riley Middle School say Pamela Ricard was hit with a three-day suspension about a year ago after she insisted on addressing a specific student by ...

4 years ago
The leader of Salina’s only fulltime family and women’s shelter is stepping down. The Ashby House Board of Directors says executive director Andy Houltberg has resigned. They say they accepted the resignation "with a heavy heart". Houltberg is credited with leading a new strategic plan, building new partnerships with key community service organizations, and helping to improve and ...

4 years ago
An alumnus has made a large donation to Kansas Wesleyan University. According to the school, it has received a new gift toward its Power of AND Campaign, as the estate of the late Judith (Judy) Bauer ’73 has been donated to the university. The gift is valued at nearly $300,000, the majority of which will go ...

4 years ago
Woodcut printmaking and paper artist Hannah Gebhart was selected to design the 2022 Smoky Hill River Festival Print. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, a native Salinan, Gebhart is a Des Moines-based woodcut printmaking, paper artist, and founder of DinoCat Studio. Growing up, she spent her spare time at the Salina Art Center, taking as many classes ...

4 years ago
The Stiefel Theatre in Salina has removed its COVID-19 mandate for attendance to shows. According to the facility, going forward it will be following the local government guidelines and hoping that things continue to improve as many artists have now removed their COVID restrictions. A few artists will continue to have specific COVID requirements that will be ...

4 years ago
A California man was hurt when he crashed into a snowplow on Interstate 70 east of Salina on Thursday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 40 year-old Jonathan Ho Siuhang from Arcadia, California, was driving a Honda SUV traveling west on I-70 following a Kansas Department of Transpiration snowplow. The SUV rear-ended the snowplow. Ho Siuhang was ...