4 years ago
A traffic stop turns into a drug related arrest for a Salina man. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, a K-9 officer on patrol pulled a vehicle over for an expired tag on Thursday morning around 2:45am in the 1900 block of N. 9th Street. The officer noticed drug paraphernalia in the Nissan Pathfinder and engaged the ...

4 years ago
A Salina woman was scammed over the phone by a man she believed was with the Saline County Sheriff's Office. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 27-year-old woman got a call on Tuesday while she was at work. A man told her there was a warrant issued for her arrest because she had ...

4 years ago
A Kansas City area artist has been selected to design the 2021 Smoky Hill River Festival Print. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, interdisciplinary artist Rena Detrixhe will take on the project. Detrixhe grew up in a limestone farmhouse south of Russell, Kansas where her father and mother still live. She credits her artist mother and her ...

4 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents voted Wednesday to freeze resident tuition for students at five of the six state universities. According to the board, members approved a 1.2 percent tuition increase at Kansas State University, but the university anticipates many students will see their overall costs decrease due to a corresponding reduction in fees. “Affordability has been ...

4 years ago
A Salina teen was transported to a hospital following a single-vehicle crash on a highway in Ellsworth County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Madison Grandclair was driving a 2005 Nissan Murano headed west on K-4 Highway in rural Ellsworth County. She was distracted and drove towards the right. Grandclair over corrected and crossed both ...

4 years ago
Flags will fly at half-staff across Kansas to honor a National Guard airman from Salina who was killed in an accident while training. Governor Laura Kelly has directed flags be lowered to half-staff throughout the state effective from sunup Thursday, to sunset, in honor of Staff Sgt. Wesley W. “Wes” Kubie of Salina. “Staff Sergeant Kubie lost ...

4 years ago
The number of vaccinated people in Saline County continues to grow. According to the Saline County Health Department, 20,468 people are now vaccinated, which is  37.7 percent of our local population. There are 3 new COVID cases in Saline County, and no new deaths. There here have now been 6,323 total cases with 16 cases currently active. The total ...

4 years ago
The hottest temperatures so far this summer are expected Thursday and Friday. According to the National Weather Service, hot and muggy conditions are expected for Thursday and Friday. Maximum heat index values on both days will range from 100 to up to 105 in some parts of the state. A heat advisory is in effect for large ...

4 years ago
Twenty-one new law enforcement officers, including an Abilene Police Officer, graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on Friday. According to the organization, officer Kaelin Leach of the Hays Police Department was the graduating class president. The speaker for the ceremony was Chief of Police for the Abilene Police Department, Anna Hatter. Steve McCorkill, KLETC ...

4 years ago
The Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home is inching closer to fully reopening. According to the organization, beginning Monday the museum will be open six days a week. It will be open Monday through Saturday. The new scheduled s as follows: New Hours (Effective June 21) Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Last ...

4 years ago
Thieves removed part of the exhaust system from a van. According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, someone stole a catalytic converter from a Ford Econoline van that was parked in the lot at Smoky Hill Education Center at 605 E. Crawford. Police say the emission control device contains precious metals and can be scrapped for ...