5 years ago
Salina community leaders met on Tuesday morning to discuss the importance of the 2020 Census and why it matters to Salina and the surrounding area. Speakers at the briefing held at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, were Salina Mayor, Mike Hoppock; Eric Brown, Chamber President; and Dustin Herrs, City of Salina staff liaison to Salina's ...

5 years ago
A Nebraska woman was arrested at Salina's Walmart on Monday after she allegedly removed anti-theft cases from half a dozen video games. Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that staff at the store located at 2900 S. 9th contacted authorities after witnessing 28-year-old Kambrie Nash remove the anti-theft devices off the games and a $20 ...

5 years ago
An elderly Saline County man is dead after his golf cart rolled into a ditch south of Gypsum. Lt. Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 84-year-old Frederick Meyer was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics who responded to his property located in the 8900 block of S. Gypsum Valley ...

5 years ago
Lawmakers are considering a bill that could make Kansas more attractive to retirees. A measure calls for increasing the amount of money people can make while pulling from their Social Security without being taxed on their Social Security benefits. Under current law, Kansans can make 75-thousand-dollars per year without being taxed. The proposed bill would increase that amount ...

5 years ago
A Kansas woman is continuing to be treated for the coronavirus. Officials at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, announced yesterday that the patient is doing well. The woman, who is a Johnson County resident under 50-years-old, had arranged to be taken to an isolated area of the hospital, and officials say ...

5 years ago
The streets of Downtown Salina will be filled with revelers dressed in green this St. Patrick's Day weekend. Salina will celebrate again this year with a downtown pub crawl. The seventh annual Salina Downtown Inc.’s St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl is this Saturday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event has ten participating downtown bars and restaurants.  ...

5 years ago
A couple of Kansas Wesleyan University students may have noticed a reduction in their account balance. The school says it’s not a clerical error, but rather a pair of good Samaritans have paid off large amounts of the account balances for a pair of Coyote students. According to KWU one Coyote, a freshman nursing student, works ...

5 years ago
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration recently received assistance from The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, designed to help newly elected governors and their staff assess their juvenile and adult criminal justice systems and identify strategic goals that align with the administration’s vision for public safety. One of the areas identified for improvement was expanding ...

5 years ago
A man who fell asleep at the wheel of his car while stopped at a railroad crossing was taken into custody for DUI Sunday morning. Salina Police Captain Gary Hanus tells KSAL News that around 8:30am, 30-year-old Terrius Jones of Wichita was allegedly passed out in his 2000 Mercury Sable at the intersection of North 9th ...

5 years ago
A Salina man is facing numerous traffic violations after leading law enforcement on on a high speed pursuit. According to Police Captain Gary Hanus, an officer on patrol Saturday night attempted to make a traffic stop in the 200 block of North Broadway after he observed a 2015 Toyota Civic driving with no tail lights on. ...

5 years ago
A man returns to his area farmstead to discover that his tilt trailer was missing. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that sometime over the past year, a black, 2004 H&H 18-foot tilt trailer was stolen from a property in the 1800 block of S. Cunningham. The owner did not contact authorities for three months ...