6 years ago
It all started with a simple act of kindness. In 2011, a young woman who lived in Debbie Rivers’ neighborhood made a Facebook post about not having any food to eat. Rivers knew the family had fallen on some hard times, so she started inviting her neighbor over for weekly dinners. Rivers never imagined what would ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary after a wallet and cash were stolen from a van. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 9pm on Tuesday and 6:30am Wednesday, someone walked into a garage in the 2000 block of Highland and entered a Honda Odyssey. Police say a 43-year-old woman had left her purse ...

6 years ago
Wednesday's slick road conditions led to a number of slide-offs and accidents around the county. Lt. Jeremiah Hayes with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that slushy snow and ice contributed to a single car crash in the 3000 block of East K-4 Highway. Deputies say a 17-year-old male was transported to the ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are looking for a thief who walked out of a home with three handguns. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 7am and 5pm Wednesday, someone damaged the front door on a home in the 1000 block of S. Santa Fe and stole three pistols. Police say the unknown suspect took a 9mm ...

6 years ago
A snowstorm and slushy roads would not keep Donna and Alan Gardner from making the trip to Topeka to claim their $528,417 Super Kansas Cash jackpot. The lucky winners matched all five numbers and the Super Cash Ball in the Saturday, February 8 drawing to win. The winning numbers were 5-7-10-21-22 Super Cash Ball 22. The ...

6 years ago
Salina Public Library’s Family History Detectives will cover formatting a family history book. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Prescott Room. Library Technology Trainer Lerin Anderson will walk participants through how to create a family history book in Microsoft Word. The presentation will give attendees the information they need to get ...

6 years ago
Out with the old and in with the new, work crews are in phase one of a ten-week improvement project at the Senior Center in Salina. Monday, decades old kitchen equipment was resting on the lawn before being hauled off. Months of fundraising and grant writing are now real dollars in motion as a remodel of ...

6 years ago
Salina Police are searching for a possible suspect after a vehicle was stolen from the YMCA parking lot. Salina Police Capt. Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that a 24-year-old Salina man, Tyler Bouasanouvong, went in to the YMCA, 570 YMCA Dr., at 2:30 p.m on Tuesday. The victim at 3:45 p.m. came back to the locker room ...

6 years ago
A new round of drugs laced with deadly fentanyl is causing overdoses in Kansas. According to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, Wichita police have reported multiple overdoses in the past few days. They suspect the problem is caused by victims consuming what look like oxycodone pills. In fact, the pills are laced with fentanyl. “I want to add ...

6 years ago
Organizers of the largest equine event of its kind in the Midwest are looking forward to the first year in the their new home. Equifest of Kansaswill set up shop in Salina in a couple of weeks. The Kansas Horse Council says they are excited to move to Salina for their Equifest event. Equifest is ...

6 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble has been named a semifinalist for the American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music. KWU is one of 22 semifinalists in the college and university division, joining such schools as the University of Kansas, Texas Christian University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It ...