7 years ago
The director of education and programing at the Salina Art Center has received a national award.  Gretchen Boyum has been awarded a Walking College Fellowship as part of the 2018 program. The Fellowship, which is from America Walks, a national advocacy organization working to empower communities to create safe, accessible, and enjoyable places to walk, will ...

7 years ago
One of the most influential women in the history of Salina was honored on Monday, and is now forever memorialized at a building that is part of her legacy. Karen Graves, the first female mayor of Salina, was the guest of honor on Monday as the “Karen M. Graves Plaza” was dedicated outside the north ...

7 years ago
The search for a Salina man with a warrant for his arrest leads to the arrest of two more Salina men. Police Sgt. Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that authorities were looking for 19-year-old Jesse Wray on a warrant at his residence, 431 S. College at noon on April 20. Officers observed Wray entering in to the ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are in search for a vehicle that was stolen in front of its owner's home. According to Police Sgt. Jim Feldman, that vehicle was taken between April 20th at 8 p.m. and midnight on April 21 from a residence at 245 S. 9th St. The vehicle in question is a 4-door 1998 Toyota Camry that ...

7 years ago
The Salina Police Department made an arrest after a Salina woman left four children home alone for an extended period of time. Police Sgt. Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that SPD received a call on Sunday at 5 p.m. from a concerned neighbor about the status of children inside of a home in the 900 block ...

7 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a home just outside of Salina had several items of jewelry stolen. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that burglary happened on Friday, April 19 at a home in the 3700 block of E. Country Club road. Soldan says that the homeowners, Ronald and Lisa Frank, arrived ...

7 years ago
Kansas is taking steps to keep guns out of the hands of offenders. Governor Jeff Colyer signed a measure into law Friday which makes it illegal for people convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense within the past five years to have a gun. Kansas law currently bans anyone convicted of felony domestic violence from owning ...

7 years ago
A ceremony on Monday will honor one of the most influential women in the history of Salina.  The first woman mayor will be honored when the north outside plaza of the Tony’s Pizza Events Center is dedicated as the “Karen M. Graves Plaza.” Karen Graves served on the Salina City Commission from 1977-1983, including a term ...

7 years ago
Salina area students will be among those participating in a "Shark Tank" inspired competition at Kansas State University this week. According to the school, the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge, a statewide student entrepreneurship competition featuring high school and collegiate teams from across Kansas, will be Tuesday, April 24th. The contest, which is in partnership with the Kansas Masonic ...

7 years ago
A student from Salina has been named the outstanding male graduate at the University of Central Missouri. According to the school, each spring one male and one female student are named as the top graduates. Sydney Montague, a political science and international studies major from St. Louis, and Dalton Pittenger, a speech and theatre education major from ...

7 years ago
The 2018 Kansas Birding Festival – one of Kansas’ premiere outdoor birding events – will be held at Acorns Resort at Milford Lake, April 27-28. The special event, which is held every other year, alternating with the Wings `N Wetlands event at Great Bend, provides participants with the opportunity to go birding in premier locations ...