7 years ago
A traffic stop lead to a large seizure of drugs by the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office. Deputies seized $1.3 million worth of the opiate Fentanl. According to Dickinson County Sheriff Garreth Hoffman, deputies with the drug enforcement unit conducted a traffic stop on January 19th at mile marker 276 one mile east of Abilene on Interstate ...

7 years ago
Former Director Joe McKenzie’s forty years of work at the Salina Public Library ended with his retirement on December 31st. At McKenzie’s November retirement party, a surprise announcement was made. In honor of his service the library board voted to rename the “Learning Center” at 308 W. Elm the “McKenzie Center.” McKenzie oversaw the addition of the ...

7 years ago
One person is dead and two people are injured after an Amtrak train carrying GOP lawmakers and their families collided with a trash truck outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. The train was headed from Washington, DC to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia for a GOP retreat. Lawmakers on the train say it was a tragic event. They say ...

7 years ago
Multiple events are planned for First Friday Night Live this week in Downtown Salina. According to Salina Arts and Humanities, the event kicks off this Friday with BYOA (Bring Your Own Art) and the Lips Amore Installation, both at The Flower Nook, 204 E. Iron Avenue, from 4 to 7 p.m. Photography by George Jerkovich is at ...

7 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case at a business. Police say sometime between 7pm and 7:30pm on January 27, someone damaged a truck while trying to steal it from the lot at ADM Milling, located at 850 E. Pacific. Police say the driver's side door on a 2012 Ford F250 was damaged, as well ...

7 years ago
Kansas representatives in DC approve of  President Trump's State of the Union Address. Senator Pat Roberts praised the Trump Administration for lifting regulatory tax burdens for businesses and individuals. First District Congressman Roger Marshall noted that the President called for unity and strength. Marshall added he was touched by the people's stories mentioned during the speech. In ...

7 years ago
The man who built the Kansas City Royals into World Series champions brought a message of faith and motivation to Salina. Royals General Manager Dayton Moore was the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting Tuesday night. Prior to the banquet event, Moore met with the media. He touched ...

7 years ago
Salina South will present the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers this week. The show is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in the school's auditorium. Set in the rough-and-tumble backwoods of Oregon in the 1850s, where every man still took for himself, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a delightful story about creating civilization in the wilderness. ...

7 years ago
A Salina woman returns home to discover numerous high end items stolen from her house. Police say sometime between 2pm on January 25 and noon January 29, someone entered her home in the 600 block of Johnstown and stole an antique table valued at $800 plus a number watches and pieces of jewelry. Two Samsung flat screen ...

7 years ago
A Salina man was taken into custody for allegedly inappropriately touching a teenage female while she slept at his home in the 1900 block of Gendale Road. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that 50-year-old Brian R. Hunter was arrested after an adult female in her late teens contacted police on Sunday, telling officers she woke ...

7 years ago
Kansas' outgoing governor is issuing his final proclamation. Governor Sam Brownback on Friday signed a proclamation declaring today as a "Day of Prayer and Fasting" in Kansas. The proclamation comes as Brownback is set to leave office tomorrow afternoon to join the Trump Administration as the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer will ...