7 years ago
Police are investigating a residential burglary that occurred in north Salina Wednesday. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 1:45pm and 8:45pm someone entered a home in the 300 block of N. Penn and stole a 46-inch Sansui TV, a DVD player, wireless router, plus numerous hand tools. Police say a number of dress shirts ...

7 years ago
Immersing their guests in the artistic experience is all part of this year’s Art Gone Wild Plein Air Event at Rolling Hills Zoo this weekend. Regional plein air artists, along with the Zoo’s own animal artists, will be in the park showcasing their artistic talent during Salina’s only plein air event. Plein air is a unique ...

7 years ago
A traffic stop conducted by a Saline County Sheriff Deputy has gone viral after being posted on social media earlier this month. The video, posted on "The People's Content" Facebook page back on September 3rd, has been viewed over 7 million times. The video is of a traffic stop along Interstate 70 in which the driver, ...

7 years ago
The 10th Annual Love Chloe Kickball Jam is aiming for a world record this weekend. "This year we are going to attempt an official Guinness World Record," said Heidi Feyerherm, President of the Love, Chloe Foundation. "We've got 500 custom kickballs that are ready to go and so anyone that comes to do the world record attempt ...

7 years ago
Drawing parallels to what is being “said about Muslims now” to what was being said about Jews in America’s most anti-Semitic times, occurring during the isolationist/ semi-fascist 1920s, Rabbi Moti Rieber then spoke of the importance of action in bringing about more compassionate Kansas communities in the next year. Rieber was the featured speaker at this ...

7 years ago
A small fire briefly interrupted classes at a Salina school Wednesday morning. According to USD 305, Lakewood Middle School students and staff evacuated to the outdoors for approximately one hour following a fire alarm. The alarm was due to smoke from a small fire started in a bathroom that was quickly extinguished. The Salina Fire Department responded, ...

7 years ago
A single car crash on Interstate 70 sent a Salina man to the hospital on Wednesday morning. According to Saline County Sheriff's Office Lt. Michael Ascher, 20 year-old Santos Reyes-Lopez was traveling eastbound on I-70 at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday morning, when his 2008 Pontiac passenger car's front tire blew out. The result of the tire blowout caused ...

7 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has been named as a NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Institution by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the Bronze category based on the scoring on the NAIA Champions of Character Scorecard. Each year, NAIA schools use the Champions of Character scorecard to measure the pursuit of character-driven athletics. Schools scoring a minimum of ...

7 years ago
A group of Kansas health professionals who are working together to improve vaccine rates and protect Kansans against vaccine-preventable diseases is encouraged by some new statistics. According to the Immunize Kansas Coalition, a new CDC report shows Kansas adolescent HPV and MenACWY vaccination rates continue to improve for both girls and boys. The greatest increase was ...

7 years ago
The Salina Area United Way is preparing to kickoff its new campaign. According to the organization, a kickoff breakfast will be held on Tuesday, September 19th 7:00AM – 9:00AM at the new Hilton Garden Inn & Convention Center at 3320 S. 9th Street in Salina. The theme for the 2017/18 Salina Area United Way Community Fundraising ...

7 years ago
A registered sex offender from Kansas was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for picking up a 16-year-old girl in Virginia and taking her across state lines to have sex with him. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 21-year-old Logan Viquesney from Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of ...