8 years ago
The Salina Salvation Army is preparing for its  busiest time of the year. The agency right now is working on plans for the upcoming holiday season. Seasonal programs include the free community Thanksgiving dinner, the Angel Tree, a holiday aid basket program that includes a toy shop, and a senior Christmas dinner. To fund these programs, and ...

8 years ago
The wait is over for Kansas bird hunters. The 2017 Kansas Upland Bird Hunting Forecast is available online and in printed form. The report summarizes data from spring and summer surveys and predicts what pheasant, quail and prairie chicken hunters may experience across Kansas this fall. The good news is that it’s good news. Biologists create ...

8 years ago
A north Salina auto repair shop was damaged by fire Friday afternoon. First responders were called to Virg's Auto Repair at 501 E. Pacific just before 1:00 in the afternoon to the report of a fire. Salina Fire Marshal Troy Long told KSAL News at the scene that at 12:56 pm a passing motorist saw flames ...

8 years ago
The kids of Saint Francis Community Services will be among those who benefit from a new degree program at Kansas Wesleyan University. The Salina college and the Salina organization that helps children signed a partnership Friday morning to work together and develop a new Bachelor of Science in Social Work program. Saint Francis Community Services is ...

8 years ago
On Sunday, September 10, 2017 at approximately 10:12 a.m., officers were sent to 721 Seneca in reference to a deceased person in a vehicle. Upon arrival, they found a silver colored 2003 Lincoln Town Car parked in the driveway. Inside the vehicle was a deceased person identified as Raul Lopez-Vargas, 52, of Solomon, Kansas. The death ...

8 years ago
Harmful algal blooms continue to be a problem at Kansas lakes. One state fishing lake is now closed, and health officials have issued warnings for nearly a dozen other lakes. The blue-green algae bloom has forced yesterday's closure of Hodgeman State Fishing Lake, near Jetmore in western Kansas. Lakes under warning are in Brown, Shawnee, Marion, Osage, Barton, ...

8 years ago
Investigators are looking for a person who forged a business check at a Salina bank. Captain Mike Sweeney tells KSAL News that back on August 9, a suspect stole a blank check from Overland Property Group, 204 S. Santa Fe, filling in an amount of $784.41 before signing and cashing it in at the Bennington State ...

8 years ago
Salina downtown will come alive Friday night with two big events. The sold out Feast on the Fe, and Friday Night Live, will coincide with one another. A band from Kansas City. the Pale Fire Kings, will entertain at both events. With a melodic mixture of blues and folk, the Pale Fire Kings are perfect entertainment for ...

8 years ago
Salina City Commissioner Jon Blanchard and Rocking M Media/KSAL News Director Todd Pittenger sat down late last week week for a chat on Salina Community Access Television’s “Your City in Action”. The two touched on numerous topics, including things like the revitalization of downtown Salina, economic development, job creation, and expansion in South Salina. Blanchard, who is ...

8 years ago
Posters promoting white nationalism were plastered on  the campus of Kansas State University on Wednesday, and have prompted a response from the school. The school released the following statement: "The messages posted on Wednesday, Sept. 13, do not reflect the values of Kansas State University. Kansas State University maintains campus publicity and official bulletin board rules, which can be found ...

8 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 ...