8 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says gun-rights advocates and representatives for the state's hospitals couldn't reach agreement on a legislative proposal aimed at keeping concealed guns out of state hospitals and other public health care facilities. The Senate was debating the measure Thursday. A 2013 law requires public health facilities to allow concealed guns into their buildings starting ...

8 years ago
A Salina man flies into action to stop an assailant who was holding a woman at knife point. Police arrested 33-year-old Jason M. Lynn Wednesday night after 29-year-old Benjamin Suenram jumped into the fray to save the victim and hold Lynn down until officers arrived. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that the domestic dispute in the ...

8 years ago
Great Lakes Airlines boarded a total of 1,517 passengers on non-stop flights to and from the Salina Regional Airport and the Denver International Airport during May, 2017. The airline's previous peak month was March, 2017 when 1,465 people decided to fly Salina.  As Great Lakes nears the completion of one full year of Salina Airport ...

8 years ago
Nominations are being currently being solicited for inductees into the 2017 class of the Salina Business Hall of Fame. The Salina Area Chamber of Commerce established the Salina Business Hall of Fame in 2005 to honor prominent business leaders both past and present, who have made extraordinary contributions to Salina, earned the respect of the Salina ...

8 years ago
Six of the area's recent high school graduates received a little boost to fund their college education on Wednesday night. Each was awarded a $1,000 scholarship. KSAL and the Rocking M Media radio stations hosted their annual Sportscasters Club Scholarship Banquet at Kansas Wesleyan University. Five Saline County high schools (Salina Central, Salina South, Sacred Heart, Southeast ...

8 years ago
A Salina man who didn't actively join the hunt until Wednesday evening found the treasure that the multitudes were seeking. Eric Carlson of Salina found the Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion hidden along the River Woods Nature Trail east of Cloud Street, and east of the Salina Levee Trail in the area. Carlson tells KSAL News ...

8 years ago
A Salina Businessman has entered the Salina USD 305 School Board Race. Jim Fletcher filed to run on Wednesday. In a statement to KSAL News Fletcher wrote: "Schools are the first community many children belong to and the one that most people remember for a lifetime.  I believe it is important that every child has a place ...

8 years ago
A Salina man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. According to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall, 35-year-old David Patrick Newcomer pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography. In his plea, Newcomer admitted that a Wichita police detective was able to download a movie containing child pornography from Newcomer’s computer ...

8 years ago
Another Grammy winning singer / songwriter is coming to Salina. Shawn Colvin is coming to the Stiefel Theatre. Among her accomplishments Colvin has won three Grammy Awards, released eleven albums, written a critically acclaimed memoir, maintained a non-stop national and international touring schedule, appeared on countless television and radio programs, had her songs featured in major ...

8 years ago
Salina CityGo is offering a brand new program for Salina area youth ages 7-18. Youth ages 7-18 will be able to purchase a “Get On & Go” Summer Youth Bus Pass for $10.  The pass will be good for unlimited rides on Salina CityGo from June 1 to August 31. Youth must show the drivers their “Get ...

8 years ago
Husband, father, farmer - and friend to so many listeners on KSAL, Storm Chaser Henry Diehl is the steady voice of calm on the radio in the middle of the storm. Now Diehl is facing a medical storm while he awaits a liver transplant. "He has a bag packed ready to go," said Pastor Kent Happel from ...