8 years ago
A unique event this weekend will celebrate the natural side of Salina, and positive environmental impacts that are being made in the community.  Get outdoors and celebrate your place in nature and your community at the Discover Salina Naturally festival. This one-of-a-kind festival introduces young families to local history, children to nature and entertainingly educates the ...

8 years ago
Students from Salina Area Technical College brought home eight medals from the Kansas SkillsUSA contest, held in Wichita and Hutchinson recently, and four students qualified to compete at the national conference in Louisville, Kentucky in June by winning gold in their competitions. Winning gold medals were: Noah Hanson, a senior at Smoky Valley High School, in ...

8 years ago
Salina Police are investigating a residential burglary in the 400 block of S. 8th. Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that sometime between 3pm on Wednesday and 3pm Thursday, someone entered the house and stole four handguns. Nancy Pihl of Hillsboro told officers they had been getting ready for an estate sale and the door may have ...

8 years ago
Tens of thousands of people are without power after a spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow across part of western Kansas. National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Buller says that from 10 to nearly 20 inches fell from Friday night through Sunday afternoon in an approximately 40-mile wide band in northwest and west-central Kansas. He ...

8 years ago
A Salina woman was arrested on forgery charges last week after allegedly cashing a couple of bogus checks at Sunflower Bank on S. 9th. Officers arrested 24-year-old Shelby Brummer of Salina after a call from the bank on Friday. Police say last Thursday, Brummer cashed a forged check to her from Luray Housing Authority in the amount ...

8 years ago
Authorities are looking for a black box with $10,000 worth of equipment inside that fell off a KDOT truck Friday. According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, a box of radio equipment that helps measure the integrity of bridge pillars was lost on I-135 somewhere between Salina and the rest stop north of McPherson. Deputies say the ...

8 years ago
The stars are coming to dance in Salina.  Fans of "Dancing With the Stars" will have the opportunity to see the best ballroom dancers in the business perform live in Salina. Following the success of the sold out “Dancing with the Stars: Live! - We Came to Dance” tour this winter, TV’s hottest show is going ...

8 years ago
Authorities say an Arkansas woman has been killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 70 in Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Lisa Longo, of Fort Smith, was killed Saturday as she picked up debris along the side of Interstate 70. The patrol says a tractor-trailer that was in the passing lane went left of ...

8 years ago
Graduation ceremonies for Salina Area Technical College’s Class of 2017 will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6 at the Stiefel Theater in downtown Salina. The guest speaker will be Scott Smathers, Vice President for Workforce Development for the Kansas Board of Regents. In all, 132 students are graduating. A few facts about the class: Three graduates ...

8 years ago
A Topeka-area community health system is moving forward with a bid to acquire a financially troubled rival hospital. Stormont Vail Health submitted a letter of intent Friday saying it wants to acquire the 378-bed St. Francis Health hospital. It previously had expressed interest in an acquisition. St. Francis is owned by Denver-based SCL Health. SCL has said ...

8 years ago
The maternal grandmother of a 7-year-old Kansas boy whose remains were found in a pigsty says she has seen videos that detail gruesome abuse the boy suffered at the hands of his father and stepmother. Judy Conway, of Emporia, says the videos came from more than 30 security cameras placed throughout the home in Kansas City, ...