4 weeks ago
For the 42nd year in a row Bill Fekas, along with a dedicated group of volunteers, prepared a free community-wide Christmas dinner. A damp Christmas day set the scene as people lined up and patiently waited to file through the Saline County 4H building to receive  Christmas dinner, with an extra helping of Christmas cheer. Again ...

4 weeks ago
It’s a long holiday season, and the Mega Million jackpot is keeping pace with all the traditional celebrations. According to the lottery, after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve, the big prize swells to an estimated $1.15 billion ($516.1 million cash) for the next drawing on Friday. If won at that level, ...

1 month ago
The following is the most printed, and famous, newspaper editorial in history. Virginia O'Hanlon, age 8, wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun. The response by newsman Francis P. Church was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is ...

1 month ago
A vote is set for the proposed merger between Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing. In a filing before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Spirit issued a notice of a special meeting of stockholders for January 31st. If the merger is approved during the meeting, the deal would be finalized by mid-2025.

1 month ago
A person is dead following a house fire in McPherson County. The blaze broke out Sunday in the one-thousand-block of Ninth Avenue in rural McPherson. The homeowner was later found dead inside the house. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

1 month ago
Salina chef Bill Fekas will be hard at work Christmas Eve, putting the final touches on a Christmas dinner for several thousand of his closest family and friends. For the 42nd year in a row, Fekas is preparing a free community-wide Christmas dinner. Fekas is planning to prepare and serve a free dinner to as many ...

1 month ago
For the 69th year in a row the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will track Santa as he flies around the world delivering toys to all of the good boys and girls. Every day of the year, NORAD defends North America using an all-domain and globally integrated approach to track everything that flies in and around Canada and the United ...

1 month ago
The Salina City Manager is resigning after serving the city for 19 years. City Manager Mike Schrage was full of emotions when he voluntarily resigned at the city commission's executive session on Monday. [audio wav="https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/schrage-II.wav"][/audio]   "My family and I absolutely love Salina. I thoroughly enjoyed the work of being the city manager now more than ever and I ...

1 month ago
A police pursuit leads to the arrest of a Salina man. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that just after noon on Sunday, a patrol officer identified a man with an active warrant driving a Cadillac DeVille in the 1900 block of N. 9th Street. Police say 19-year-old Tevin Schimmel began making abrupt turns, pulling into ...

1 month ago
A Salina woman was arrested after a domestic dispute took a violent turn. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that 42-year-old Sarah E. Windholz was taken into custody after officers were sent to the 900 block of S. Santa Fe Sunday afternoon. Police say Windholz became upset with a 77-year-old woman in the house believing she ...

1 month ago
Authorities are looking for a stolen Go-Kart and the thief who took it over the weekend. The Saline County Sheriff's Office reports that a blue, homemade Go-Kart was stolen after it was parked near a storage building in the 1800 block of W. North Street. The owner told deputies the vehicle has a long tailpipe and a ...