9 years ago
Salina Downtown Inc. has a new person in charge. According to the organization, Penny Bettles has been prompted to Managing Director.  This promotion will fill the immediate void for the Executive Director’s position. “The decision was an easy one for the board as Penny has several years of experience with Salina Downtown and has done an excellent ...

9 years ago
An upcoming meeting could lead to finalizing plans to construct a dog park in Salina. Animal Service Manager Vanessa Cowie from the Salina Animal Shelter tells KSAL News that the final location is still in play, even though Salina's East Crawford Recreation Area has already been recommended. The Parks and Rec Advisory Board will be meeting on ...

9 years ago
Three earthquakes capable of causing moderate damage have been recorded in northwestern Oklahoma, and felt in parts of eight states including Kansas. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 4.7 quake hit just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday about 20 miles northwest of Fairview and a magnitude 4.8 quake struck about a half mile away less than ...

9 years ago
Kansas lawmakers plan to have meetings Sunday before their annual session opens, and a gathering for Senate Republicans is closed to the public. Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce's office confirmed that GOP senators plan to meet at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Kansas Bankers Association headquarters in west Topeka. His office described it as a pre-session ...

9 years ago
Why does this vehicle keep appearing in a cemetery? Salina Police say that a 1992 Sierra pickup keeps appearing in the Bennington cemetery. The truck was reported stolen in Salina the 16th of December. For the second time within the last month it has been found in a what most people could say, is an odd place ...

9 years ago
A Salina teen was sent to a juvenile detention center after a Department of Children and Families' investigation. A fifteen-year-old boy is accused of inappropriately touching a fourteen-year-old boy in the alleged suspect's home in south Salina. The two are acquainted. Copyright © Alpha Media, 2015.  All Rights Reserved. No part of this story or website may ...

9 years ago
Multiple residential thefts are under investigation in Salina. A theft on the 600 block of Bishop was reported  on December 29. A race car trailer was broken into by prying open the lock and $6,000 in power tools and racing equipment were stolen. Another theft was reported yesterday on the 100 block of West Crawford. Jewelry including a ...

9 years ago
A man arrested in a series of thefts that led to a nearly four-hour lockdown of the Kansas State University campus has reached a deal with prosecutors. 20-year-old Johnathon Ryan Elliott has pleaded no contest to one charge of aggravated robbery. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop five other counts. Prosecutors also agreed to seek the standard ...

9 years ago
Fourteen dogs have died in a northeast Kansas house fire that their owner narrowly escaped. Kevin Matthews awoke Tuesday morning to smoke filling his room. He broke through a bedroom window of his home near the Douglas County town of Baldwin and jumped out. Matthews says he then flagged down a driver, who helped him call 911. ...

9 years ago
There was no winner of the $500 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, so the estimated prize for this weekend's drawing is the largest jackpot of any lottery game in U.S. history. Texas Lottery spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says Saturday's drawing will be worth about $675 million. Wednesday's numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62 and 63, and the Powerball ...

9 years ago
Sunday’s editorial contained “dream headlines” for 2016. Twentieth on the list: “Troublemakers stop showing up at commission meetings, admit they were only doing it for attention.” That provoked a hard swallow. I may resemble that remark. And I won’t apologize. As I sit down at the Saline County Commission meeting, I say hello to fellow troublemakers. We ...