1 year ago
High winds and drifting snow trapped a number of motorists along Old 40 Highway Thursday night into early Friday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that five vehicles and a tow truck all became stuck in the quick developing storm that blew dunes of snow over road in the 5700 block of Old 40, ...

1 year ago
A heated message left on KDHE's voice mail is prompting an investigation by the Saline County Sheriff's Office. According to Sheriff Roger Soldan, staff at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment contacted authorities after a 68-year-old resident of the Sundowner West Mobile Home Park left what could be considered a threatening message. The man was upset ...

1 year ago
Motorists in the Sunflower State are paying more to fill up the tank. As reported by Triple-A, the average price for a gallon of regular rose yesterday in Kansas to just under $2.65, this as the corresponding national figure was also up, settling at just over $3.09 on Thursday. Costs remain lowest in Oklahoma, where yesterday's per-gallon ...

1 year ago
An upcoming estate auction in Lindsborg will feature multiple works of art by famed artist Birger Sandzen. According to Lindsborg's Red Barn Studio, the Raymer Society will auction the art from the estate of Hal Wright (1948-2023) of McPherson, on Saturday, January 27th. More than 250 works of original art will be included in live and silent ...

1 year ago
Kansas Wesleyan University is anticipating record enrollment for the spring semester which started this week. According to KWU,  the recent arctic air has not dampened spirits, where the university’s recent momentum has continued with the announcement of what is believed to be its largest spring enrollment ever. KWU anticipates 902 students to be a part of ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are looking for a car the if who jumped into a vehicle the owner was warming up and drove away. Police Captain Jim Feldman tells KSAL News that Wednesday around 7:30am  the owner of a gray, 2008 Chrysler 300 left the vehicle unlocked and running on the driveway in the 1000 block of Pershing ...

1 year ago
A truck that was parked at a Salina repair shop was reported stolen from the 2200 block of Tulane Avenue. According to Police Captain Jim Feldman, sometime between January 7 and the 17th, someone jumped into a red, 2008 Dodge Dakota pickup that was scheduled for service and drove off. Police say the keys were not in ...

1 year ago
Salina Central High School drama students have been hard at work rehearsing and are nearly ready to present the musical "Newsies". According to the school, "Newsies" is based on the 1992 Disney film of the same name. It is the tale of newsboy Jack Kelly, who dreams of a better life far from the hardship of ...

1 year ago
A Kansas Wesleyan University student is the first president of the NAACP Youth and College chapters in the state of Kansas. According to KWU, sophomore Sydney Mitchell has started on the path to her long-term goals. She was unanimously elected the first president of the NAACP Youth and College chapters in the state of Kansas at ...

1 year ago
A group of students at both Salina Central and Salina South High Schools will receive some real-life lessons via a project the Salina Area United Way is bringing back. Reality U is an interactive financial literacy simulator made for students, designed to demonstrate how they will have to make financial decisions later in life to live ...

1 year ago
A performance featuring rock guitar and a classical string quartet will open a diverse three-concert series presented by the Salina Symphony in collaboration with Theatre Salina and the Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts. “Rock ‘n Roll Meets the String Quartet,” will feature guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Lipke, best known as the lead guitarist for the ...