1 year ago
It was a record setting Food Bank Fill-Up effort coordinated by a convenience store chain headquartered in Salina. 24/7 Travel Stores recently concluded its 6th annual Food Bank Fill-Up campaign, raising a total of $51,847.90 in support of nine Kansas food banks during the month of September, National Hunger Awareness Month. According to the company, in this ...

1 year ago
The body of a Salina man was recovered from an area lake. According to the Russell County Sheriff's Office, Thursday morning search crews recovered the body of 58-year-old Michael Wayne Larson of Salina. Larson was reported to have fallen out of a boat on the afternoon of October 8th near the west end of Lake Wilson. Recovery efforts ...

1 year ago
Enrollment for those who participate in the Medicare healthcare program begins this weekend. According to the State of Kansas, more than 572,000 Kansas residents receive health coverage through Medicare, and the time to review benefits is only days away. The program’s Fall Open Enrollment period, when you can make changes that take effect January 1 of ...

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Authorities are looking for a couple of men who were involved in an argument that ended in gunfire outside a bar. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that deputies were sent to the Shady Lady Gentleman's Club, 1540 West Old-40 Highway around 12:30am Thursday to the report of an altercation. A witness told deputies outside ...

1 year ago
A couple's fight in a car on Old-40 Highway leads to charges for a Salina man. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that 22-year-old Rylan Whitmer was arrested early Thursday after deputies found him hiding in a trash can. Authorities say he allegedly hit his girlfriend multiple times while they drove along Old-40 on Wednesday ...

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Kansas Wesleyan will host the Sunflower State’s top spellers for each of the next two years, beginning this spring. According to the school, KWU is the new host for the Kansas Press Association’s Sunflower State Spelling Bee, an event that will bring approximately 100 students and their families to Salina. “All of us at Kansas Wesleyan are ...

1 year ago
The Powerball jackpot has been won in California. According to the lottery, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers drawn Wednesday night to win a Powerball jackpot worth $1.765 billion. The jackpot has a cash value of $774.1 million. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot beyond its advertised estimate to $1.765 billion at the ...

1 year ago
This time of year marks the period when vehicle-deer collisions increase, and Kansas roadways are no exception. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation,  vehicle-deer crashes can happen any day of the year. Across the state, 37 percent of all single-vehicle crashes in 2022 involved a collision with a deer. The agency reports six people were killed ...

1 year ago
Despite an effort to delay it by a group of citizens, the Salina Public Library has indicated it plans to proceed with the sale of two valuable Birger Sandzen paintings from its collection at auction this weekend. The library issued a statement via social media Wednesday, acknowledging that though the "decision is not something everyone ...

1 year ago
Kansas state assessment results for math are the highest since 2017, and overall, more students are scoring at proficient levels in math and English language arts than last year. The state also is seeing higher graduation rates overall and in subgroups, and more students are earning college credits while in high school. Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. ...

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A review of this year’s summer school programs at Salina Public Schools was presented to the Board of Education during their meeting this week. Elementary summer school served 473 students with 91% of them completing the program. Eighty-two percent of the students attended for both reading and math. The elementary program was free of charge. For the ...