1 year ago
Dangerous extreme heat will settle into the the area beginning this weekend. Forecasters say the central U.S., including a large area of Kansas, is in for the hottest weather of the summer the next few days. An excessive heat watch encompassing most of the Sunflower State is set to go into effect Saturday.  It is set ...

1 year ago
A  reminder to drivers - stiff fines are in your future if you don't stop for school buses and slow down in school zones. While local law enforcement join a nation wide effort to target impaired drivers and look for seat belt violators, they are also stepping up their efforts to ticket school zone violators. A ...

1 year ago
A group of prison inmates were hurt when a bus they were in collided with a semi. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, just before 1am Thursday a transport bus carrying 21 Topeka Correctional Facility residents was involved in a traffic accident. Nine people, including eight inmates, were injured. The inmates had just finished their 3-11 ...

1 year ago
A South Salina retailer is celebrating 30 years in the same location with a grand reopening, and unveiling a remodel. Sam's Club, located at 2919 Market Place in South Salina, Thursday began three full days celebrations. The retail warehouse is celebrating a whole new look with expanded and new departments.  They are also celebrating 30 years ...

1 year ago
A Salina man was transported to the hospital after trying to cross the interstate - on foot in front of a semi truck. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that just after midnight on Thursday, 24-year-old Anthony Shirley was clipped by a southbound semi on I-135 near the McReynolds overpass at mile post #85. The ...

1 year ago
Saline County authorities are investigating the theft of materials from a construction site. Undersheriff Brent Melander tells KSAL News that sometime between August 11th and 15th, someone loaded up 18 boxes of screws, a door with windows and 140 sheet metal panels that were stored outside on a property in the 3500 block of E. Magnolia ...

1 year ago
While children need exercise and play time in their daily life, the Kansas summer heat has reached intensity levels often too hot for extended outdoor play. Timing could not be more ideal for the opening of Wee Fit Kids Gym and Activity Center, a new business located at 505 N.W. Third Street, in Abilene. According to ...

1 year ago
North Salina will host an open forum Thursday evening to gather ideas on a new location for Salina’s commercial bus stop, which is currently located at Thomas Park. Currently, Greyhound and Beeline drop off and pick up passengers once during the day and once at 3:00 am on the frontage road by Thomas Park on N. ...

1 year ago
A tire collection event is planned this weekend in Salina. According to Saline County, a unique opportunity for community involvement and responsible waste management is being made available as the Saline County Farm Bureau prepares to host a tire collection event. This event, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), is scheduled for August 19, ...

1 year ago
The team at Salina Family Healthcare Center (SFHC) welcomed US Senator Dr. Roger Marshall to tour their Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC) this week. “The healthcare system faces many challenges today. Showing our leaders in Washington, D.C. how healthcare is being delivered locally helps inform federal policies that promote the health and wellbeing of the friends and neighbors ...

1 year ago
All the items seized in a raid of the newspaper in Marion will be returned. Law enforcement executed a search warrant Friday at the newspaper office of the Marion Record and at the owner / publisher’s home, seizing records and equipment from the newspaper’s reporters and the publisher. Four Marion police officers and three sheriff’s deputies ...