1 year ago
Bethany College marked a historic moment during the Homecoming/Hyllningsfest weekend, with the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Coach Ted Kessinger Family Stadium. Coach Kessinger and his family, former players, and coaches who worked alongside him were in attendance. According to Bethany, this momentous occasion was the culmination of a successful $2.8 million fundraising campaign, completed in ...

1 year ago
An Oklahoma man was transported to the hospital in Salina after his windshield was hit by debris as he drove along Interstate 70. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 50-year-old Eric Holcomb of Allen, Oklahoma, was driving a 2021 Ford F15o pickup truck headed west on the Interstate.  A piece of debris was hit by a ...

1 year ago
A hot bowl of soup was used as a weapon in a domestic dispute on Saturday. Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that 40-year-old James Brown was taken into custody after he allegedly tried to pour a hot bowl of soup on his wife during a heated dispute inside a home in the 700 ...

1 year ago
A burger robbery, a man attacking store employees, and a foot pursuit kept Salina Police busy. On Sunday afternoon around 12:30pm a Salina Police Department officer on patrol recognized a woman with a warrant. 31- year-old Gabrielle Lesage of Salina was walking in the 1700 block of W. Crawford. The officer attempted to stop her, but ...

1 year ago
A Salina man was placed in a body wrap at the hospital after he struggled with police officers early Sunday. According to Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges, around 1:40am a caller reported an intoxicated male who was stumbling in a parking lot in the 200 block of S. 8th Street. Officers made contact with 28 year old Nathaniel ...

1 year ago
An elderly couple from Bison, Kansas was transported to the hospital in Salina after a two vehicle crash on Interstate-70. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan tells KSAL News that the 90-year-old driver and his 83-year-old wife were treated for minor injuries Sunday after their 2013 Ford Edge was rear ended by a truck on I-70 near ...

1 year ago
The Kansas court system will likely be operating on paper for the next two weeks. Kansas Judge Phil Journey says there has been an "unauthorized incursion" into the brand-new statewide computer system and it will be down for at least two weeks. This will affect all Kansas state courts. Journey says the Sedgwick County Court will be ...

1 year ago
A deadly explosion rocked a small town in Ford County over the weekend. State and local officials are investigating after an explosion at a building in rural Bucklin killed a young couple and their 19-month-old child. A fourth man who survived the blast was taken to the hospital in Dodge City for treatment. Police say it was ...

1 year ago
Lindsborg bundled up and opened up the community for the 2023 Svensk Hyllningsfest over the weekend. The cool temperatures and windy conditions did not stop the dancing, singing, Swedish games and Swedish food from being served up Friday and Saturday. The biennial event is a "Swedish Honoring Festival" established in 1941 to honor the Swedish ancestry that settled ...

1 year ago
The streets of Downtown Salina late Saturday afternoon and into the evening were full of foot traffic, as hundreds of people who love beer gathered for the "Salina on Tap" craft beer festival. The Meridian Media event, which was previously held at the Tony's Pizza Events Center, this year moved outdoors, taking over two city ...

1 year ago
Construction is underway on a new seed distribution and research facility near Salina.  Beck's, the industry's third-largest seed brand and largest family-owned retail seed company, is planning the facility on a 140-acre property in Saline County. Plans for the new site include a 96,000-squarefoot distribution building and 100 acres dedicated to Practical Farm Research studies which ...