1 year ago
A gift from a Salina manufacturer to a Salina service agency will help in its community childcare mission.  Great Plains Manufacturing has made a $75,000 donation to the Salina Area United Way's Early Childhood Initiative Fund. According to the United Way, the donation will help sponsor 15 local childcare teachers to ensure that they earn a ...

1 year ago
Memories of the Smoky Hill River are being sought.  The Friends of the River Foundation and the Smoky Hill Museum are collecting memories of the Smoky Hill River and its surroundings. According to the museum, these stories will not only help to inform guided historic river walks being developed, but will also be a repository of ...

1 year ago
Kansas Wesleyan University's Social Work program has been granted accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on Accreditation. According to the school, in practical terms for KWU students, besides ensuring that they receive an excellent education in their field, they can complete the Master of Social Work degree in one year instead of two. “Our ...

1 year ago
A man from Wichita was injured in a single-vehicle crash involving an SUV towing a trailer near Salina. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2022 Dodge Durango towing a trailer was headed south on Interstate 135 when it began fishtailing.  The trailer rolled onto the left side. The SUV then struck the guardrail, and rolled ...

1 year ago
K-State Salina has entered into a partnership with an independent Hollywood studio.  At a media conference Tuesday morning an exclusive multi million-dollar spatial computing partnership was revealed between K-State and Pure Imagination Studios. The Kansas Advanced Immersive Research For Emerging Systems Center, or K-AIRES, will establish new frontiers in aerospace, defense training, education, entertainment, immersive storytelling, ...

1 year ago
A musician many consider to be among the best guitar players ever is coming to Salina. Tommy Emmanuel, with special guests Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, are coming to perform at the Stiefel Theatre on February 21st. According to the venue,  Emmanuel's fans are in love with his unbound talent as a guitarist of multitudes, his ...

1 year ago
Fall high school sports are heating up as practices are underway - under a heat dome in Kansas. From cross country to tennis to football teams, coaching staffs are working to get their athletes in shape while staying safe. Salina Central High's head football coach Mark Sandbo joined in on the KSAL Morning News Extra with a ...

1 year ago
Kansas State Treasurer Steven Johnson will be in Salina on Thursday with a mission to give back. He'll be at the Saline County Court House assisting anyone seeking to find out of they have unclaimed property. The state is in possession of millions of dollars in unclaimed property, upwards of $500 million in property that is ...

1 year ago
A Salina woman was hurt in a single-vehicle crash when she rolled her car into a field along Interstate 135 Monday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 41-year-old Cassie Riley was driving a Lexus passenger headed south on I 135. As she approached a large commercial vehicle tire in the roadway she  was unable to change ...

1 year ago
A multi-Grammy nominated singer-songwriter who was scheduled to perform in Salina this fall now will not. Ryan Adams has cancelled multiple fall tour dates, including a Nov. 18th date at the Stiefel Theatre. The venue says all tickets will be automatically refunded to the original form of payment.

1 year ago
A Tescott man is facing charges for stalking, DUI and criminal damage to property after he allegedly threw a wrench through the window of a female acquaintance on Saturday morning. Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that 44-year-old Matthew C. Boyer is accused of sending harassing, electronic messages to a 52-year-old female victim in ...