1 year ago
The Salina Fire Department is planning its second “Central Kansas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and Family Walk”. According to the organization the second annual Central Kansas 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and 5K Family Fun Walk returns to the Kansas Wesleyan University campus, scheduled for Saturday morning, September 9th, at JRI Stadium in the Graves Family Sports ...

1 year ago
Businesses and organizations in northwest Kansas can now apply for a spring or summer 2024 intern from Fort Hays State University through the FHSU/Dane G. Hansen Internship program.   A Dane G. Hansen Foundation grant made paid internships possible for next spring and summer. Applications from employers will be accepted through Sept. 15.   Eligible employers must be located ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are investigating a damage to property case after someone vandalized a mural on North Santa Fe Avenue. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that sometime between July 28th and August 4th, someone used black and blue paint to spray the words "Gunk, Gunk, Gunk," on the grain elevator mural in the 200 block ...

1 year ago
Salina Police are looking for a stolen car and the thief who took it from a downtown parking lot. According to Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges, a 25-year-old female lost the keys to her 2007 BMW while she was at Big Nose Kate's Saloon, 121 N. Santa Fe. The woman told investigators she went home with a friend ...

1 year ago
Faulty windshield wipers may have contributed to a crash and a DUI arrest on Sunday. Salina Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that 20-year-old L'Laena Jones was taken into custody just after midnight on Sunday when she ran into a parked truck in the 900 block of E. Republic. Jones told officers the wipers on ...

1 year ago
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has ballooned to the largest ever in the history of the multi-state lottery game. With no grand prize winner on Friday, the Jackpot for the next drawing Tuesday is at an estimated $1.55 billion. That would make it the largest Mega Millions jackpot in history and the third-biggest in U.S. lottery ...

1 year ago
A vision, 10 years in the making, will come true this month for students, alumni, and employees of the McPherson College Automotive Restoration program.  A 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet, entirely restored by students, has been accepted by the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and will be shown there on August 20th. According to the college, ...

1 year ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has added a well-known instructor to its music staff. According to the school, Greg Bontrager, one of the region’s most well-known music instructors, will join Kansas Wesleyan’s Music program as an adjunct professor for the upcoming year. Bontrager retired from full-time teaching at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, following a distinguished career ...

1 year ago
The winningest man in bull riding history came to Abilene and won himself a check. J.B. Mauney, of Stephenville, Texas, scored 90 points on the Andrews Rodeo Co. bull named The Kracken to walk away with the 2023 Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo title. It was a bull that Mauney had seen at the Window Rock, Ariz. rodeo, ...

1 year ago
The August list of Salina's Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is released. August list went online Saturday. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include among others aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, fleeing and eluding, harassment, stalking, child sex crimes, and felony drug ...

1 year ago
A high speed pursuit leads to a two vehicle crash and the arrest of a Salina man Thursday evening. Police Sergeant Kyle Tonniges tells KSAL News that 24-year-old Kyle Montgomery, also known as Kyle Farley was taken into custody after officers confronted him in a restaurant around 6:30pm Thursday. Police report an officer on patrol spotted Montgomery ...