2 years ago
A man from Colorado was killed in a two-vehicle crash at a highway intersection near Ellsworth. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 70-year-old Donald Svita from Pueblo, Colorado, was driving a Toyota Highlander SUV on K 140 Highway. He failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with K 156 Highway and was hit ...

2 years ago
A woman was arrested in Abilene after she allegedly tried to rob an armored car driver at gunpoint. According to the Abilene Police Department, on Tuesday at approximately 9:52am, Abilene Police Officers and Dickinson County Sheriff’s. Deputies responded to the area of Northwest Fifth and Cedar Street for the report of a possible armed robbery. Officers learned that ...

2 years ago
It's here! The Greater Salina Community Foundation's "Match Madness" event, the annual single biggest day of community giving happens all day Thursday at the Salina Fieldhouse. The Foundation will be collecting donations to your favorite charities and they will be matched. Everyone is encouraged to do one of the following: Donate in person at the Salina ...

2 years ago
The Salina public schools teachers of the year have been recognized. According to USD 305, Chantay Hill, third grade teacher at Heusner Elementary School, and Collin Carlson, social studies teacher at South High School, have been selected as USD 305 Teachers of the Year. Elementary Teacher of the Year: Chantay Hill, third grade teacher at Heusner Elementary ...

2 years ago
Arson is suspected after fire crews and Salina Police were called to a truck fire early Wednesday morning. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that evidence found at the scene in the 1700 block of E. Iron suggests the 2021 Ford F250 was purposely set ablaze. A witness told police they saw a white van ...

2 years ago
Four Salina teens are in trouble after allegedly breaking into a shuttered fun center. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that officers were called to Jumpin' Joes Family Fun Center located at 1634 Sunflower, around 4:15pm Tuesday to check on a report of trespassing. When police arrived they discovered a broken window and four juvenile males ...

2 years ago
One of the largest spring farm shows in the Midwest begins in Salina Wednesday. The 58th Annual Mid America Farm Expo returns to Salina this week.  Agriculture companies from across the Midwest will be exhibiting their products at Tony’s Pizza Events Center and Saline County Livestock & Expo Center this Wednesday, March 22nd, through Friday, March ...

2 years ago
Grammy Award-winning trio Nickel Creek is coming to the Stiefel Theatre in Salina. According to the venue  mandolinist Chris Thile, violinist Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins revolutionized bluegrass and folk in the early 2000s and ushered in a new era of what we now recognize as Americana music. After meeting as young children and subsequently earning ...

2 years ago
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service have been on a kind of barnstorming tour to help prepare storm spotters and weather enthusiasts for the upcoming severe weather season, and they will be in Salina tonite. According to the National Weather Service in Wichita, they will again this year present “Storm Fury on the Plains.” Meteorologists will be ...

2 years ago
Salina Police are reviewing surveillance footage from a hotel lobby after an early morning burglary. According to Police Captain Paul Forrester, a female night clerk at the Comfort Inn, 1949 N. 9th confronted a burglar who jumped over the front desk and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police say the clerk had noticed a ...

2 years ago
Ground is broken on a new state lab. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly was on hand as a groundbreaking ceremony took place yesterday for the new State of Kansas Health and Environment Laboratory in Topeka. The complex, which will be built on the Capitol Complex between Topeka Boulevard and Harrison Street, is scheduled to open in 2025.