2 years ago
A suspect was arrested near St. Louis several hours after a fatal shooting in Junction City. Junction City Police say at around 2:00 in the morning on Sunday officers were dispatched to the 900 block of North Washington to a report of shots fired. Upon arrival officers located one male subject suffering from a gunshot wound. ...

2 years ago
An inmate is found dead at the Reno County Correctional Facility. Staff were serving breakfast at the jail on Saturday when 36-year-old Kyle A. Skeen was found unresponsive inside his cell. Attempts to resuscitate Skeen were unsuccessful, and the cause of his death is under investigation.

2 years ago
A first of its kind street art and mural festival event in Salina will soon take over parts of town beginning alter this week. The 1st ever Boom! Salina Street Art and Mural Festival beginning this Thursday  October 6th through Sunday, October 16th. The event will feature a half-dozen of the best mural artists in the world. ...

2 years ago
Digging into one’s genealogy can be like solving a mystery. Fortunately, a workshop in October can connect those interested in their Swedish roots with a few Sherlocks. Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum hosts a Swedish Virtual Genealogy Workshop with ArkivDigital four times per year, and the next opportunity will be 9 a.m. - 4 ...

2 years ago
A new club at Bethany college is reaching out to to the school's Hispanic family. The Bethany College Office of Student Affairs welcomes the Latin club Unidos, meaning united, to campus. President of Unidos, Angelica Carrillo Hernandez, says, "I wanted to create a safe space and a family for all of us where we could support ...

2 years ago
Flags across Kansas will fly at half-staff on Monday. According to the Kansas Governor's Office,  in accordance with Executive Order #20-30, Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags throughout the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff on all state buildings, grounds, and facilities from sunup to sunset on Monday, October 3, 2022, in recognition of National ...

2 years ago
Schools across the state this week will be observing Kansas Anti-Bullying Awareness Week. According to the Kansas State Department of Education, by resolution, the Kansas Senate and the Kansas State Board of Education have declared the first full week in October Anti-Bullying Awareness Week.  Kent Reed, an education program consultant, counseling and social-emotional character development, for ...

2 years ago
The City of Salina is planning another free landfill event. According to the city, free residential trash disposal for all Saline County residents at the Salina Municipal Solid Waste Landfill on Saturday, October 8th. Customers must have a Saline County license plate on their vehicle for free disposal. Vehicles from other counties will be required to ...

2 years ago
A new list of Salina’s Most Wanted is online. The first weekend of each month a new list of Salina’s most wanted is released. The October list is online now. Those on the new list are wanted for crimes which include among others aggravated battery, aggravated assault,  fleeing and eluding, identity theft, felony theft, felony drug crimes, ...

2 years ago
A couple spools of copper wire that were stolen last last year have been recovered. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester tells News that an estimated $4,400 in copper wire was taken from Evergy last September after someone cut a hole in the fence to enter the property at 1001 Edison Place and then removed rolls of ...

2 years ago
A Salina woman was transported to the hospital after a two vehicle crash at Belmont Blvd. and Wesley Street. Police Captain Paul Forrester tells KSAL News that 29-year-old Corey Burn of Abilene was cited for failure to stop after his 2007 Chevy Tahoe collided with the woman's Dodge Durango in the intersection. The 53-year-old woman was taken ...